What kind of power is China? How should G7 countries best address the mix of opportunities and risks it poses? Join us on March 18 for this timely workshop: online and in-presence European University Institute The Robert Schuman Centre GlobalGovernanceProg eui.eu/events?id=5646…

Lots of food for thought here on how to engage the "Global South", how to define China and deal w/ challenges and opportunities. Brought to you by European University Institute, GlobalGovernanceProg, The Robert Schuman Centre. Italy, Europe, the G7 and the China challenge: Lessons from Japan youtube.com/live/BTKPuA56q…

Do sign up and come over on April 16 to The Robert Schuman Centre, GlobalGovernanceProg to hear out Professors Neysun Mahboubi and Simone Tholens on US-China relations and implications for Europe. Highly recommended. eui.eu/events?id=5684…

Glad to see that the article Michael West and I wrote for The China Quarterly on China's lawfare targeted at Taiwan has now been collated in Volume 257. Check it out, it's open access. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Join us on April 29 — either online or in-presence — for a roundtable discussion on the Belt and Road Initiative, explored from a variety of academic and policy perspectives. The Robert Schuman Centre, GlobalGovernanceProg EUI Law Department eui.eu/events?id=5682…

My commentary on the US, Japan and the new geopolitics of the First Island Chain.

🗓️Don't miss our Republic of Korea-G7 Cooperation Forum next week! The second panel will be on ROK-G7 Cooperation on Science and Technology. Check out the agenda: iai.it/sites/default/… Reserve your seat👉 forms.gle/EFBYiwovrtmLA1…

I was cited in this timely Nikkei Asia article. Germany sails to Asia, Italy will follow suit too soon - for the second time in two years.

This year's edition of Asia Maior is out. I contributed to this volume with an essay covering Taiwan (the year in review + the January 2024 elections): asiamaior.org/the-journal/as…

New volume offering insights on a #ROK- #EU alignment & a detailed assessment of the prospects for cooperation in the #defence and #semiconductor industries. Edited by Aurelio Insisa. Authors: Françoise Nicolas, Sojin Lim, Matteo Dian & Sunkung Choi ➡️ iai.it/en/node/18721

Check out this new RECONNECT CHINA Research Paper by Aurelio Insisa on China's and EU's public-private partnerships implemented within the frameworks of the #BRI and the #GlobalGateway in Africa! ➡️ iai.it/en/node/18943

First Reconnect China forum taking place in Tartu,EE, from 24-26. October More info 👇 sisu.ut.ee/eckf/

Happy to find out that the The China Quarterly article Michael West and I wrote on Chinese lawfare targeting Taiwan has been cited in the recent ChinaPower edited volume "Employing 'Non-Peaceful' Means Against Taiwan". cambridge.org/core/journals/…

IAI is now on Bluesky! 🚀 Follow us for updates, insights, and conversations on #internationalpolitics, #multilateralcooperation, #Europeanintegration, global challenges and more. Let's connect on this new platform! 💬

TikTok may survive, and RedNote's newfound popularity may come and go, but what happened last week was nonetheless meaningful. Here's a brief commentary I wrote on these developments for IAI: iai.it/it/pubblicazio….

🍹 제1회 #SpritzDiplomacy 에 함께해 주신 모든 분들께 감사드립니다! 🇰🇷-🇮🇹 간 우정을 기념하며 스프리츠로 건배하고, #인도태평양 지역을 주제로 깊이 있는 대화를 나눴습니다. 국제 정세와 #지정학 을 주제로 한 논의는 계속됩니다. 앞으로 이어질 #SpritzDiplomacy 를 기대해주세요! ✨🌎

Grateful to The Robert Schuman Centre and Giulio Pugliese for giving me the opportunity to publish this brief on China-ROK relations: "Between a Failed Coup and an Election: China-South Korea Relations at a Key Juncture" cadmus.eui.eu/entities/publi…

Grazie a tutti i partecipanti per aver reso il lancio di #SpritzDiplomacy!🍹Abbiamo brindato all’amicizia 🇮🇹🤝🇰🇷 e discusso di #IndoPacifico con ospiti d’eccezione. Nei prossimi appuntamenti affronteremo nuovi temi di #geopolitica e attualità internazionale. Stay tuned! ✨️🌎