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“The Venezuela Model” and the New US Doctrine

The events in Venezuela following the US military intervention point to a new model for seizing and controlling natural resources with the aim to solidify geopolitical spheres of influence.This model…

Spotlight

Trump signs a Memorandum of Understanding between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States at the Palace of Versailles on 17 June 2026

No Deal, No War Is Still Trump’s Way Out of the Iran Catch-22

The US-Iran memorandum addresses the urgent need to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz but leaves most contentious issues unresolved.A long-term US-Iran nuclear agreement remains improbable…
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Europe after America: A Survival Guide for Moving on

Europe should treat the ‘breakup’ with the US as structural, not cyclical, and reorient policy around autonomy rather than restoring the old transatlantic bargain.To move on, Europe must accelerate…

Shifting Dynamics in Transatlantic Relations: Implications for Mediterranean Security

The 2025 US National Security Strategy (NSS) signals a major shift in global military posture, prioritising “American pre-eminence” in the Western hemisphere alongside deterrence in the Indo-Pacific…

Publications

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Europe’s Strategic-imagination Deficit

Survival, Vol. 68, No. 4 (August-September 2026)
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Riccardo Alcaro
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in Survival, Vol. 68, No. 4 (August-September 2026), p. 59-65
In: Altri paper e articoli
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The Perils of the US-Saudi Nuclear Deal

The Perils of the US-Saudi Nuclear Deal
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Riccardo Alcaro
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Rome, IAI, July 2026, 4 p.
In: IAI Commentaries 26|33
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“The Venezuela Model” and the New US Doctrine

“The Venezuela Model” and the New US Doctrine
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Rafael Ramírez
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Rome, IAI, June 2026, 6 p.
In: IAI Briefs 36|30

Research

The Transatlantic Symposium, the annual closed-door forum among transatlantic experts and diplomats that IAI has been organising since 2008 in cooperation with the Analysis and Planning Unit of the…
The geopolitical and geoeconomic shocks of the recent years have exposed the vulnerabilities of value chains and the EU’s strategic dependence on other global actors, such as China and the United…
Since 2012, IAI has been a member - the only Italian member - of the Council of Councils (CoC), a network of major international foreign policy think tanks organized by the Council on Foreign…

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IAI in the media

Financial Times: Trump renews attacks on Meloni with ‘restraining order needed’ post

DW: US President Donald Trump reignites his feud with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni (min. 1:40)

EU Reports: “Neither I nor Italy ever beg”: Trump-Meloni row exposes rifts in the global right

Experts

Tiziano Breda

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Associate fellow

Dario Cristiani

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Associate fellow
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Nicola Bilotta

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Associate fellow
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