An alleged €5 billion Chinese offer to manage part of a crucial Southern Italian seaport sparked fears of foreign influence over strategic assets. A Piraeus-style...
Technology and Security
The Sicilian seaport “must escape Beijing’s commercial or expansionist aims,” as Giorgio Mulè, Defence Undersecretary, told Decode39, referring to reported plans from...
Chinese companies are still in the race for the country’s digital transition and 5G. Notwithstanding Draghi’s hardline stance, Italy remains a sensitive market for...
Italy and France signed a bilateral cooperation agreement in several strategic sectors ranging from defence, to research, to politics. After years of ups and downs...
The Italian PM has not shied away from using the State’s “Golden Power” to fend off Chinese takeovers of tech assets. He’s also seeking to boost the semiconductors...
One year before the Alpi Aviation affair, a Beijing-controlled subsidiary had covertly acquired another Italian company, Blue Engineering, specialising in the design and...
A Sinopsis/GCRL Marco Pannella report sheds light on Beijing’s influence agencies and their operations in Italian parliamentary and local politics. Here are all the...
As the EU looks to build up its chip industry, countries are clashing over State subsidies and the upcoming European Chips Act. Meanwhile, Rome is still looking to lure...
An Italian government document sets out a roadmap for the governance of cyberspace, from human rights to the defence of sovereignty, as well as aggressions from foreign...
Brookings Senior Fellow, years of service for the US intelligence and as advisor to three US presidents: Fiona Hill, one of the world’s leading Russia experts, details...