Aspen Institute Italia

Presentation of Aspenia 64, Rome, April 8, 2014

World Class Brazil. Innovation and social tension in the Latin American powerhouse

With issue 64 of the Institute’s Aspenia journal dedicated to Brazil, the panel discussion for the launch of the volume focused on examining recent developments in a country that has come through several consecutive years... Read more >>

Federica Mogherini and Philip Stephens, Aspen European Dialogue, Aspen Institute

Rome, Italy

Our balanced response to Moscow: international norms and long-term partnership

My first month and a half in office has been mainly devoted to managing the needed response by Italy and its partners to the Russia-Ukraine problem... Read more from Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini on Aspenia online >>

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Aspen European Dialogue, Rome, April 2-3, 2014

Europe’s shifting politics: the challenge of smarter integration

There is a broad consensus on the key issues that will determine the sustainability and efficiency of the eurozone (and the European Union as a whole). These include common mechanisms in Europe, domestic political consensus... Read more >>

West Palm Beach, Florida

Middle-class women in post-recession America: greater responsibility, greater vulnerability

When the Great Recession hit, the term “mancession” was coined in the US to describe the disproportionate amount of unemployment affecting males. By some... Read more from Aspenia online >>

Aleppo, Syria

Western foreign fighters in Syria: what they really want

Early this spring, French police arrested a 23-year old man on suspicion of organizing a terrorist attack. The suspect had close to a kilogram of explosives in his house, as well as bomb-making manuals and bolts and nails... Read more from Aspenia online >>