Research > Italy

  • Education and training of Italian Armed Forces: challenges and opportunities

    The study focuses on the education and training of the Italian Armed Forces in the current operational context and in the 2015-2025 perspective, by analyzing challenges and opportunities to...

    Start/End: 2014 - 2014
  • EU crisis management missions and the role of Italy

    The objective of this research project is to assess the evolution of EU crisis management missions and the participation of Italy. In particular, it aims to evaluate the effectiveness of EU...

    Start/End: 2009 - 2014
  • The role of dual-use helicopters in the security and defence fields

    This study analyzed the possible future use of dual-use helicopters in military operations. At the same time, the project discussed the pros and cons for each use examined as well as the related...

    Start/End: 2013 - 2014
  • EP votes that shaped EU and national politics 2009-2014

    The project was conducted in collaboration with Notre Europe, within the framework of the Vote Watch Europe Annual Report. Twelve European think-tanks took part in the project, which aimed to...

    Start/End: 2013 - 2014
  • Italian foreign policy yearbook

    Published since 2010 to 2013 by il Mulino, the yearbook La politica estera dell'Italia [=Italy's foreign policy] examined Italy's role and action in a rapidly changing international scenario....

    Start/End: 2010 - 2013
  • Defence Matters 2013

    The research project aims to analyze the Italian debate on military issues, in particular with respect to defence spending and Italian participation in mission abroad. Besides working on primary...

    Start/End: 2013 - 2013
  • Forza NEC programme and Europe

    The main goal of this project is to examine how the growing complexity of the international security environment, the increasing "joint and combined" dimension of military operations, and the new...

    Start/End: 2011 - 2012
  • Ita-Turk Forum

    Since 2009, IAI has contributed to this initiative of Unicredit in cooperation with the Center for Strategic Research (Stratejik Arastirmalar Merkezi - SAM) and and the Italian and Turkish...

    Start/End: 2009 - 2011
  • Italian foreign policy chronology

    From 2009 to 2011 (see Yearbooks 2010-2012), the IAI has published a detailed chronology of Italy's foreign policy that offered relevant and up-to-dated information on the international role of...

    Start/End: 2009 - 2011
  • Foreign investment in the emerging European security and defence market

    The aim of the study was to analyze the risks related to the purchase by foreign investors of industries operating in the security and defence sector. The study looked into supply and product...

    Start/End: 2008 - 2008