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The main objectives of the nonprofit Institute of International Affairs (IAI) are to 1) promote greater awareness and understanding about international politics, and 2) to help spread democratic freedom and social justice. The Institute supports these ends by producing research studies and publications, and by staging regularly scheduled events. The IAI Documents and Working Papers Series highlight's the Institute's in-house activities and research.

Publishers: Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
Publications: The Middle East’s Evolving Security Landscape: Prospects for Regional Cooperation and US Engagement
The Security-Migration-Development Nexus in the Sahel: A Reality Check
Myanmar´s Rocky Road to Democracy
Syria´s Impact on the Kurdish Peace Process in Turkey
Women and Peace Operations: The Achievement of the Italian Mission in Herat
The Western Balkans in the European Union: Enlargement to What, Accession to What?
What Happens After Finding Refuge? The Integration of Syrian Refugees in Germany and Turkey
Regional (Dis)order in the Middle East: Historical Legacies and Current Shifts
Trump´s Foreign Policy in Asia
Germany´s Ostpolitik: An Italian Perspective
Mapping the Proliferation of Parliamentary Actors in the Mediterranean: Facilitating or Hindering Cooperation?
Co-ordination in Tense Times: Issues for the G7
G7 Economic Cooperation in the Trump Era
A Proposal for G7/G20 Policy Coordination to Strengthen Global Productivity and Output Growth
The G7’s Task for Restoring Growth and Stability
Reconfirming the Very Basis of G7 Cooperation
Whither the Inter-Korean Dialogue? Assessing Seoul´s Trustpolitik and Its Future Prospects
Trust Building and Regional Identity in Northeast Asia
The EU and the Six-Party Talks
The Refugee Debate in Central and Eastern Europe: Can the EU-Turkey Deal Survive Without Intra EU Convergence on Relocation and Resettlement?
Geopolitical Dynamics and Regionalism in East Asia
NAPCI and Trilateral Cooperation: Prospects for South Korea-EU Relations
Youth and the Mediterranean: Exploring New Approaches to Dialogue and Cooperation
Towards the Energy Union: The BEMIP and the Case of Lithuania
Northeast Asia´s Evolving Security Order: Power Politics, Trust Building and the Role of the EU
China´s Foreign Policy in Northeast Asia: Implications for the Korean Peninsula
The EU and the Korean Peninsula: Diplomatic Support, Economic Aid and Security Cooperation
Supporting NAPCI and Trilateral Cooperation: Prospects for Korea-EU Relations
EU-India Cooperation on Space and Security
Israel and Iraqi Kurds in a Transforming Middle East
Organizational Factors of Youth Exclusion and Inclusion in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Italy´s Role in Europe under Renzi
What´s Next for NATO´s Capabilities? Collective Defence and Neighbourhood Stabilization: The Italian Perspective
Maritime Security and Freedom of Navigation from the South China Sea and Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean: Potential and Limits of EU-India Cooperation
EU-India Cooperation on Cyber Issues: Towards Pragmatic Idealism?
EU-India Defence Cooperation: A European Perspective
EU-India: Starting a More Adventurous Conversation
Procedures, Personnel and Technologies for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding: An Assessment of EU Member States' Capabilities
EUnited against Crime: Improving Criminal Justice in European Union Cyberspace
Did 2016 Mark a New Start for EU External Migration Policy, or was it Business as Usual?
Who Needs Whom? Turkey and Israel Agree on Normalization Deal
Mapping Member States’ Stances in a Post-Brexit European Union
NATO Defence Planning after the Warsaw Summit
The EU´s Struggle with Normative Leadership in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Impact of the EU-Turkey Statement on Protection and Reception: The Case of Greece
Moats, Walls, and the Future of Iraqi National Identity
Youth Exclusion and the Transformative Impact of Organized Youth in Turkey
Brazil as a Security and Development Provider in Africa: Consequences and Opportunities for Europe and North America
Negotiating the European Union´s Dilemmas: Proposals on Governing Europe
China´s Relations with Sub-Saharan Africa
Security, Development, and Diplomacy: Solving the Puzzle of the US-Sub-Saharan Africa Strategy?
