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 Alliance, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of its foundation. In particular, the IAI research team prepared a chapter on the role of non-state actors in Africa and in the Middle East and NATO's approach in this regards, in the framework of a collective publication edited by Carnegie Europe.