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Artemis, NASA

Lessons for Europe and Italy from Other Space Powers: The Civil-Military Interconnection

The study examines how five space powers – China, Russia, the United States, India and Japan – structure the civil-military interconnection in space, focusing on governance models, strategic…
Yasuhito Fukushima, Andrea Grillo, Mélusine Lebret, Karolina Muti, Gaia Ravazzolo, Dimitrios Stroikos

Spotlight

The Proposal for an EU Space Act: An Italian Perspective

The proposal for an EU Space Act arises in response to the growing economic, technological and strategic significance of outer space, as well as the rapid evolution of the European and global space…

European Space Governance and Its Implications for Italy

In recent years, European space governance has undergone a phase of rapid redefinition. Central to these changes is the desire to find a modus operandi and complementarity among the various actors…

Space: Exploring NATO Final Frontier

Space has become increasingly vital to the security of the Euro-Atlantic region, as acknowledged by 2022 NATO Strategic Concept, presenting the international community with new challenges as it grows…

Publications

Data pubblicazione

The Space Domain and the Defence of Europe

Lennart Meri Conference special issue of ICDS Diplomaatia magazine
Autori
Alessandro Marrone
Details
in ICDS Commentaries, 5 June 2026
In: Altri paper e articoli
Data pubblicazione

The Proposal for an EU Space Act: An Italian Perspective

Autori
Karolina Muti
Andrea Grillo
Sergio Marchisio
Michele Nones
Details
Rome, IAI, October 2025, 12 p.
In: Documenti IAI 25|13

Research

IAI is part of a European consortium that brings together leading companies in the space sector for the Odin’s Eye II project. The project contributes to the further development of a European space…
IAI is conducting a study for the Italian Space Agency (Agenzia spaziale italiana – ASI) entitled: “Assessment and analysis of security-related aspects of ESA programmes, in relation to…
The initiative aims to provide European member states with a study and design of a new collaborative defence capability: an interoperable, resilient and scalable network of responsive space systems …

Events

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Registration open
Data evento
Luogo
Auditorium "A. Visconti" - Palazzo dell'Aeronautica Viale Pretoriano, 18 - Roma | 9:00

Capitali privati in tecnologie duali: il segno di una grande trasformazione

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IAI in the media

Zeta Luiss: EU launches into the new space race, Italy at forefront

Le Opinion: Le grand accord entre Airbus, Leonardo et Thales pour un champion européen de l’espace

#CriticalThinking: The new reality of the space-defence nexus

Experts

Gaia Ravazzolo

Position
Researcher
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Andrea Grillo

Position
Junior researcher
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Karolina Muti

Position
Senior fellow