Turkey´s African Experience: From Venture to Normalisation
Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Insecure Lives in an Environment of Pseudo-Integration
How Will I Function When I Grow Up? The Effectiveness of EU Foreign Policy (EFP) Governance Stuck in a Teleological Dilemma
Strengthening the EU´s External Action: The Need for an EU Food Diplomacy?
Re-Ordering the Middle East? Peoples, Borders and States in Flux
Oil Price Volatility and the Implications for European Foreign and Security Policy
Brexit and the Future of the United Kingdom
Defence Budgets and Cooperation (DBC) in Europe: Trends and Investments
Youth Policy in Tunisia: The Internationalization of Youth as a Public Policy Issue
Europe and Israel: A Complex Relationship
The New EU Governance: New Intergovernmentalism, New Supranationalism, and New Parliamentarism
A New EU Strategic Approach to Global Development, Resilience and Sustainability
Last Call for the Denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula: How to Tackle North Korea's Nuclear Threat
Tangled Connections between Migration and Security in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings: A European Perspective
Brexit or No Brexit? Political and Institutional Implications of an EU without the UK
Moving beyond Security versus the Duty to Protect
How to Pursue a More Efficient and Legitimate European Economic Governance
Assessing Youth Exclusion through Discourse and Policy Analysis: The Case of Lebanon
Democracy and Legitimacy in the EU: Challenges and Options
Youth in Tunisia: Trapped Between Public Control and the Neo-Liberal Economy
Gulf and EU Migration Policies after the Arab Uprisings: Arab and Turkish Youth as a Security Issue
The Search for Meaning in War: Foreign Fighters in a Comparative Perspective
Challenges to European Security: A Transatlantic Perspective
The Disguise of Youth Inclusion in Egypt
Defence Budgets and Cooperation in Europe: Developments, Trends and Drivers
A Multi-Speed EU? An Institutional and Legal Assessment
NATO Towards Warsaw 2016 Summit: Challenges and Opportunities
Radicalisation in the Mediterranean Region: Old and New Drivers
NATO and European Security: Back to the Roots?
Why Does the Islamic State Endure and Expand?
Dealing with the Ukrainian Crisis: Transatlantic Strategy Dilemmas
Federalising the Eurozone: Towards a True European Budget?
The Khartoum Process: Critical Assessment and Policy Recommendations
Towards European Electoral and Party Systems
Building on the Past, Facing the Future: Italian and European Responsibilities in World Affairs
Italian Exports and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Alternative Funding Sources for Growth: The Role of Private Equity, Venture Capital and Private Debt
Financing SMEs in Asia and Europe
Financing SMEs in Europe: Stylised Facts, Policies, Challenges
Italy and the Renegotiation of the UK’s EU Membership
Russia’s Pivot to Asia: Myths and Realities
The Role of Women and Gender Policies in Addressing the Military Conflict in Ukraine
Migration and Refugee Governance in the Mediterranean
Social, Economic and Political Dynamics in Tunisia and the Related Short- to Medium-Term Scenarios
The Outlook for Algeria
The Changing Dynamics of Cross-border Human Smuggling and Trafficking in the Mediterranean
Authoritarian Stability through Perpetual Democratisation
Overhauling EU Policy in the Mediterranean
Turkey’s Evolving Migration Policies: A Mediterranean Transit Stop at the Doors of the EU
Morocco’s Experience of Migration as a Sending, Transit and Receiving Country
From 9/11 to Da’esh: What Role for the High Representative and the External Dimension of EU Counter-Terrorism Policies?
