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
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…
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…
Publications
Data pubblicazione
Germany’s Leverage with China: Responding to Beijing’s Export Dominance
Autori
Yingzhi Zhang
Byron McKinney
Details
In: IAI Commentaries
26|43
Rome, IAI, September 2026, 5 p.
Data pubblicazione
Interdependence under External Pressure: Japan-Taiwan Semiconductor Cooperation and the Logic of Externalised Vulnerability
Autori
Jackson Merinor
Details
In: The International Spectator
61/3
The International Spectator, Vol. 61, No. 3, September 2026, p. 141-161
Data pubblicazione
The Indo-Pacific and Compensating Deterrence: India’s Approach to Increasing Hostility with the PRC on the Northern Border
Autori
Saroj Kumar Aryal
Details
In: The International Spectator
61/3
The International Spectator, Vol. 61, No. 3, September 2026, p. 123-140
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
