Continuing a line of research on digital and cyber policies that dates back to 2011, this research project aims to analyse the evolution of digital security from a European and Italian point of view,…
IAI is part of an international consortium led by B&S Europe implementing the project "EU technical assistance to the internal security forces - Lebanon". The project, financed by the European…
CIVILEX has the objective to identify the communication and information systems in use within the EU Civilian missions, understand stakeholders’ requirements and offer possible recommendations for a…
The project “Putting the EUGS into action: developing EU/EDA added value in support of security and defence”, coordinated by IAI, sought to concretize the EUGS provisions of direct relevance to EDA…
In today’s ultra-connected world, much of our life occurs online. From watching TV series on Netflix, buying discounted airplane tickets on Kayak, to chatting with an old friend living in another…
Starting 1 July 2015, the Instituto Affari Internazionali will be involved in the GovSatCom feasibility study project. The project, which is financed by the European Defence Agency …
The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), in cooperation with the Institut Français Italia, organizes a France-Italy Strategic Forum with the aim to analyze and discuss a number of issues on which…
The project aimed at mapping requirements and opportunities for cooperation between EU Member States in the space sector concerning the Arctic region. First, the study defined some deployement…
The project analyzed how the state policies of the main space powers have influenced the business and the performance of the European satellite telecommunication industry. In addition, the research…
This study, realized for the European Parliament, aims at identifying a number of strategies to strengthen the European role in the space field. In this context, the first section is devoted to…
The project’s aim is to analyze the current mechanisms of governance in the European launcher sector and to define alternative options and models ensuring to Europe a competitive, reliable and secure…
G-NEXT identified and offered a set of services in support to the EU external action that could be suitably integrated in the user working environment in an effective and reliable way. The…
The goal of G-SEXTANT was to consolidate a portfolio of Earth Observation products and services that support the geospatial information (geoinformation) needs of the EU external action.
Focusing on…
IAI is a member of the "Think Global, Act European" network, founded in 2008 by the French think tank Notre Europe-Institut Jacques Delors. The network, which consists of 16 European think tanks from…
Research project aimed at defining governance models for the security dimension of Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) as well as the role of European Union Satellite Centre …
The main objective of the project is to identify potential innovative solutions for the realization of a global satellite architecture providing communication services that respond to the technical…
The study, prepared for the European Parliament, provides an overview of Galileo development and management from the outset until today. First proposed at the end of the 1990s, the programme has…
Through the definition and analysis of specific operational scenarios derived from Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions, the project aims at identifying and assess current gaps in…
The study, prepared for the European Parliament, includes a twofold analysis. First, an analysis of CSDP missions and their operational context to be matched with the main space-based applications,…
Project aimed at the development of space-based radar technology for the detection, identification, and tracking of moving objects. IAI has a role in defining security scenarios in which such…
Objective of the C-Space project is the development of a comprehensive approach for an efficient and multi-sector (security, science, industry, etc.) European space policy:
- assessment of current…
In this project, lasting 14 months, IAI acts as project leader. The study intends to provide a comparative analysis of the EU-US relationship with regard, in particular, to the definition of the…
The project, within the PASR (Preparatory Action for Security Research), intends to create a network of European experts to assess the technological choices for security. The IAI is in charge of…
The research project focuses on the future relationship between the European Research Area (ERA) and EU security ad defence policies, analyzing in particular how this latter's development, combined…
The main objective of the project is to identify policy-drivers for the establishment and management of a European integrated mobile system for communications during public safety and security…
Within the context of the GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) initiative for security, G-MOSAIC research project aims at developing services for the provision of geo-spatial…
The study, commissioned by the European Commission DG Enterprise and Industry, aims to analyze the industrial and market implications of the blurring between the concepts of Security and Defence,…
The main purpose of this research project is to propose a model of interoperability for "Pan-European Maritime Security Awareness". In particular, such a models is supposed to reduce the…
The study was commissioned by the European Space Agency (ESA) from a consortium led by FRS (Fondation pour la Récherche Stratégique, Paris). The study aimed to analyse a future European Space…
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…
This programme assesses and develop future emergency services for the satellite system GNSS Galileo.
Partners: EADS Astrium UK (Coordinatore), Consortium of European companies and…
Within the framework of the European Commission's Supporting Activity for the PASR 2006 (Preparatory Action for Security Research), this programme aims to analyse operational and technological…
STACCATO - a follow up activity of SeNTRE - was a European funded supporting activity under the Preparatory Action for Security Research (PASR).
With the view to map the competences of…
The study, commissioned by the Subcommittee Security and Defence of the European Parliament to IAI and FRS (Fondation pour la recherche stratégique, Paris), aimed to analyse space capabilities and…
This programme aims to analyse and develop satellite services for security applications within the framework of the third part of the GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) programme…
This 15-month project, coordinated by Eads Astrium in the framework of the “Preparatory Action in the field of Security Research” - Pasr 2004, shown the benefits that would derive from the use of…
Bilateral relations between Italy and France are going through a delicate and important phase. The intensive integration between several Italian and French economic sectors (energy, insurance,…
A project defining the objectives and typologies of European security. in collaboration with the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS), Paris, Led by the ASD (Aeronautic Space and Defence,…
Following a 2002 research project on the relations between the European Security and Defence Policy and the space sector (see IAI Quaderni, n.15), the IAI conducted an international study on…
This research project examined the prospects for adopting space technology in implementing the European security and defence policy in the framework of transatlantic cooperation. During the first…