The US-EU Energy Trade Dilemma
Promoting Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
#ElectricYerevan: Why Armenia's Future is in Europe
The Offshore Nexus, Sanctions and the Russian Crisis
Global and Operational: A New Strategy for EU Foreign and Security Policy
President Sisi's Delegative Authoritarianism
The West and the Middle East After the Iran Nuclear Deal
A People’s Army: Civil Society as a Security Actor in Post-Maidan Ukraine
The Report of the Five Presidents: A Missed Opportunity
Changing Migration Patterns in the Mediterranean Region
A Multilateral Approach to Ungoverned Spaces: Libya and Beyond
European Muslims: Caught between Local Integration Challenges and Global Terrorism Discourses
Migrations through and from Libya: A Mediterranean Challenge
Creating a Union with a “Human Face”: A European Unemployment Insurance
Azerbaijan and the Non-Aligned Movement
The Geopolitical Impact of TTIP: A Transatlantic Fortress or an Open Platform?
Somali Perspectives: Institutional and Policy Challenges
Which Role Should the EU Play in International Relations?
What Potential for Cooperation between the EU and Turkey on Diversification of Gas Supply?
Israel’s Policies toward Asylum-Seekers: 2002-2014
Boosting TTIP Negotiations: A Value Chain Approach
General Zhukov and the Cyborgs: A Clash of Civilisation within the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Reviewing the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Regimes
Actors of Accountability in Africa: ICC, African Union and Nation-States
Continuity and Change in Youth Migration Patterns from the Mediterranean
Heroes or Villains? Volunteer Battalions in Post-Maidan Ukraine
Coercive Diplomacy, Sanctions and International Law
A Changing Picture with Unaltered Contours
The Eastern Partnership, the Russia-Ukraine War, and the Impact on the South Caucasus
Morocco’s Power Sector Transition: Achievements and Potential
The Struggle over the Public Sphere
The Multilateralisation of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Call for an EU Initiative
Sfide e opportunità dell’innovazione tecnologica nell’addestramento delle Forze armate italiane
Beyond the Intergovernmental-Supranational Divide in EU Foreign Policy: Insights from Kosovo
Changing Migration Patterns and Migration Governance in the Mediterranean Region
European Energy Security Challenges and Global Energy Trends: Old Wine in New Bottles?
Chinese Investments in Italy: Facing Risks and Grasping Opportunities
OSCE’s Mediterranean Engagement on the Eve of the 40th Anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act
Promoting Stability and Development in Africa
Italian Interests and NATO: From Missions to Trenches?
NATO’s Posture after the Wales Summit
Is the European Model Relevant for ASEAN?
Can South-Eastern Mediterranean Gas Be a Supply for the EU?
The Neighbourhood Policy is Dead
A Cold Peace? Western-Russian Relations in Light of the Ukraine Crisis
The Time Has Come for a European Energy Union
After the NATO Wales Summit: Prospects for International Security
Governance Challenges of the EU’s 2030 Energy and Climate Framework
Rethinking EU Energy Policies Towards the Southern Mediterranean Region
EU-Turkey Energy Cooperation: Challenges and Opportunities
European Banking Union
Towards “Helsinki +40”: The OSCE, the Global Mediterranean, and the Future of Cooperative Security
Competitive Multipolarity in the Middle East
The Future of Multilateral Security Dialogue in the Mediterranean
India 2014: Return of the One-Party Dominant System
Priorities and Challenges of the 2014 Italian EU Presidency
The Southern Gas Corridor: Europe's Lifeline?
Caspian Gas, TANAP and TAP in Europe's Energy Security
Scegliere per contare
Global Economic Trends and Recovery Prospects
Quanto conta il Parlamento europeo per l’Italia? (rileggere)
Turkey's Potential Role in the Emerging South-Eastern Mediterranean Energy Corridor
The Turkey-Azerbaijan Energy Partnership in the Context of the Southern Corridor
Exit strategy dallo stato confusionale europeo
The ´Relative´ Importance of EMU Macroeconomic Imbalances in the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure
Second Revolution on Euromaidan: What Next for Ukraine?
