
Serbia’s Second Democratic Transition
A student-led movement born from the Novi Sad tragedy has ended Aleksandar Vučić’s fourteen-year grip on power. The result shows that even seemingly unassailable systems can be defeated.Turning…
Matteo Bonomi
Spotlight
Between Geopolitics and Enlargement: Reconfiguring Pre-Accession Assistance in the Next EU Budget
The proposed Global Europe Instrument reshapes the EU‘s pre-accession assistance for the Western Balkans by integrating enlargement funding into a broader external action framework, increasing…
Diplomacy’s Dead End: Why Talks with Moscow Keep Failing
What is routinely described as a failure of diplomacy is the consequence of a strategic error: Western governments are still trying to negotiate an end to a war without fully grasping the objectives…
Strategic Communication on Ukraine’s Accession to the EU
Ukraine’s accession would represent one of the most significant steps in the history of EU enlargement, reshaping the Union’s security, economic and geopolitical landscape. Enlargement is also…
Publications
Data pubblicazione
The Central European Initiative: Legacy from the Past, Vision for the Future

Autori
Federico Castiglioni
Details
In: Altri paper e articoli
Rome, IAI, October 2026, 44 p.
Data pubblicazione
Why Economic Security Must Be at the Heart of EU Enlargement

Autori
Wojciech Przybylski
Details
In: IAI Commentaries
26|48
Rome, IAI, October 2026, 5 p.
Data pubblicazione
Serbia’s Second Democratic Transition

Autori
Matteo Bonomi
Details
In: IAI Commentaries
26|47
Rome, IAI, October 2026, 4 p.
Research
This project continues the initiatives undertaken in 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, aiming to promote a public diplomacy event that fosters relations between Italy and the six countries of the Western…
InCLUDE is a three-year initiative by the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), supported by the Open Society Foundations - Western Balkans (OSF WB), aimed at revitalising 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…
Events

Data evento
Luogo
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation | 10:00
Preparing for Enlargement: Communicating Benefits and Accelerating Connectivity

Data evento
Luogo
Istituto Affari Internazionali | 11:00
Towards the Ankara NATO Summit & Southern Flank

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Luogo
Istituto Affari Internazionali | 17:00








