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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

Germany’s Leverage with China: Responding to Beijing’s Export Dominance

Germany’s widening trade deficit with China masks significant supply-chain interdependence.Berlin retains pockets of leverage in technology-intensive and precision manufacturing, including high…

China’s Building Blocks for an Alternative Monetary System

China continues pushing for the renminbi’s internationalisation but in an unconventional way, namely starting with trade settlements and also for funding needs.The investment use, the corner stone of…
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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…

Publications

Data pubblicazione

Transatlantic Cooperation on Critical Material Supply Chains: Rock-Solid?

Transatlantic Cooperation on Critical Material Supply Chains: Rock-Solid?
Autori
Francesca Maremonti
Details
Rome, IAI, October 2026, 7 p.
In: IAI Briefs 26|51
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Germany’s Leverage with China: Responding to Beijing’s Export Dominance

Germany’s Leverage with China: Responding to Beijing’s Export Dominance
Autori
Yingzhi Zhang
Byron McKinney
Details
Rome, IAI, September 2026, 5 p.
In: IAI Commentaries 26|43

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

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Rome, Istituto Affari Internazionali

“China’s story”: Party rhetoric and state disinformation

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IAI in the media

Townhall: Why China’s New Ship-Building Project Is Bad for Everyone (Including Ironically China)

El Periodico Mediterraneo: La ener­gía ate­naza al azu­lejo con China apre­tando en inno­va­ción

RealClear Defense: Beijing's Trojan Yacht

Experts

Aurelio Insisa

Position
Senior Non-resident Fellow
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Diego Maiorano

Position
Non-resident Fellow
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Beatrice Gallelli

Position
Research Fellow for China