Section: Istituto Affari Internazionali (Italy)
The Ukraine War and Europe’s Evolving Security Order
The 14th edition of the Transatlantic Symposium, the annual forum where experts and officials from the US, the EU and other countries discuss the main items in the transatlantic agenda, has focused on Evolution of Europe’s Security Order and the Ukraine War. …read more Source:: Istituto Affari...
Italy between the Draghi and Meloni Governments
This document provides an English summary of the 2022 edition of IAI’s annual report on Italian foreign policy entitled: “L’Italia dal governo Draghi al governo Meloni”. The 2022 edition of the Report, featuring the contributions of a group of IAI researchers coordinated by the Italian Foreign Policy programme of the Institute,...
Europe–Africa relations in a multi-crises world
This report is the outcome of a partnership initiative launched in 2022 by the European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Bureau of Africa. It follows earlier cooperation on AU-EU relations between the two organisations in 2020 and 2021. Our partnership has aimed to assess the status of...
Il cambio di passo dell'Unione
The Ukrainian crisis led to an abrupt policy shift, one not typical of the unimpressive speed of European decision-making. The EU countries have rushed to find alternative supplies, approve new infrastructures, while enhancing their climate targets. …read more Source:: Istituto Affari...
Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic Aspirations in the Context of Russian Aggression
The event aims to discuss the Russian aggression against Ukraine and state of the art on the battlefield as well as Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction and its path towards the EU and NATO membership. ________________________________________ Programme Welcome Remarks: Nathalie Tocci, Direttore, IAI Keynote Address: Olga Stefanishyna, Deputy...
Responding to Complex Crises
Numerous regions of the world face a blend of security, governance, developmental, and environmental challenges compounded by rising inequality and fragility. These “nexus” challenges intersect in complex ways, and interlock with the cascading effects of crises erupting in distant geographies, as illustrated by the global shock waves emanating...
Walking out of the Woods: EU Industrial Policy between the Energy Crisis and Decarbonisation
Europe is in the midst of a profound and complex energy crisis. This is not limited to the gas sector as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but involves all energy sources. …read more Source:: Istituto Affari...
EU Foreign Policy Integration at Times of War
The outbreak of Russia’s war against Ukraine triggered not only a paradigmatic change in the system of international relations, putting the liberal world order into question, but also a disruption of the post-Cold war European security order.[1] The question of what the consequences of the conflict on the EU’s role as a security...
Naval Defence Cooperation in the EU: Potential and Hurdles
Taken together, some recent events represent a watershed in the global geopolitical landscape. The strategic repositioning of the US towards the Indo-Pacific, NATO’s withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Russian invasion of Ukraine highlight the need for EU member states to invest more and better in the defence sector. Industrial cooperation...
The Ukrainian Conflict and the Energy Crisis: Sustaining the Energy Transition
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, launched on 24 February 2022, had dramatic consequences on the latter while triggering a crisis whose economic, political, social and security consequences rapidly spilt over to all neighbouring and non-neighbouring states. The conflict resulted in a disruption of the already strained relations...
