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Mediterranean and Middle East

From Resolution to Practice: 25 Years of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

Twenty-five years after the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda remains a cornerstone of global peace efforts – yet many of its promises are…
Ç. Esra Çuhadar, Giulia Daga, Dalal Iriqat, Sophia Papastavrou, Milica Pejanović-Đurišić, Gaia Ravazzolo, Loredana Teodorescu, María Villellas Ariño

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Reshaping EU Democracy Support and Democratic Practices

This edited volume offers a critical analysis of the complex and contested field of European Union democracy support and democratic practices in its Eastern and Southern neighbourhoods. Drawing on…
Syria Shvan Harki

State Centrality and Minorities in Syria: Negotiate, not Weaponise, Difference

Syria’s post-Assad transition is replicating old patterns of domination, with minorities still securitised, instrumentalised and coerced rather than engaged as political partners.Negotiations…

North Africa’s Security Landscape and Its Mediterranean Impact

European policy discourse often portrays North Africa as a source of instability, overlooking the reciprocal dynamics through which European actions contribute to insecurity across the southern…

Publications

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Time for Europe to Raise Its Voice on Iran

Time for Europe to Raise Its Voice on Iran
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Riccardo Alcaro
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Rome, IAI, April 2026, 4 p.
In: IAI Commentaries 26|21
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Reshaping EU Democracy Support and Democratic Practices

Reshaping EU Democracy Support and Democratic Practices
Edited by
Akram Ezzamouri
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Rome, Nuova Cultura, March 2026, 258 p.
In: IAI Research Studies 16

Research

The project (September 2025-June 2026) aims at strengthening Italy’s role as a privileged interlocutor between the United States, Europe and key actors in the Middle East, contributing to regional…
Faced with multiple uncertainties, actors and conflicting interests among regional and international players in the Middle Eastern region, Italy and the European Union can play a role in fostering…
In recent months, the Red Sea has become a focal point of the expanding conflict between Israel and Hamas, with repercussions not only on the stability of the Middle East but also on global trade…

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IAI in the media

Der Spiegel: »Griechenland ist strategisch in einer besonderen Lage«

Foreign Affairs: Can Saudi Arabia Keep Hedging? The Iran War Has Altered the Gulf’s Balance of Power—and the Kingdom’s Calculus

Al Jazeera: Why has Italy’s Giorgia Meloni suspended a defence pact with Israel?

Experts

Maria Luisa Fantappiè

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Head of the "Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa" programme
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Francesco Vigneri

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Associate fellow
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Loredana Teodorescu

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Senior fellow