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In recent months, the Red Sea has become a focal point of the expanding conflict between Israel and Hamas, with repercussions not only on the stability of the Middle East but also on global trade…
The objective of the project is to analyse the importance of the epidemic risk for European and global security, as well as to foster a public debate regarding the role played by the private sector…
This project aims to assess and strengthen cooperation between Europe and Africa in the field of digital governance, within a global context marked by multiple crises that have exposed the fragility…
The geopolitical and geoeconomic shocks of the recent years have exposed the vulnerabilities of value chains and the EU’s strategic dependence on other global actors, such as China and the United…
The Transatlantic Symposium, the annual closed-door forum among transatlantic experts and diplomats that IAI has been organising since 2008 in cooperation with the Analysis and Planning Unit of the…
The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), launched in 2022 by Italy, the United Kingdom and Japan for the development of a system of systems centreed on a sixth-generation fighter aircraft, is an…
In June 2024, EU citizens head to the polls for the 10th time to elect their representatives in the European Parliament. How are political parties addressing today’s complex challenges in their…
The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), as co-chair of Think7 (T7) - the official engagement group of the Italian G7 presidency that brings together leading think tanks and research centres from…
IAI took part in the interim evaluation of the European Defence Fund (EDF) as a member of a consortium led by Pricewaterhouse Cooper (PwC), which also included the think tanks Institut de relations…
The project (April 2024-September 2025) aims to analyse the use of satellite data, and in particular that provided by the European Union's Copernicus programme, in the fight against environmental…
The elections for the European Parliament are a milestone for the future of the European Union. It is a moment of democratic legitimacy for the EU as European citizens are called upon to vote…
In 2024 Italy holds the Group of 7 (G7) Presidency, hosting ministerial meetings throughout the year and the  leaders’ summit in June, at a very delicate time for global, European and Italian climate…