Section: Istituto Affari Internazionali (Italy)
The EU and Ukraine’s Public Opinion: Changing Dynamic
Introduction: The West appreciated Ukraine’s pluralism by default …read more Source:: Istituto Affari...
A Resilient Europe in Uncharted Waters
The future of Europe and of the European Union is at stake. This watershed moment of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought urgency in addressing numerous challenges. Does Europe want to be a bystander in a radically shifting global landscape? Is it responding robustly enough to the threats to the democratic liberal order both internally and...
The implications of global multi-crises for EU-Africa relations in the food security domain
Although food insecurity had been worsening in Africa well before Russia´s invasion of Ukraine, the war is triggering more attention and spurring international and European initiatives. Both Africa and the EU share the concern that actions are needed to support not only emergency responses, but also structural solutions for food insecurity in...
Russia’s War on Ukraine: Two Inconvenient Truths for the EU
Following a spectacular counteroffensive and the retaking of Kherson, the war in Europe’s east has moved into a new phase. The immediate focus is now shifting to the chilling effects of winter – both on the frontline and on Western morale. However, this must not prevent the EU and its member states from confronting two key – and unavoidable...
The EU-Africa peace and security partnership
Peace and security is an area in which the EU-Africa partnership has been particularly effective – despite the political falling outs of recent years. The partners’ different responses to the Ukraine crisis, for example, highlights their differing views on the global order. Such differences should not be brushed aside, but rather should be...
Revamping international response to global food insecurity
Three concurrent crises — climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine — have combined to worsen food insecurity and malnutrition around the globe. Extreme climate events are becoming more frequent and severe, magnifying the already higher food prices caused by agricultural supply chain disruptions precipitated first by the...
The Defence Policy of Giorgia Meloni’s Government
From a long-term perspective, Italian policies on defence and international security look pretty stable when looking at their basics along the transatlantic, European and “wider Mediterranean” dimensions. The government led by Giorgia Meloni is set to add a conservative tinge to this traditional posture. Such nuance can be better understood...
Change or Continuity in Russia’s Strategy towards Secessionist Regions in the ‘Near Abroad’?
The 2008 invasion of Georgia, followed by the recognition of the independence of the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the annexation of Crimea and the involvement in the war in Donbas, and the 2022 invasion of Ukraine have all marked the return to active Russian participation in separatist regions in the ‘near abroad’. They...
Euro–Mediterranean Economic Cooperation in the Age of Deglobalisation
The pandemic crisis and the war in Ukraine, with its far-reaching geopolitical implications, have shown substantial vulnerabilities in many global supply chains that revamped the debate on the future of globalisation and the potentialities and downsides of reshoring, nearshoring or friendshoring processes. Indeed, the reconfiguration of global...
Italians and Defence at the Time of the Ukraine War: Winds of Change
In 2022, Italians have become more concerned about tensions between Russia and the West – but not more pro-American. They rather largely trust the European Union as a security actor, or lean towards an autonomous national defence policy – quite a change for the Italian public opinion. …read more Source:: Istituto Affari...
