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Promoting stability and development in Africa: How to foster cooperation between public and private sector
The aim of this project - launched by a kick-off meeting in Brussels on 3 July 2014 and a conference in Turin on 1-2 December 2014 - is to evaluate how public and private sector can collaborate and...Start/End: 2014 -
Strengthening the Africa-EU partnership on peace and security: how to engage African sub-regional organisations and civil society
The objective of this project was to assess which policies and initiatives the European Union and the African Union should take to involve African sub-regional organizations and civil society in the...Start/End: 2012 -
Transatlantic Security Symposium - 5. ed.
The fifth edition of the Transatlantic Security Symposium was held on November 16, 2012 at Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome. The conference focused on the “Potential and Challenges of EU-...Start/End: 2012 -
The Dynamics of Change in the Arab World
In the second half of 2005, IAI in collaboration with the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (SIIA-UI) launched a multi-annual research project aimed at developing and updating the...Start/End: 2005 -
An Italian-German dialogue on industrial decarbonisation: a focus on the automotive and steel industries in the context of the energy transition
This project aims to strengthen coordination between Italy and Germany on industrial energy transition both bilaterally and at the European level. To achieve this, closed-door workshops will be...Start/End: 2025 -
UNITE – against environmental crimes
The project aims at providing a full understanding of the environmental crimes taking place between South East Asian countries and EU member states. Building on the methodology developed for the...Start/End: 2023 -
African challenges to multilateralism: the geopolitics of the Nile between conflict and cooperation
The tensions between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan pertaining the GERD risk undermining the stability of the entire region of the Horn of Africa, which has been already tested by the recent crisis in...Start/End: 2021 -
Green Deal Watch
The “Green Deal Watch” project aims to monitor and analyse the initiatives launched by the European Commission and discussed by EU institutions and Member States under the umbrella of the Green Deal...Start/End: 2020 -
Time has come to reverse the movement — AMBITUS
The two-year project AMBITUS, led by the French Ministry of the Interior, aims at supporting States in strengthening their long-term actions in the fight against environmental crime, with the main...Start/End: 2020 -
Early Warning and Conflict Prevention in the Euro-Med Area
In 2000 the International Affairs Institute (IAI) launched a project aimed at creating a first nucleus of capabilities in conflict prevention in the Euro-Mediterranean framework, with a view to...Start/End: 2000 -
An Italian-German Dialogue on Energy Security and Transition amid Russia’s War on Ukraine
This project aims to strengthen coordination between Italy and Germany concerning energy transition and energy security, both at the bilateral and European levels. To achieve this, it creates...Start/End: 2023 -
Governance and security in the Sahel: tackling mobility, demography and climate change
The research firstly analysed the factors underpinning good governance in the Sahel, and secondly considered how the quality of governance is influenced by and can affect the management of...Start/End: 2018 -
A comparative analysis of Italian and Spanish approaches to migration: the case of the Sahel
This project comparatively analysed Italian and Spanish approaches to migration in the Sahel region. Promoted by the Italian Embassy in Madrid, and coordinated by IAI and the Elcano Royal Institute,...Start/End: 2017 -
The security-migration-development nexus revised: a perspective from the Sahel
The project aimed to reconceptualise the existing links between migration, development and security in the Sahel, a region where this nexus is particularly pronounced. The research also sought to...Start/End: 2017 -
The Future of Gas Markets
The project, running from May 2015 to May 2016 and leading to the publication of an edited volume, assesses the evolution of the global gas markets, in relation to the changing dynamics of the oil...Start/End: 2015 -
Egypt in transition
IAI launched a two-years (2013-2014) project focused on Egyptian uncertain transition. Following closely the evolution of the events, the study - divided into quarterly reports - analyzed the socio-...Start/End: 2013 -
Agriculture and deforestation: the role of the EU to reduce the impact of agricultural activities on global forests
The project analyzes the direct and indirect impact of European demand for agricultural products on global deforestation, and proposes policy, technical and social solutions to reduce or minimize it...Start/End: 2023 -
Ten Years of Crisis in the Sahel Region. Perspectives for an EU Contribution to Peace and Security
Ten years from its outbreak, the Sahel crisis has assumed a new dimension in terms of degeneration of legitimate governance and regional security structures (ECOWAS and African Union), compounded by...Start/End: 2022 -
Re-configuring EU-Turkey Relations: New Visions for Foreign Policy Cooperation towards a Shared Regional Future
With the withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan and the continuation of overlapping security and stability challenges across much of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), foreign policy...Start/End: 2022 -
The role of Italy in the international economy of hydrogen: geo-economic and geopolitical implications
The role of hydrogen to achieve climate goals is emerging clearly. This molecule presents some favourable characteristics that allow to overcome some limitations of electrification, such as the...Start/End: 2021