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Marco Rubio, Athens, 7 October 2026

Politics over Geopolitics: The Domestic Roots of Transatlantic Relations

Domestic politics has become a structural driver of transatlantic relations, reshaping how political forces in the United States and Europe interpret the alliance. In the United States, the…

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Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) Relación con inversionistas

The Hidden Costs of the US-Venezuela Oil Agreement

The US-Venezuela oil agreement was negotiated in secret and awarded vast oil reserves to a little-known shell company. Despite its enormous significance for Venezuela, few details of the agreement…

Europe in an Age of America First Economics

The economic nationalism of the Republican Party in the United States threatens European exporters through tariffs, domestic subsidies and policies favouring domestic production.Shared concerns over…
President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a press conference following Operation Absolute Resolve

“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…

Publications

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The Hidden Costs of the US-Venezuela Oil Agreement

The Hidden Costs of the US-Venezuela Oil Agreement
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Rafael Ramírez
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Rome, IAI, October 2026, 7 p.
In: IAI Briefs 26|54
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Politics over Geopolitics: The Domestic Roots of Transatlantic Relations

Politics over Geopolitics: The Domestic Roots of Transatlantic Relations
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Riccardo Alcaro
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Rome, IAI, October 2026, 17 p.
In: IAI Papers 26|16
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Focus euroatlantico n. 12 (maggio-settembre 2026)

Focus euroatlantico n. 12 (maggio-settembre 2026)
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Riccardo Alcaro
Luca Barana
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Rome, Senate, September 2026, 94 p.
In: Studi per il Parlamento Focus euroatlantico (n.s.) 12

Research

The project aims to contribute to a greater awareness of the ongoing shifts in the concept of European sovereignty – a response to the lag Europe has accumulated in technological innovation and the…
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…

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La sicurezza dell’Europa alla luce delle midterm americane

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Experts

Tiziano Breda

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Non-resident Fellow

Dario Cristiani

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Non-resident Fellow
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Nicola Bilotta

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Non-resident Fellow
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