The process of EU enlargement has been a major political and strategic success, but it is facing growing problems such as capacity for integration and political consensus among current members.
Rome, 14 October 2021 – Aspen Institute Italia, in partnership with ENEL, will be holding an Aspenia Talk on “The post-Covid economic paradigm: the future of work and business” in digital mode. The panel will be held on the Zoom platform and will be open to the press.
At first glance, culture and technology may appear mutually exclusive categories, but that has not always been the case. The Italian Classical and Renaissance traditions were a continuous intermingling of humanism and science that only the twentieth century interrupted. Reuniting them to create a “polytechnic culture” could prove fundamental to confronting major changes, such as the digital and environmental transitions, that are now having a radical effect on daily life and habits and will continue to do so in the future.
The September 26 German elections could not but be influenced by the figure of Angela Merkel. Her principal legacy is probably to have been a master crisis manager and a pillar of political stability, but she has not staked her career on promoting a truly comprehensive and ambitious vision for Europe. Even regarding the pursuit of German national interests, an overall assessment of her profile as a leader must take into account several missed opportunities for renewal and perhaps even excessive prudence.
Rome, 27 September 2021 – Aspen Institute Italia, in partnership with SACE, will be holding an Aspenia Talk on “Anatomy of a recovery and the role of exports” in digital mode at 18:00 on 30 September.
Rome, 16 September 2021 – Aspen Institute Italia, in partnership with EDISON, will be holding an Aspenia Talk on “Climate change: the COP26 challenge”.
Even before the pandemic hit, a general reconsideration was already underway of various ongoing global phenomena in labor, such as the rise of new professions, the globalization of job supply and increased international competition, along with the exponential spread of digital technologies and automation. The events of the past 18 months have served to accelerate these processes while at the same time also offering opportunities for significant intervention.
Rome, 9 July 2021 – Aspen Institute Italia, in partnership with CESI, will be holding an Aspenia Talk on “Energy in the post-COVID transition between geopolitics and growth” in digital mode.
Policies for waging the battle against climate change and for and managing the phenomenon are central to both the post-pandemic economic recovery and to transatlantic relations at this new stage of opportunity for Euro-American cooperation. The slogan adopted by Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral campaign – “Build Back Better” – can be considered overall a highly appropriate approach to the international circumstances that distinguish 2021.
Marco Alverà
CEO, Snam
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The years 2020-2021 have inevitably been dominated by the pandemic crisis, which is still generating uncertainties on an enormous scale, both directly in terms of the prospects of economic recovery, and indirectly due to the social and political repercussions, some of which may bring highly significant medium- and long-term geopolitical consequences. Here are the main points that emerged in our discussion – not always in unanimous form – among the participants, which we consider to be the key takeaways:
Erik Jones
Director of European and Eurasian Studies; Professor of European Studies and International Political Economy, Johns Hopkins University
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Richard Burt
Managing Director, McLarty Associates
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Oksana Antonenko
Director at the Global Risk Analysis team, Control Risks Group
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Margaritis Schinas
Vice President, European Commission
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Ilaria Capua
Director, One Health Center of Excellence, University of Florida
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Peter Sands
Executive Director, The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tubercolosis and Malaria
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Emanuela del Re
Vice Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Rome
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