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
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
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
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
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.
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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)
Taking on the financial and monetary challenges in reinforcing the eurozone is no easy task given the current scenario; an especially complex one for the (…)Strengthening the Euro-Area. Financial and monetary challenges
A point of departure in analyzing the events of October 7, 2023 – both political and military – is the fact that the entire region and international community was taken entirely by surprise.
