Alessandro Marrone

Alessandro Marrone is the Head of Defense Programme at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI). He also teaches at the Istituto Superiore di Stato Maggiore Interforze of the Italian Ministry of Defence, and is Faculty Mentor at the NATO Defence College. Twitter: Alessandro__Ma

L’Ucraina nell’Unione: una promessa che non verrà mantenuta

I rapporti futuri tra l’Ucraina e l’Unione Europea dipenderanno soprattutto dall’andamento e dall’esito della guerra in corso da febbraio 2022, e quindi dal processo di adesione all’UE. Le prospettive, in entrambi i casi, sono tutt’altro…

A Europe-led NATO to guarantee European security: the time has come

Since 2022, NATO has dealt with a novel phase in its history: a Russian war at its borders and the possibility of an attack on its members, while the future US trajectory oscillates between the Indo-Pacific and isolationism. On the occasion…

Ukraine’s counteroffensive and a potential stalemate scenario

More than three months after the beginning of the Ukrainian counteroffensive to liberate its territories occupied by Russia, some considerations can be made on the current phase of the war of aggression initiated in February 2022 by Moscow…

Europe’s defense spending and its industrial effects

2022 represented a turning point for Europe’s defense spending, with multiple effects on the European defense industry – including negative ones. The Russia-Ukraine war represented a wake-up call for European military spending. From 2014 to…

Scenari di escalation nucleare: come gestire il rischio

Lo spettro dell’arma atomica accompagna l’invasione russa dell’Ucraina sin dal suo inizio a febbraio 2022. Infatti, Vladimir Putin e altri membri della cupola politico-militare russa hanno fatto ripetuti riferimenti più o meno indiretti al…

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