Research > EU, politics and institutions

  • European strategic autonomy and the challenge of new green and digital technologies

    The project, carried out from September 2025 to August 2026 with the support of the Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo and Fondazione Centro Studi sul Federalismo, examines the main challenges...

    Start/End: 2025 - current
  • REWEU: (Re)uniting the East and West: Reflections on the 2004 EU enlargement

    The project (Re)uniting the East and West: Reflections on the 2004 EU enlargement (REWEU) is focused on the commemoration of the 2004 “big bang” EU enlargement at the occasion of its 20th...

    Start/End: 2024 - current
  • InvigoratEU: Invigorating Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy for a Resilient Europe

    “How can the EU invigorate its enlargement and neighbourhood policy to enhance Europe’s resilience?"
    This project aims to investigate how to reform the EU’s enlargement strategy in a new...

    Start/End: 2024 - current
  • GEM-DIAMOND

    This project (October 2022-September 2026), coordinated by the Institut d’études européennes (IEE) at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), will assess the EU’s capacity to act given the...

    Start/End: 2022 - current
  • RECLAIM: Reclaiming Liberal Democracy in Europe

    RECLAIM addresses the challenge of post-truth politics for the future of liberal democracy in Europe. The project (October 2022-September 2025) focuses on the concept of liberal democracy in the...

    Start/End: 2022 - current
  • Italian-German Strategic Dialogue

    The Italian-German Strategic Dialogue (IGSD) is the continuation of the Italian-German Strategic Forum, organized by the IAI since 2016 on an almost annual basis. From the outset, the aim of the...

    Start/End: 2022 - current
  • Nexus25 - Shaping Multilateralism

    Nexus25 - Shaping Multilateralism is a project carried out by IAI in partnership with the Center for Climate and Security in Washington, a part of the Council on Strategic Risks and is funded by...

    Start/End: 2021 - current
  • The future of EU enlargement: Accelerating European integration in the Western Balkans

    The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has tested the EU’s cohesion and effectiveness not only with regard to its internal governance, but also with regard to its relationship with neighbouring...

    Start/End: 2021 - current
  • Van Wittel-Vanvitelli Roundtable

    In spite of differences, Italy and the Netherlands are both founding members of the European Union and share a common outlook in a number of policy areas that are crucial to the EU’s future. The...

    Start/End: 2019 - current
  • European Think-Tanks Group (ETTG)

    IAI is part of the European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) together with five other leading European international cooperation think tanks: the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS...

    Start/End: 2017 - current