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…
Elio Calcagno, Bryan Clark, Alessandro Marrone, Nicolò Murgia, Karolina Muti, Pietro Serino
Spotlight
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…
Meloni’s Defence Policy: Adjusting the Balance Sheet to Crises
Under Trump administration Italy has tried to balance Atlantic bond, European strategic autonomy and the commitments in the enlarged Mediterranean, by adjusting traditional Italian posture to shifts…
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, 204 p.
Data pubblicazione
Not Europe’s War? The Gulf Crisis and the EU’s Maritime Dilemma
Autori
Giovanni Parente
Details
In: IAI Commentaries
26|25
Rome, IAI, June 2026, 4 p.
Data pubblicazione
European Strategic Autonomy and Defence Cooperation: Not an Inevitable Outcome
Autori
Elio Calcagno
Details
In: IAI Briefs
26|23
Rome, IAI, June 2026, 8 p.
Research
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…
IAI is part of a European consortium that brings together leading companies in the space sector for the Odin’s Eye II project. The project contributes to the further development of a European space…
Events
Data evento
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
Financial Times: The boss of Italy’s defence champion fell foul of politics — and the army
Defence News: Italy forgoes $14 billion deficit spending on defense amid wobbling economy
Defence News: Italian government shakes up Leonardo leadership, replacing Cingolani as CEO
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