Erbil Sends Oil, Ankara Gets Trouble
Turkey's Energy Strategy and its Role in the EU's Southern Gas Corridor
The Threat of Contemporary Piracy and the Role of the International Community
Moroccan Exceptionalism Examined
Eurocriticism: The Eurozone Crisis and Anti-Establishment Groups in Southern Europe
Shaping the Future: Europe’s New Voices
Eastern Partnership Roadmap 2012-2013 and the European Enlargement Strategy
EEAS Audit in the Eastern Neighbourhood
The EU and its Eastern Partners: Conditionality and Expected Benefits
The Janus-Faced New European Neighbourhood Policy
The Italian Debate on Defence Matters
A Defence Under Attack: Costs and Benefits
The Impact of the Syrian Crisis on Lebanon
Strategy and Its Role in the Future of European Defence Integration
The Management and Use of Natural Resources and their Potential for Economic and Social Development in the Mediterranean
Il dibattito italiano sulle questioni di difesa: questa sera si recita a soggetto?
Implications of Turkish-Azerbaijani Relations for Regional Security and Development
Il mercato delle terre rare: aspetti politici e finanziari
Energy and Politics
The European Union’s Crisis Management After Lisbon
The Winner is TAP
What Role for the European Commission in the New Governance of the Economic and Monetary Union?
Egypt: Back to Square One?
Juggling Security, Democracy and Development in the Caucasus: What Role for the EU?
More Europe on Defence or No Europe
The Future of Syria and the Regional Arms Race
An Uncertain Road to Peace: Domestic and Regional Challenges in the Turkish-Kurdish Process
The Syrian File: The Role of the Opposition in a Multi-Layered Conflict
Where is Israel Heading?
EU Engagement with Local Civil Society in the Great Lakes Region
The State-Migration Nexus in the Gulf in Light of the Arab Uprisings
Behind the Scenes of the Turkish-Israeli Breakthrough
Presidential Elections in Armenia and the Opposition's Long March
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Policy and the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
From EMU to DEMU
Turkey’s Kurdish Gamble
Russia Plays on Azerbaijan’s Insecurity but Sinks into its Own Troubles
From Disfunctionality to Disaggregation and Back?
Italian Missions Abroad: National Interests and Procedural Practice
Israel Remains on the Right
A Deeper and Wider Atlantic
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Policy: Between East and West...
Lessons Learned from the Mozambican Peace Process
The European Commission vs. Gazprom: An Issue of Fair Competition or a Foreign Policy Quarrel?
The New Governance of the Economic and Monetary Union
Political Stability in Authoritarian Regimes
China Reinterprets the Liberal Peace
1930s or 2020s? A European Growth Strategy
Towards a Stronger Africa-EU Cooperation on Peace and Security
Defence Spending in Europe in Light of the Economic Crisis
When Domestic Factors Prevail Upon Foreign Ambitions: Russia’s Strategic Game in Syria
L’Unione Europea e la Creazione di una Zona Libera da Armi di Distruzione di Massa in Medio Oriente
L’Italia e le Missioni Internazionali
The Informal Europeanization of EU Member State Immigration Policies
Developments in and Obstacles to the US Pivot to Asia
The Future of the European Convention on Human Rights after the Brighton Conference
The Moral Enigma of an Intervention in Syria
Beyond the Asterisk Agreement
Azerbaijan in Transition
The Image of Crisis-Ridden Europe and the Division Between Creditor and Debtor Countries
François Hollande’s Presidency: A New Era in French Foreign Policy?
Raising Awareness Together
Israel and the Palestinians After the Arab Spring: No Time for Peace
The Somali Crisis: Failed State and International Interventions
The 2012 Armenian Parliamentary Elections: Implications for Armenian Foreign Policy
´Mixed Signals´ Still?
The Quest for Political Reform in Azerbaijan
The World We Live In. Megatrends in Global Security, Economy and Governance
Avoiding the Unnecessary War. Myths and Reality of the West-Iran Nuclear Standoff
The GCC Countries and the Arab Spring. Between Outreach, Patronage and Repression
A Trilateral EU-US-Turkey Strategy for the Neighbourhood: The Urgency of Now
Energy and Human Rights: Two Irreconcilable Foreign Policy Goals? The Case of the Trans-Caspian Pipeline in EU-Turkmen Relations
Building the Transatlantic Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Vested Interest or Moral Indecisiveness? Explaining the EU’s Silence on the US Targeted Killing Policy in Pakistan
Rising Tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean: Implications for Turkish Foreign Policy
The “Push-back Policy” Struck Down Without Appeal?
