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Defence

The War in Ukraine, NATO, and European Defence: Italian Perspectives

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the Russia-Ukraine war and its profound implications for European defence, examining the challenges faced by NATO and the EU. It delves into the historical…
Elena Calandri, Elio Calcagno, Alessia Chiriatti, Fabrizio Coticchia, Nicolò Fasola, Andrea Gilli, Andrea Locatelli, Sonia Lucarelli, Alessandro Marrone, Maria Vittoria Massarin, Karolina Muti, Gianluca Pastori, Niccolò Petrelli, Alessandra Russo, Paola Tessari

Spotlight

Artemis, NASA

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…
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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…

Publications

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Intelligenza artificiale e Difesa italiana: sfide e opportunità

Intelligenza artificiale e Difesa italiana: sfide e opportunità
Autori
Andrea Grillo
Alessandro Marrone
Michele Nones
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Rome, IAI, September 2026, 26 p.
In: Documenti IAI 26|07
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The Double-Edged Order: How Globalisation Shapes Militarisation across Political Regimes in a Multiplex World

Autori
Fidelis Atnadu David
Nana Kwame Baah
Mehwish Maria Hameed
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The International Spectator, Vol. 61, No. 3, September 2026, p. 1-22
In: The International Spectator 61/3
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The Nordics Are Building Europe’s Northern Security Shield

The Nordics Are Building Europe’s Northern Security Shield
Autori
Ravi Balgobin Maharaj
Details
Rome, IAI, September 2026, 4 p.
In: IAI Commentaries 26|40

Research

The project, carried out for Accenture S.p.A., aimed to analyse and stimulate reflection on the growing centrality of artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on the defence sector, with…
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…

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IAI in the media

Pax Americana: Talking Italian Defense and European Defense Coordination with Elio Calcagno

Financial Times: Nato chief reveals Italy allowed US planes to use bases in Iran war

Le Monde: Industrie de la défense ou pacifisme, les Italiens tiraillés

Experts

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Enrico Credendino

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Scientific advisor
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Pietro Serino

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Scientific advisor
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Nicolò Murgia

Position
Research Fellow for Defence and security
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