China’s External Propaganda and the Italian Information Environment
This report examines China’s external propaganda activities on social media and messaging apps within Italy’s information environment over the years 2024-2025, revealing a notably cautious approach…
Spotlight
Stress-Testing EU-Taiwan Semiconductor Supply Chains
Semiconductors underpin virtually every domain of the modern economy, yet supply chains sustaining them were built for efficiency rather than resilience. Comparative mapping of EU and Taiwanese…
With Soldiers Like These? Challenges of Conscription in China and Taiwan
China and Taiwan have continued to conscript soldiers although their numbers (700,000 vs. 9,800) and proportion in their armed forces (about 35 per cent vs. 5 per cent) are quite different. In the…
Trump’s Imperial Strategy towards China Meets Meloni’s Indo-Mediterranean Initiative
A thread – dotted with ports and logistical hubs – connects Donald Trump’s geo-economic containment of China with Giorgia Meloni’s plan to position Italy as India’s and Middle Eastern countries’…
Publications
Data pubblicazione
A Demand-side Explanation of Offshore Autocratic Assistance: The Case of China and Russia and the Consolidation of Authoritarianism in Venezuela
Autori
Diego Telias
Luciano Quispe
Stefano Palestini
Details
In: The International Spectator
61/2
The International Spectator, Vol. 61, No. 2, June 2026, p. 142-163
Data pubblicazione
Charting Italy’s Indo-Pacific strategy: from Mare Nostrum to Mare Omnium?
Autori
Gabriele Abbondanza
Details
In: Other papers and articles
in Asia Europe Journal, Vol. 24, No. 2 (June 2026), p. 447–466
Data pubblicazione
Stress-Testing EU-Taiwan Semiconductor Supply Chains
Autori
Francesca Maremonti
Details
In: IAI Papers
26|05
Rome, IAI, May 2026, 20 p.
Research
The project will examine India’s emerging role as a pivotal actor in reshaping connectivity, economic relations and security architectures both regionally and globally. The event 2025 India Dialogue…
The project examines the engagement of the Republic of Korea (ROK) with the G7 in the “G7 Plus” framework, against the backdrop of the South Korean government’s ambition to transform the ROK into a …
This project, funded by the US Department of State, will leverage IAI’s unique knowledge of the Italian political and media landscape in order to generate through collaborative research an up-to-date…
Events
Data evento
Luogo
Online course
Geopolitica dell’Indo-Pacifico - 2.ed.
Data evento
Luogo
Rome, Istituto Affari Internazionali
“China’s story”: Party rhetoric and state disinformation
Data evento
IAI in the media
The National: Indonesia Might End Up with Italy’s Retired Aircraft Carrier After All
Vision Times: Taiwan Opposition Trip to Beijing Sparks Accusations of CCP Influence Operations
CNA: Cheng Li-wen interviews Italian experts in China: China is using the Kuomintang to conduct information warfare.
Experts
