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Michelangelo Freyrie

Biography

Michelangelo Freyrie was a Junior Researcher in the Defence and Security Programmes at IAI. His main interests are German foreign policy and Euro-Russian relations. He previously worked at BwConsulting, an agency of the German Ministry of Defence (BMVg), and in the private sector, specialising in foresight and scenario planning. Michelangelo holds a MA in International Affairs from the Hertie School in Berlin and a BSc in International Politics from Bocconi University. He has written on European security for the daily newspapers Domani, Die Tageszeitung (TAZ) and the news platform Linkiesta.

Among his publications:
(with Carolina De Stefano) “Perché la crisi in Ucraina adesso può scatenare una guerra in Europa”, in Luiss School of Governent Policy Briefs, No. 02/2022 (January 2022)

Expertise

Germany
Russia

Publications

Il dominio terrestre in Ucraina

Michelangelo Freyrie
in Rivista Marittima, giugno 2024, p. 50-55
In: Altri paper e articoli

Russia-Ukraine War’s Strategic Implications

Alessandro Marrone
Rome, IAI, Februry 2024, 156 p.
In: Altri paper e articoli

Above and Beyond: State of the Art of Uncrewed Combat Aerial Systems and Future Perspectives

Elio Calcagno
Alessandro Marrone
Rome, IAI, December 2023, 71 p.
In: Documenti IAI 23|24
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In the media

Decode 39: Strengthening European defence. The Italy-Germany action plan

Michelangelo Freyrie
Federico Castiglioni
Press

Tagesspiegel: Berlin and Rome after the election: two close relatives and yet strangers

Michelangelo Freyrie
Press

Handelsblatt: Die europäischen Verbündeten erwarten von Deutschland eine gemeinsame Verteidigungspolitik

Michelangelo Freyrie
Press
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Research

Italy’s foreign policy community

The project was aimed at fostering regular dialogue between Italian diplomats and international affairs experts, departing from the premise that plurality of ideas and perspectives enriches the…

Short Range Air Defence and threats to global security

Air defence has to respond and adapt to the evolution of air threats that are becoming increasingly diverse, not only in terms of of attack systems performance, but also of platform types. Piloted…

The future of military helicopters between technological innovation and war’s lessons learned

The helicopter sector is about to make a generational leap forward in military, technological, and industrial terms, which entails both challenges and opportunities for Europe, also in light of the…
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