The EU's Conditionality Policy: A New Strategy to Achieve Compliance
The South East Europe Pipeline: Greater Benefit for a Greater Number of Actors
The European Commission's Policy Towards the Southern Gas Corridor
The Arab Spring: Socio-Economic Challenges and Opportunities
After Kazan, a Defining Moment for the OSCE Minsk Process
The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Current Trends and Future Scenarios
Re-thinking Western Policies in Light of the Arab Uprising
Hanging Between Hope and Fear: Italians at the Heart of International Crisis
Algeria at the Crossroads, Between Continuity and Change
The September UN Vote on Palestine: Will the EU Be Up to the Challenge?
Ambiguous Definitions in the Cyber Domain: Costs, Risks and the Way Forward
The 2012 Presidential Elections in Russia
North and South Korea: A Frozen Conflict on the Verge of Unfreezing?
A Return of Armies to the Forefront of Arab Politics?
Decoupling Trade from Politics
Rehashed Commission Delegations or Real Embassies?
The Challenges for European Policy on Access to Space
The EU and the Libyan Crisis
Israel and Iran's Nuclear Weapon Programme: Roll Back or Containment?
The Southern Gas Corridor: Needs, Opportunities and Constraints
The EEAS and the Western Balkans
Does the European External Action Service Represent a Model for the Challenges of Global Diplomacy?
The European Union Training Mission in Somalia
Democracy in Europe: Politicizing Champions for the European Public Sphere
Afghanistan in Transition
A European Strategy for Democracy, Development and Security for the Mediterranean
Striking a Balance Between Norms and Interests in Italian Foreign Policy
Italian Foreign Policy in 2010: Continuity, Reform and Challenges 150 Years After National Unity
The European Union and the Reform of the UN Security Council
Opting for Second Best in Libya?
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
EU-US Security Strategies
Italy’s Love Affair with the EU
Rethinking the EU's Mediterranean Policies Post-1/11
How Israel Can Turn the Unrest in the Middle East into an Opportunity for Peacemaking
Confidence-Building in Tunisia After the Popular Uprising
Report of the Conference
Is There an Islamist Alternative in Egypt?
Il meccanismo di stabilità e la revisione semplificata del Trattato di Lisbona
The Cyprus Peace Process Since March 2008
The Tunisian Revolution
Maritime Commerce and Security in the Mediterranean and Adjacent Waters
The Geneva Talks Over Georgia's Territorial Conflicts
Italy-Turkey Dialogue on Technological Innovation
NATO’s Strategic Concept
The Baffling Short-Sightedness in the EU-Turkey-Cyprus Triangle
Betting on Perseverance
The Azerbaijan-Russia-Turkey Energy Triangle and Its Impact on the Future of Nagorno-Karabakh
The State of Play of the Union for the Mediterranean in the Euro-Med Context
Dealing with Maritime Security in the Mediterranean Basin
Balancing Diversity and Efficiency in the EU’s Language Regime
The EU's Contribution to the Effectiveness of the UN Security Council
The Reform of the UN Security Council
The Italian Government and NATO's New Strategic Concept
Study on the Industrial Implications in Europe of the Blurring of Dividing Lines Between Security and Defense
Report of the Seminar: “The Reform of the UN Security Council: What Role for the EU?”
Italian Armed Forces Under Pressure
Restarting Negotiations for the Reform of the Security Council
Combining Realism With Vision
The Mediterranean Energy Scene: What Now? What Next?
The Turkish-Armenian Rapprochement at the Deadlock
The New Turkish Foreign Policy and the Future of Turkey-EU Relations
Dynamics and Evolution of the EU-Egypt Relationship Within the ENP Framework
The Italian Foreign Ministry on the Way of Reform
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