Giorgia on my mind: The Italian election and European foreign policy
Mark Leonard and his guests discuss the implications of the new government in Rome and its foreign policy agenda, including Russia and China
Experts & Staff
Marta Dassù
Senior Advisor Europe, the Aspen Institute
Biography
Marta Dassù is senior advisor for Europe at the Aspen Institute and editor-in-chief of Aspenia. Previously, she served as Italy’s deputy minister of foreign affairs. She is a regular contributor to the Italian newspaper La Stampa and the author of various books and essays. She sits on the board of directors of Istituto Affari Internazional and is a member of the strategic council of the European Policy Centre. In 2020, she was appointed as a member of the group of experts to support the NATO 2030 initiative and provide advice on how to further strengthen NATO’s political dimension.
Four ways Europeans can help refocus NATO
The EU and its member states have a vital role to play in reforming NATO – cooperation rather than competition will be key to making this a success
How NATO should plan for the next ten years
NATO will only remain relevant to its members and contribute to international stability if the regional alliance acquires a global perspective
15 Dec
Strategic sovereignty: how can Europe survive Biden’s presidency
The event will convene a high-level group of Italian decision-makers and opinion shapers across government, business, media and the expert community as well as member of ECFR Council
Why the war in Libya is a test for Italy – and for a geopolitical European Commission
If Italy was the front facing east during the cold war, then today it is vulnerable to the south: the country has been drawn into a geopolitical competition that looms over the Strait of Sicily
Keeping Europe safe after Brexit
The context Now is not the moment for either the European Union or the United Kingdom to risk allowing the political tensions around Brexit to…
L’Europa, il rapporto con gli Usa e la scommessa di un G3 economico
A piece published in Corriere della Sera on our transatlantic report. In Italian.
Europe must act as one on the world stage
Instead of talking in the abstract about a single EU voice, Europeans should forge pragmatic arrangements to simplify and make more effective their external representation
Where would Europe be should America and China set up their own G2?
Europe should be at the forefront of the efforts to enlarge the G8 club in order to remain relevant. An Italian article in Corriere della Sera.
Publications
Keeping Europe safe after Brexit
The context Now is not the moment for either the European Union or the United Kingdom to risk allowing the political tensions around Brexit to…
Articles
Four ways Europeans can help refocus NATO
The EU and its member states have a vital role to play in reforming NATO – cooperation rather than competition will be key to making this a success
How NATO should plan for the next ten years
NATO will only remain relevant to its members and contribute to international stability if the regional alliance acquires a global perspective
Why the war in Libya is a test for Italy – and for a geopolitical European Commission
If Italy was the front facing east during the cold war, then today it is vulnerable to the south: the country has been drawn into a geopolitical competition that looms over the Strait of Sicily
L’Europa, il rapporto con gli Usa e la scommessa di un G3 economico
A piece published in Corriere della Sera on our transatlantic report. In Italian.
Europe must act as one on the world stage
Instead of talking in the abstract about a single EU voice, Europeans should forge pragmatic arrangements to simplify and make more effective their external representation
Where would Europe be should America and China set up their own G2?
Europe should be at the forefront of the efforts to enlarge the G8 club in order to remain relevant. An Italian article in Corriere della Sera.
Podcasts
Giorgia on my mind: The Italian election and European foreign policy
Mark Leonard and his guests discuss the implications of the new government in Rome and its foreign policy agenda, including Russia and China
Events
15 Dec
Strategic sovereignty: how can Europe survive Biden’s presidency
The event will convene a high-level group of Italian decision-makers and opinion shapers across government, business, media and the expert community as well as member of ECFR Council
In the media
China still needs a lock on Western economies to keep growing
Marta Dassù comments on U.S.-China economic competition ahead of U.S. presidential election.
I think Putin’s idea is to see how things go in the US…my idea is that he waits for the US elections in November because he thinks he can count on Trump’s side
Marta Dassù analyses the prospects for peace two years after the start of the war in Ukraine
The German model was based on buying cheap Russian gas and selling it to China, secure in the protection of the US. Now this model has failed and everyone has to deal with it.euro
Marta Dassù comments on the future of Europe
Perhaps I am too pessimistic. But my impression is that Joe Biden risks a ‘Carter moment’ in the Middle East.
Marta Dassù, ECFR Board Member, comments on Joe Biden’s positioning in the Israel-Hamas conflict
The Biden-Xi Summit in San Francisco doesn’t evoke the birth of a new G-2, yet it shows that the two biggest rivals in the world of today are trying to contain risks and manage their competition
Marta Dassù comments the results of the Biden-Xi Summit