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Russia, Turkey, Balkans, Eastern Europe

EU-Western Balkans summit, 17 December 2025

Why Credible EU Membership Matters

EU enlargement has re-emerged as a central instrument of European security. By combining gradual integration with a credible accession perspective, the EU can strengthen resilience, anchor political…

Spotlight

Fourth Italy-Türkiye Intergovernmental Summit, Rome, 29 April 2025

Unlocking Strategic Potential Outside the EU: Italy-Turkey Bilateral Partnership in Defence

This paper analyses the evolving Italy-Turkey partnership in the field of defence within the broader framework of NATO and the European Union. In the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and…

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…

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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The American War in Iran Is Not a Victory for Russia. Here’s Why

The American War in Iran Is Not a Victory for Russia. Here’s Why
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Nona Mikhelidze
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Rome, IAI, April 2026, 4 p.
In: IAI Commentaries 26|18
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Why Credible EU Membership Matters

Why Credible EU Membership Matters: How to Sequence Integration and Accession in Ukraine and the Western Balkans
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Matteo Bonomi
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Rome, IAI, March 2026, 9 p.
In: IAI Briefs 26|13

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

The European Correspondent: Ukraine's new cards to play

BBC Radio 4: Do the ties between the conflicts in Iran and Ukraine mean we should regard this as one, single, conflict? (min. 19:55-21:21; 23:58-25:00)

Challenges: « Poutine a peur de Trump et pas des Européens » : pourquoi Zelensky laisse éclater son amertume face à une guerre sans fin en Ukraine

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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