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Serbia, Belgrade, Slavija Square, 22 December 2024, anti-government protest

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…

Spotlight

European Commissioners' press conference on Global Europe Programme, 17 July 2025

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…
Meeting with US President’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Kremlin, 5 September 2026

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

The Central European Initiative: Legacy from the Past, Vision for the Future
Autori
Federico Castiglioni
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Rome, IAI, October 2026, 44 p.
In: Altri paper e articoli
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Why Economic Security Must Be at the Heart of EU Enlargement

Why Economic Security Must Be at the Heart of EU Enlargement
Autori
Wojciech Przybylski
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Rome, IAI, October 2026, 5 p.
In: IAI Commentaries 26|48
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Serbia’s Second Democratic Transition

Serbia’s Second Democratic Transition: The Students Have Won, Now Comes the Hard Part
Autori
Matteo Bonomi
Details
Rome, IAI, October 2026, 4 p.
In: IAI Commentaries 26|47

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

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation | 10:00

Preparing for Enlargement: Communicating Benefits and Accelerating Connectivity

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Turchia NATO
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Luogo
Istituto Affari Internazionali | 11:00

Towards the Ankara NATO Summit & Southern Flank

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IAI in the media

DW: Will Europe answer Ukraine's €70 billion funding appeal? (min. 1:19)

Financial Times: Giorgia Meloni criticises Trump’s diesel deal with Putin

Defense News: Ukraine war fatigue fuels defense-spending downgrade plan in Italy

Experts

Alessia Chiriatti

Position
Researcher; Head of the Education programme
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Matteo Bonomi

Position
Head of the Europe programme

Rosaria Puglisi

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