Italian International Affairs Institute
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The Italian International Affairs Institute (IAI) is an Italian think tank and "non-state actor within the Italian foreign policy community, including the defence policy community".[1]
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History
IAI was founded in 1965 by Altiero Spinelli, who wanted to create in Italy a new actor aimed at elaborating and promoting reflection on international affairs, bearing in mind the example of Chatham House established in London in 1920. It is part of several networks of similar think tanks in Western Europe and North America.[2] The institute has penetrated the Italian government both with supplying personnel and "experts", and culturally, by dominating the supply of policy papers.
The first article of the Institute's statute affirms explicitly that its goal is to promote the understanding of international affairs, as well as to "contribute to the advancement of European integration and multilateral cooperation".[3]
Funding
The first funds received by IAI was from the US Ford Foundation and by Italian private companies or foundations in favour of European integration such as FIAT and Fondazione Olivetti.[4] later donors include the Compagnia di San Paolo, as well as among US ones like the US German Marshall Fund (GMF).[2]
Members
Board and Honorary Board from 1979[5] and 2024.
Employee on Wikispooks
| Employee | Job | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Nathalie Tocci | Director | 2017 |
Known members
13 of the 84 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| Gianni Agnelli | Italian industrialist, 37 Bilderbergs |
| Luciano Carta | Attended the 2020 MSC as director of AISE, an Italian intelligence agency |
| Umberto Colombo | Energy expert and manager who attended the 1972 Bilderberg. Trilateral Commission. Club of Rome. |
| Marta Dassù | Deep state connected general director of the international activities of Aspen Institute Italy. NATO, Trilateral Commission, European Council on Foreign Relations, International Institute for Strategic Studies... |
| Roberto Ducci | 6 times Bilderberg visitor |
| Giampiero Massolo | Spooky career diplomat. Coordinator of Italian intelligence services 2012-2016. Member of the Atlantic Council, Trilateral Commission and on the Executive Committee of the Aspen Institute Italia. |
| Cesare Merlini | Italian academic, Brookings Institute |
| Federica Mogherini | Italian politician, WEF |
| Guido Colonna di Paliano | SDS connected Italian aristocrat and diplomat. Deputy Secretary General of NATO 1962-64, then European Commissioner. |
| Romano Prodi | Multi-Bilderberger Prime Minister of Italy |
| Salvatore Rossi | Italian central banker who attended the 2018 Bilderberg. |
| Stefano Silvestri | Bilderberg Steering committee, Italian deep state functionary. |
| Nathalie Tocci | Italian political scientist and international relations "expert" |
Sponsors
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Fiat | The company of the Agnelli family, with tentacles all over Italian society. |
| Ford Foundation | In addition to its own billionaire agenda, also known to have been $$$ middleman for covert CIA funding. |
| Mercator Foundation | German foundation financing projects of deep state interest and buying control over the narrative, especially on "climate change" and pro-migration. Frequently connected to censorship initiatives. |
References
- ↑ https://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/statute2014.pdf
- ↑ a b https://journals.openedition.org/cdlm/8750#bodyftn30
- ↑ https://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/statute2014.pdf
- ↑ Piero S. Graglia, Altiero Spinelli, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2008, p. 464.
- ↑ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03932728008459144
