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EU-Africa Digital Partnership

This edited volume aims to provide rigorous analysis of the main challenges and opportunities for digital cooperation and partnership between the EU and Africa through two key European policy…
Melis Baydag, Ben Crumpton, Benedikt Erforth, Niels Keijzer, Marianna Lunardini, Camilla Rocca, Darlington Tshuma

Spotlight

Mining in DRC and Ghana: A Legal Overview

Many mineral-rich African countries have revised their mining policy frameworks in recent years to secure greater national benefits in terms of raising government ‘take’, increasing opportunities for…
Corridoio di Lobito

Beyond Extraction: Aligning European and African Interests to Unlock the Full Potential of the Lobito Corridor

Africa’s critical minerals boom presents an opportunity to strengthen its economic sovereignty. This requires leveraging Africa’s minerals wealth to drive regional industrialisation, boost…
Stretto di Hormuz

Spatialising Security, Securitising Space: Ways into the Politics of the Middle East and North Africa

Security in the Middle East and North Africa is increasingly shaped by the ways space is constructed, contested and governed, challenging conventional, state-centric approaches to international…

Publications

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A New Paradigm for Europe-Africa Relations?

A New Paradigm for Europe-Africa Relations? Unpacking the Global Gateway and the Mattei Plan for Africa
Edited by
Maria Luisa Fantappiè
Leo Goretti
Details
London/New York, Routledge, February 2027, 210 p.
In: Trends and Perspectives in International Politics
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Trade, arms and development in Africa. The Italian cooperation with the Congo in the Sixties

Interdisciplinary Political Studies
Autori
Marianna Lunardini
Details
in Interdisciplinary Political Studies, Vol. 12, No. 1 (July 2026), p. 41-59
In: Altri paper e articoli
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Reshaping Italy’s development cooperation? Continuity and innovation in the Mattei Plan’s health pillar

Autori
Marianna Lunardini
Sara Vicinanza
Details
in Contemporary Italian Politics, 8 August 2026
In: Other papers and articles

Research

The project (September 2026-June 2027) examines how cooperation between Italy and Germany in areas of strategic interest – specifically the Horn of Africa – can serve as a laboratory for developing…
The project aims to strengthen knowledge and strategic dialogue on cooperation between Italy and Mozambique in the field of global health. Within the framework of the Mattei Plan, the initiative…
The project (September 2025-June 2026) aims to analyse Italy’s role in the Lobito Corridor. The research will provide the opportunity to focus on several key topics: critical raw materials and…

Events

Stretto di Hormuz
Data evento
Data evento
Luogo
Istituto Affari Internazionali | 14:30

Financing Development Cooperation: the Role of the Next EU Budget

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IAI in the media

Agenda Publica: España e Italia son socios y rivales en el norte de África

African Mining Market: Africa’s critical minerals boom is outpacing its accountability systems

Jamestown: Mohammed Al-Haddad: A Post-Mortem of Libya’s Security Balancer

Experts

Darlington Tshuma

Position
Senior Fellow for Africa

Luca Barana

Position
Senior Fellow for Europe
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