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Few areas of development and innovation attract attention like artificial intelligence (AI), which looms large in the regulatory effort of multilateral fora and international organisations. The G7 is striving to be at the forefront of such efforts. Under the Italian presidency in 2024, the G7 has integrated two key challenges into its agenda: the fragmentation of the AI global policy landscape and the digital divide between high- and low-and middle-income countries, which is likely to feed into growing global inequalities. Under the Italian presidency the G7 has given an impulse to international cooperation for AI regulation. To consolidate its role in shaping AI governance, the Group will have to further develop these two fundamental lines of action.

The trajectory of transatlantic cooperation on data governance has been hampered by divergent principles on data protection and privacy, and by incidents which eroded the trust between the two partners. A lack of alignment on data governance to regulate the flow of data can disrupt cooperation between the European Union and the United States on cutting-edge digital infrastructure, with severe economic and national security ramifications. The cases of cloud services and subsea ICT cables expose how the unresolved trust deficit still constitutes an obstacle to transatlantic cooperation on critical digital infrastructures. Several avenues for cooperation have emerged as suitable dimensions to restore trust at the transatlantic level and address the challenges of the digital landscape. Nonetheless, significant challenges remain.

Paper produced in the framework of the project "La cooperazione economica e tecnologica Ue-Usa di fronte alle nuove sfide geostrategiche e il ruolo dell'Italia".

In recent years, the European Union (EU) has increasingly relied on China for critical technologies, pivotal for its digital and green transition. As the market of electric vehicles (EV) grows rapidly, demand for critical inputs has also soared, including lithium-ion batteries. China holds a dominant position along the EV battery supply chain, which has resulted in high exports to Europe and growing integration with the EU market. The EU finds itself in a delicate position, faced with the challenge to disentangle from dependencies on Chinese critical technologies, while preserving foreign investments in critical sectors and boosting local manufacturing capacity. Several measures have been introduced at the EU level, but a more all-round approach and longer-term industrial policies will be needed to scale up the EU's de-risking capacity.

This report illustrates the current state of malaria and highlights its incidence, the challenges linked to climate change and anti-microbial resistance, and its importance for other G7 health priorities, such as pandemic preparedness and response, global health architecture, innovation, R&D and local production. It also provides an overview of the main public and private bodies and partnerships committed to malaria elimination and concludes with a set of recommendations for the 2024 Presidency of the G7.

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) will have a wide-ranging impact on multiple spheres including politics, security and global economy. The G7 serves as a crucial platform for advancing discussions and building consensus on AI governance. G7 leaders have adopted International Guiding Principles and a voluntary Code of Conduct for AI under the Japanese Presidency, corroborating their commitment to make progress in this sphere. To promote a responsible development and deployment of AI technology, governments are at work to facilitate dialogue and cooperation with like-minded countries and international agencies and organisations, while promoting a multi-stakeholder and a whole-of-society approach at a national level. On 22 January 2024, the responsibility for this initiative formally shifted to the Italian leadership, which is now called upon to take the conversation forward and channel the collaboratively effort of G7 leaders into effective implementation and interoperability of allied AI regulatory frameworks. Designing flexible regulatory packages, able to accommodate the rapid pace of technological innovation while ensuring trustworthiness, is a pressing challenge and a pivotal step. G7 leaders are thus faced with the reasonability to deliver progress on the regulation of the digital domain, to unlock the full potential of transformative technologies.

The aim of this paper is to analyse the action implemented by Italy in its role as G7 Presidency in the field of development cooperation, describing the agenda set by the government to pursue the sustainable development goals set by the United Nations for 2030. This report represents a summary of the various activities carried out by the Istituto Affari Internazionali in collaboration with Focus 2030 within the project "A New Agenda for Development: The Role of Development Cooperation in the Italian G7 Presidency".

This book provides an analysis of the main challenges and opportunities for cooperation between the United States and the European Union in key sectors, amidst increasing geo-economic rivalry among major powers, and also includes a special focus on Italy's role within the Euro-Atlantic partnership. The intertwining of economic interests with geopolitical ambitions has led to a growing reliance on trade and investment as strategic tools in the competition between major powers and in the pursuit of geopolitical objectives. In light of these developments, the United States and the European Union have explored new strategies in their respective trade and investment policies, but also worked together to establish closer, often unprecedented, forms of bilateral cooperation. Moving from the assessment of Italy's role and positioning within the wider geopolitical landscape and its transatlantic ties, the book analyses the strategic dialogue between the United States and the European Union. The study, in particular, focuses on the limits and the potential of their respective trade and investment policies, in response to the reconfiguration of economic relations and to the growing weaponization of finance and trade. These issues, which are strategic in a context of shifting global powers, increased multipolarity and fragile value chains, are analysed with regard to four macro-themes: industrial policy, control of foreign direct investment, export control of dual-use technologies and materials, and restrictive measures and sanctions.
Volume produced in the framework of the project "La cooperazione economica e tecnologica Ue-Usa di fronte alle nuove sfide geostrategiche e il ruolo dell'Italia".

L'edizione 2024 del rapporto sulla politica estera italiana dell'Istituto Affari Internazionali affronta i principali dossier di politica estera e internazionale al centro dell'agenda del governo di Giorgia Meloni nel corso dell'anno – il posizionamento del Paese prima, durante e dopo le elezioni per il rinnovo delle istituzioni europee, il perdurare della guerra contro l'Ucraina, le elezioni presidenziali statunitensi, l'inasprimento della crisi mediorientale con i connessi rischi di spillover a livello regionale, la presidenza italiana del G7 – tratteggiando anche le prospettive e le scelte a cui si troverà di fronte l'esecutivo nel 2025.
Il rapporto – frutto del lavoro congiunto di un gruppo di ricercatori dell'Istituto coordinato dal programma "Politica estera dell'Italia" – dedica inoltre specifica attenzione alle politiche di difesa, a quelle climatiche ed energetiche, alle migrazioni, alle politiche per lo spazio, al Piano Mattei, ai rapporti con la Cina e l'Indo-Pacifico, all'impegno italiano nell'Onu e alla cooperazione allo sviluppo.