Venice
30 October 2025
The Energy of AI
AGENDA 2:00-3:30pm Session IThe nexus between AI and energy Artificial Intelligence encompasses a wide range of applications and is stimulating multiple technological developments as a (…)The Energy of AI
International Programs
Washington,DC
30 June 2025
US and Europe: a new agenda for transatlantic relations
The cornerstone of the Trump administration’s domestic policy agenda is the full re-assertion of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the United States (also understood (…)US and Europe: a new agenda for transatlantic relations
Rome
29 May 2025
Assessing the EU-Mercosur agreement: prospects in a challenging context
In an international environment increasingly characterized by geopolitical uncertainties and trade tensions, the partnership between the European Union and Mercosur, also known as the Southern (…)Assessing the EU-Mercosur agreement: prospects in a challenging context
Milan
16 May 2025
The Future of Capitalism
Globalization, understood as a political and economic project based on the supremacy of the global market with respect to states and citizens, is currently experiencing (…)The Future of Capitalism
Venice
7 March 2025
Assessing risk: business in global disorder
The key function of risk management can transmute into chronic pessimism or self-fulfilling prophecies, if risk is understood purely as danger and cost. But risk (…)Assessing risk: business in global disorder
Rome
9 December 2024
The EU-China Forum on global governance
New problems naturally cause new headaches. This increases the urgency and importance of finding new tools to deal with new challenges. Today, global governance must (…)The EU-China Forum on global governance
Rome
20 November 2024
The economic impact of US elections
The results of the presidential elections in the United States have always conditioned world balances, and not only in political spheres. The second Trump presidency may be remembered as a protectionist turning point of major consequence for the entire planet.
Webinar
11 November 2024
India and Italy: perspectives, priorities, and venues for cooperation
The shift in international geopolitics and the centrality of the Asia-Pacific region have given India an increasingly prominent role in global events. The country is (…)India and Italy: perspectives, priorities, and venues for cooperation
Pavia
19 October 2024
The Battle of Pavia and the future of European defense (1525-2025)
The conference, in its third edition in 2024, hosted a debate on common European defense that made analogies between a revolutionary event – the Battle (…)The Battle of Pavia and the future of European defense (1525-2025)
Rome
25 September 2024
A new Europe and the challenges of enlargement
Once again, it’s enlargement time in Europe. The debate today is about how that enlargement should be done: some support a geopolitical “all in” approach (…)A new Europe and the challenges of enlargement
Rome
9 July 2024
Our digital future: geoeconomics and security in the AI era
The standards framework for the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI), in all its many applications, is necessarily established at European level. Despite recent legislation (AI (…)Our digital future: geoeconomics and security in the AI era
Rome
4 July 2024
The future of pure science: the case for moral sciences
Science – pure or basic – was the focus of the “Pure and Applied Research in the Moral Sciences” (in Italian) report presented during the (…)The future of pure science: the case for moral sciences
Rome
26 May 2024
- 27 May 2024
The future of capitalism
Capitalism, understood as a method for managing the exchange of goods and services, is in continuous evolution: never an exact science, it has been piloted (…)The future of capitalism
Rome
10 April 2024
Europe’s destiny: security and defense priorities
For a country such as Italy, the rapid, far-reaching changes in the global system call for broader and more effective defense sector undertakings, in terms both of national capability and integration with allies.
Venice
8 March 2024
- 9 March 2024
Assessing risk: business in global disorder
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may be the harbinger of future threats rather than an exception, unfortunately. Yet some features of the conflict – especially in (…)Assessing risk: business in global disorder
Rome
14 February 2024
Engaging the Global South: the role of women in addressing key challenges
The Italian presidency of the G7 comes at very challenging times, with multiple and intersecting crises: a collective response, engaging the so-called Global South, is needed. And such a response should include a meaningful participation by women.
Rome
8 February 2024
Relaunching economic (and diplomatic) perspectives for Brazil
In assessing Brazil’s future prospects, one fact in particular could be summarized as follows: The country’s institutional-political system is solid (an aspect that makes it (…)Relaunching economic (and diplomatic) perspectives for Brazil
Rome
29 November 2023
Aspen Italia Initiative on Africa
Since the 1960s, several European and African countries have been working to redress the colonial legacy through economic partnerships. Italy has played an active part (…)Aspen Italia Initiative on Africa
Pavia
24 November 2023
The Battle of Pavia and the future of European defense (1525-2025)
In 1525, Pavia was the site of the first European battle in modern history in terms of army composition and geopolitical scale of objectives and (…)The Battle of Pavia and the future of European defense (1525-2025)