The project, carried out from September 2025 to August 2026 with the support of the Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo and Fondazione CSF, examines the main challenges facing the European Union vis-à…
The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) took part as a partner in the 17th edition of the European Space Conference, focused on advancing Europe’s space ambitions. The conference was held in…
The IAI is part of a European consortium that brings together leading companies in the space sector for the EMISSARY project (December 2024-Marzo 2029). EMISSARY will enhance the acquisition of space…
IAI is conducting a study for the Italian Space Agency (Agenzia spaziale italiana – ASI) entitled: “Assessment and analysis of security-related aspects of ESA programmes, in relation to…
Since 2022, IAI has held every year an academic seminar on Europe’s security, NATO and European defence, in light of the Russia-Ukraine war and considering an international security environment…
Since 2011, IAI and NATO Defense College (NDC) collaborate on several initiatives aiming at stimulating debates on themes concerning Euro-Atlantic security, the role of the Alliance…
This series of international academic conferences - sponsored by NATO's Allied Command Transformation (ACT) and organised by IAI, in partnership with Bologna University - does contribute to a…
The Aeronautica Militare organised the second edition of the international AeroSpace Power Conference (#ASPC2025), titled “Fighting and Winning in the Sky beyond the Next Decade”, in Rome at La…
IAI has been closely monitoring developments in the defence sector in Europe throughout 2025, in light of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and the changes introduced by the Trump administration…
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 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…
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 aims to stimulate the reflection on the overwhelming strategic importance of the space domain, the consequent implications for the country-system, and the need to protect its assets and…
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 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…
The Atlantic alliance elaborated the new Strategic concept, which was approved at the Head of States and Governments Summit held in Madrid in June 2022. Multiple consultations among member States and…
This seven-month project for EDA resulted in a thorough comparative analysis of the defence industrial policy across 26 EU States, with a particular focus on the Czech Republic, France, Germany,…
The Russia-Ukraine war has negatively changed the international strategic environment, including the naval domain in respect to both European maritime security and naval combat systems. In face of US…
IThe project entailed a “Track 1.5 workshop” involving experts, armed forces representatives and civil servants from Europe, Japan, and South Korea, within the framework of the EU project Enhancing…
In the last few years, cyberattacks all over the world have experienced an exponential raise in terms of numbers, type, impact and significance. Cybersecurity concerns both the military and civilian…
The IAI, as part of a Consortium, launched the SPACEWAYS project. The European Commission selected a consortium of major European launcher and satellite manufacturers, operators and service providers…
The objective of the project was to analyze the projection and role of the EU in the world, with a particular focus on the new policies and initiatives the Union should undertake within the new…
Over 2020 IAI has collaborated with Aspen Institute Italia on the project “NATO towards 2030”. It aimed at reflecting on the future evolution of the Atlantic Alliance, in light of both the…
The project has two main objectives:
to increase the knowledge of the Italian next generation and civil society of the problems relating to arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament, with…
In 2019, the IAI has collaborated with the NATO Public Diplomacy Division and the NATO Policy Planning Unit, together with Carnegie Europe to elaborate a report on future prospects of the Atlantic…
In 2019, the IAI has collaborated with Friends of Europe in drawing up a report on Italian foreign and defence policy, with a focus on the Mediterranean dimension, NATO, and European defence. The IAI…
The project “Open Cooperation for European mAritime awareNess” - OCEAN2020 – was one of the first call of the Preparatory Action on Defence Research devoted to funding research in the defence field…
This project aimed to provide fresh analysis on the state of the EDTIB and its possible evolution in light of recent regional and global developments. The research provided a comprehensive…
The project “Defence and Security Matters 2017: Italy”, funded by the NATO Public Diplomacy Division, contributes to the effort to communicate and discuss NATO purpose and role, particularly in…
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…
The project aims at stimulating the Italian public debate over defence issues, in particular on the role of NATO in the current international context and Italy’s defence…
The consortium led by the IAI was selected, together with few others consortia, for a four-year framework contract aimed at providing EDA timely analyses on European Defence Technological Industrial…
This four-year project coordinated by IAI, provided a constant monitoring of military capabilities of EU Member States and other associated countries, through the creation and management of a…
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…
Preventing the outbreak of conflicts and promoting a sustainable peace remains a key challenge for policy-makers and analysts. The EU and Member States should acquire adequate capabilities in order…
The project’s objective was to further explore from different perspectives the importance of Mediterranean’s security, not only for Italy but also for Europe. The so-called “Mare Nostrum” is ever…
The project aims to stimulate the national public debate on a double focus: the Nato role in the current security environment, and the implication of the Italian White Book<…
The project aimed at examining the evolution of the concept of security, with a focus on European Union and its direct neighborhood. EvoCS provided an overview of the dimension and complexity of this…
The study focused on the transformation process of Armed Forces in the main NATO countries related to Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and therefore on the progressive realization of…
The project intended to enlarge and enhance the Italian public debate on defence issues, by focusing on the relation between national interests and the Atlantic Alliance.
Based on the conclusions…
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 maintain…
The study examines in primis the use of fighter aircraft by Italian Armed Forces in crisis management operations since 1991. Later, possible scenarios for the use of air power in the near future will…
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…
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 and…
IAI cooperates with Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs) on the initiative Cyber+Space Series, launched in the UK with the active support of Finmeccanica. It follows up the…
The study aims at analyzing offsets in the international defence market with a particular focus on European aerospace, defence and security industry. Through the study of 9 non-European countries,…
The study aims to identify the technologies to develop in Europe in order to contribute to the implementation of network enabled capabilities to be utilized by European Armed Forces.
The research…
In 2012 the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Real Instituto Elcano (Madrid), Polish Institute of International Affairs (Warsaw) and Swedish Institute of International Affairs (Stockholm) have…
The objective in this project is to explore and compare relevant cultural phenomena and legal determinations of civil security across Europe, taking into account the existing significant differences…
Landscaping - Identifying the mismatch between requirements and planned capabilities: Air Operations
The project is aimed to analyze future gaps between European Armed Forces’ air capabilities and the requirements derived from plausible scenarios of Air Power’s use. Trends influencing next future…
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…
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 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 European Security and Defence Forum (ESDF) has been established in 2009 to analyse the shifts and developments in national and European security and defence policies, and to promote a better…
Relations with the administrations involved in security and defence policy
Consulting services, also by means of documents and notes written for this specific purpose, in order to…