The five-year action plan signed by Italy and India marks a strategic milestone in their partnership within the Indo-Mediterranean framework, argues Paolo Messa, a...
Tag - Belt and Road Initiative
Rome is currently negotiating with Dongfeng to build an automobile manufacturing facility. These recent agreements with companies in the PRC have the objective of...
This may not be the moment to discern China’s strategic calculations behind these agreements, but it is certain that the Italian government is treading on very thin ice...
Building “peer-to-peer” and “non-predatory” relations with Africa will be a key focus of the Italian G-7. Exiting the BRI was “consistent” with the outcomes of the...
The Italian government withdrew from the BRI following months of increased tensions between China and the Western world. Former PM Conte, who signed the memorandum of...
Rome notified to Beijing its withdrawal from the Belt and Road Initiative on Sunday, as promised by the Prime Minister on the election trail in 2022. The project did not...
The Italy China Council Foundation argues that the EU’s answer to the Belt and Road Initiative should not replace it, but rather complement it – echoing some of...
Rome and Beijing will sign an executive protocol on universities and research as the Italian exit from the BRI looms. But there is still no talk of de-risking Italian...
No member of the Italian executive will attend the event in Beijing, which marks the tenth anniversary of Xi Jinping’s pet project, as Rome is en route to announce its...
Undersecretary Fernandez met with Ambassador Guariglia, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to reiterate Washington’s offer of joining the flagship...