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Russia, Turkey, Balkans, Eastern Europe

A conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye Hakan Fidan

Hakan Fidan is appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the new cabinet formed after the second round of the presidential elections held on 28 May 2023. He was born in Hamamönü, Ankara in 1968…

Spotlight

EU Democracy Support and Civil Society in Georgia

The paper critically examines the European Union’s (EU) democracy support practices in Georgia, focusing on the role of civil society within the country’s European integration process. Against the…

Advancing EU Enlargement to the Western Balkans: Aligning Expectations and Realities

How can the EU maintain political momentum on enlargement while effectively supporting reforms in candidate countries on the ground? What strategies are needed to foster convergence between the EU…

Marshall Plan Governance: A forum on the eve of the Ukraine Recovery Conference

By invitation only IAI and GMF will host a side event of the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025 (URC2025) dedicated to Ukraine’s institutional capacity to ensure transparent, efficient, and…

Publications

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Maduro’s Fall: Russia’s Strategic Defeat in a World Without Rules

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Nona Mikhelidze
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Rome, IAI, January 2026, 3 p.
In: IAI Commentaries 26|01
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Integrating the Western Balkans with the EU Economy: New Plan, Old Problems

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Matteo Bonomi
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in Stormy-Annika Mildner, Tina Bories and Avi Shapiro (eds), Structural Change in the Western Balkans, Berlin, Aspen Institute Germany, December 2025, p. 13-22
In: Other papers and articles

Research

InCLUDE is a three-year initiative by the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), supported by the Open Society Foundations - Western Balkans (OSF WB), designed to reinvigorate the EU enlargement…
DE-CONSPIRATOR is a three-year project (January 2024-December 2026), coordinated by Ozyegin Universitesi and where IAI leads a Work Package, focusing on disinformation tactics used by Russia and…
“How can the EU invigorate its enlargement and neighbourhood policy to enhance Europe’s resilience?" This project aims to investigate how to reform the EU’s enlargement strategy in a new…

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IAI in the media

TVP World: Russia is now only a ‘regional power’ as Iran tensions rise, analyst says

BBC Newshour: Zelensky urges EU to reach deal on Russia's frozen assets

Al Jazeera: Russia-Ukraine war: Is a ceasefire deal on the horizon?

Experts

Alessia Chiriatti

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Researcher; Head of the Educational programme
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Matteo Bonomi

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Senior fellow

Rosaria Puglisi

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Associate fellow
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