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International political economy, global governance

Breaking the “Walled Garden”: The Challenge of Interoperability under the EU’s Digital Markets Act

The EU’s digital regulatory framework is entering a new phase, with landmark instruments such as the Digital Markets Act (DMA) moving from legislative design to implementation and enforcement…

Spotlight

EU-Canada summit 2025, 23 June 2025

When the Rules No Longer Rule: The EU and Canada’s Responses to Trump’s Tariffs

The erosion of the WTO-based multilateral trading system, accelerated by Trump’s tariff offensive since 2025, has challenged the foundations of the EU and Canada’s economic models, centred on…

The Growing Transatlantic Sanctions Divide

Multilateral cooperation on sanctions is a key determinant of their success, yet transatlantic collaboration on sanctions is steeply declining. This transatlantic sanctions divide is a symptom of…

Building a Competitive European Market for Stablecoins

Dollar-denominated stablecoins are growing rapidly and almost entirely dominating the market of stablecoins. The European Central Bank (ECB) is responding to the threat of dollarisation of the…

Publications

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Why Europe May Pay the Price of the Trump-Xi Summit

Why Europe May Pay the Price of the Trump-Xi Summit
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Paolo Guerrieri
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Rome, IAI, October 2026, 4 p.
In: IAI Commentaries 26|45
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The Quiet Repatriation of Sovereign Gold from the US

The Quiet Repatriation of Sovereign Gold from the US
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Ravi Balgobin Maharaj
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Rome, IAI, October 2026, 4 p.
In: IAI Commentaries 26|44

Research

By adopting a multidisciplinary approach, the project aims to examine the phenomenon of cryptocurrencies and, more broadly, the digitalisation of money. In this regard, particular attention is…
The project aims to analyse the Italian development cooperation agenda within the evolving global landscape, with a specific focus on high-level policy analysis and multi-stakeholder dialogue. From…
The project is organized into three interdependent pillars. The first pillar, the Private Sector Lab, aims to build a dialogue with Italian companies by fostering partnerships with the Global Fund to…

Events

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Istituto Affari Internazionali | 15:30

Ripensare l’Europa in un’economia internazionale frammentata

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Istituto Affari Internazionali | 10:30

Euro digitale e sovranità europea

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IAI in the media

World Finance: Europe's quest for financial sovereignty

Politica Exterior: Trump contra la ciudadanía por nacimiento

NBC News: The world's two largest exporters are facing down trump's tariffs very differently

Experts

Marco Simoni

Marco Simoni

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Director
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Matteo Bursi

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Research Fellow for International political economy
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Francesca Maremonti

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Research Fellow for Asia
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