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
China’s Building Blocks for an Alternative Monetary System
Autori
Alicia García Herrero
Details
In: IAI Briefs
26|44
Rome, IAI, September 2026, 11 p.
Data pubblicazione
Out of Area, but in the Game: NATO as an Unconventional Indo-Pacific Actor
Autori
Gabriele Abbondanza
Details
In: Altri paper e articoli
(with Gorana Grgić) in International Relations, 15 August 2026
Data pubblicazione
Unconventional Indo-Pacific Actors: Emerging Patterns of Regional Engagement
Autori
Gabriele Abbondanza
Details
In: Other papers and articles
(with Gorana Grgić and Luigi Martino) in International Relations, 12 August 2026
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 Sunday Telegraph: Chinese takeover of superyacht-maker sparks security fears
China US Focus: The Dawn of A China-U.S.-Europe Tripolar Monetary Order
Decode39: Italy’s China dilemma shifts from investment to technological security
Experts
