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
Toward an Indo-Pacific consensus? Assessing current Indo-Pacific strategies and policies
Autori
Gabriele Abbondanza
Details
In: Altri paper e articoli
in Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, 9 July 2026
Data pubblicazione
Rethinking the “Gold Standard”: The EU and Strategic Alliances with Japan and India
Autori
Francesco Paolo Cioffo
Details
In: IAI Commentaries
26|29
Rome, IAI, July 2026, 3 p.
Data pubblicazione
India’s Multi-Alignment: Still a Winning Strategy?
Autori
Chiara Gesmundo
Details
In: IAI Commentaries
26|28
Rome, IAI, July 2026, 4 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
Decode39: Italy’s China dilemma shifts from investment to technological security
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
Experts
