Lessons for Europe and Italy from Other Space Powers: The Civil-Military Interconnection
The study examines how five space powers – China, Russia, the United States, India and Japan – structure the civil-military interconnection in space, focusing on governance models, strategic…
Yasuhito Fukushima, Andrea Grillo, Mélusine Lebret, Karolina Muti, Gaia Ravazzolo, Dimitrios Stroikos
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Taking Multi-domain Operations from Theory to Practice
Multi-domain operations (MDO) originated in the US amid rising concerns that improving precision strike weapons, combined with increasingly capable anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) capabilities, would…
European Strategic Autonomy and Defence Cooperation: Not an Inevitable Outcome
The attainment of a higher degree of EU strategic autonomy in defence is largely inextricable from an increase in industrial and technological cooperation among member states.Cooperation to reduce…
The European Pillar of NATO in the Era of US Disengagement
A stronger European pillar within NATO is becoming indispensable to deter Russia and preserve the credibility of the Alliance amid gradual US disengagement and increasingly transactional…
Publications
Data pubblicazione
The War in Ukraine, NATO, and European Defence: Italian Perspectives
Edited by
Alessandro Marrone
Alessia Chiriatti
Details
In: Trends and Perspectives in International Politics
London/New York, Routledge, July 2026, xviii, 191 p.
Data pubblicazione
Europe rearms, but together or apart?
Autori
Alessandro Marrone
Details
In: Altri paper e articoli
in European Defence Matters, No. 31 (2026), p. 32-33
Data pubblicazione
The Future of European Defence: Industrial Ambition, Operational Constraints and Flexible Partnerships
Autori
Federico Castiglioni
Luca Cinciripini
Details
In: Documenti IAI
26|05
Rome, IAI, June 2026, 12 p.
Research
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has fundamentally reshaped the European security landscape, exposing critical shortcomings in member states’ defence capabilities and accelerating…
The project aimed to stimulate reflection on the growing centrality of sustainability and decarbonisation in the aeronautics sector, and on how the evolution of both civil and military aviation…
IAI contributes to the first Call of the European Defence Fund project for the development of a European patrol corvette, which involves some of Europe’s main naval shipbuilders. IAI’s tasks focus on…
Events
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Luogo
Online event | 9:30
Defence Summit 2025 - Un’Italia più sicura e difesa
Data evento
Luogo
Istituto Affari Internazionali
L’ambiente subacqueo come motore di innovazione tecnologica
Data evento
Luogo
Istituto Affari Internazionali | 10:00
Rotte di Distensione - Sicurezza marittima e scenari di cooperazione attraverso il Mar Rosso
IAI in the media
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Le Monde: Industrie de la défense ou pacifisme, les Italiens tiraillés
Financial Times: The boss of Italy’s defence champion fell foul of politics — and the army
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