Defence industrial cooperation between Italy and Germany could boost the EU’s geopolitical credibility and capacity for technological innovation. There is no strategic autonomy without a strong defence industry.
Russia’s war on Ukraine has prompted urgent changes in Italian foreign policy. Rome’s efforts to distance itself from Moscow are creating major challenges at home.
With Mario Draghi staying on as prime minister, Italy has an opportunity to help lead an economic and political recovery from the pandemic that secures Europe’s future
Italy should use its G20 presidency and COP26 co-presidency to help the EU become a major player in green geopolitics and a mediator between competing great powers
Italy has an opportunity to position itself closer to the Franco-German engine and to help construct a multilateral system in which the EU and the US are equal partners
A populist alliance in the European Parliament may prove unworkable because of the parties’ diverging global outlooks
Italy can play an active role in shaping European defence policy – if it avoids getting distracted by its internal political tribulations
Italy and Portugal will follow a common, coordinated strategy on key policy areas as presidents of the G20 and the EU respectively
We must seize the opportunities created by the EU’s mobilisation of an extraordinary amount of resources as a fiscal stimulus for the recovery
Italy has an opportunity to position itself closer to the Franco-German engine and to help construct a multilateral system in which the EU and the US are equal partners
Defence industrial cooperation between Italy and Germany could boost the EU’s geopolitical credibility and capacity for technological innovation. There is no strategic autonomy without a strong defence industry.
Russia’s war on Ukraine has prompted urgent changes in Italian foreign policy. Rome’s efforts to distance itself from Moscow are creating major challenges at home.
With Mario Draghi staying on as prime minister, Italy has an opportunity to help lead an economic and political recovery from the pandemic that secures Europe’s future
Italy should use its G20 presidency and COP26 co-presidency to help the EU become a major player in green geopolitics and a mediator between competing great powers
A populist alliance in the European Parliament may prove unworkable because of the parties’ diverging global outlooks
Italy can play an active role in shaping European defence policy – if it avoids getting distracted by its internal political tribulations
Italy and Portugal will follow a common, coordinated strategy on key policy areas as presidents of the G20 and the EU respectively
We must seize the opportunities created by the EU’s mobilisation of an extraordinary amount of resources as a fiscal stimulus for the recovery
Draghi’s words to Biden on Libya sound like a pre-emptive call for more political support for Italy in Mediterranean and energy issues
Arturo Varvelli comments on Mario Draghi’s words on Libya emerged during his meeting with US President Joe Biden in Washington DC
Should she win, Le Pen will have the difficult role of positioning herself ex novo within the EU and making the ultimate choice between Brussels on one side or Moscow and Budapest on the other
Teresa Coratella analyses the impact that either Emmanuel Macron or Marine Le Pen’s victory would have on Europe, and the opportunity that both these outcomes would open for Italy
Without London, Europe had already lost an important piece of its military capabilities in a broader sense, and I believe that Berlin will try to carve out a leading role in this field as well
Arturo Varvelli explains the meaning of Germany’s decision to increase its military expenditure and the implications of this on the relations between Berlin and Paris, Berlin and Washington and Berlin and Rome
The integration of defence industries is a preliminary and paramount step for German and Italian investments to be perceived complementary, rather than competitive, to the other industries
Arturo Varvelli explains what European countries ought to do on the path towards an effective defence cooperation.
The risks that the EU runs from a military point of view have grown compared to past years: a European deterrence force is needed, otherwise the EU risks becoming a theater of war again
In light of the Ukraine crisis, Arturo Varvelli comments on the possibility of creating a common European defense and deterrence force