Italy–USA Foundation
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The Italy-USA Foundation (Italian: Fondazione Italia USA) is one of the five most important think tanks in Italy.
Overview
The Italy-USA Foundation is one of the first five most important think tanks in Italy also in 2020, according to a report by the organization Openpolis.[1]
The largest and most interconnected structures are historically 5 organizations,specifically the Aspen Institute Italia (president Giulio Tremonti), Astrid (president Franco Bassanini), Italy-USA Foundation (president Mauro della Porta Raffo), Italia Decide (president Luciano Violante) and Italianieuropei (president Massimo D'Alema), according to the the research from Openopolis, that examined 153 think tanks in Italy..[1]
The 'non-partisan' (i.e. agreeing on subjects that are beyond debate, like NATO, US bases and an economy open for U.S. corporations) Italy-USA Foundation, is also the structure with the highest number of parliamentarians: “the Italy-USA Foundation can count ties with 29 parliamentarians, the highest figure among the organizations surveyed. In particular, 18 deputies and 11 senators are part of the foundation. It should be noted above all that the Italy-USA Foundation has representatives in all the main political parties, from the Democratic Party to the League, passing through the 5 Stars Movement and Forza Italia.
The Italy-USA Foundation also is the organization, beyond the parliamentarians, with the largest number of journalists, ambassadors, exponents of culture, fashion, science, entertainment, and Nobel laureates, over 120 important personalities, "united by the friendship between Italy and the United States of America".
The Italy-USA Foundation does not receive donations from public or private companies, or by any public or governmental or local institution or body, nor sponsorships or advertisements by companies. The Italy-USA Foundation is the in Italy to be supported only and exclusively by the individual membership fees of its members.[2]
Young leaders
The foundation promotes the master in "Leadership for international relations and Made in Italy", to promote the internationalization of young people towards the United States, it provides every year a thousand scholarships called "America Youth Award" intended for recent graduates who wish to achieve the masters degree.[3]
People
Board, associates, and friends of the foundation[4]
Known members
29 of the 300 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| José María Aznar | Prime Minister of Spain 1996-2004, "If Israel goes down, we all go down", various deep state connections |
| José Manuel Barroso | Bilderberg Steering committee, President of the European Commission |
| Claudio Bisogniero | Italian diplomat |
| Emma Bonino | Attended the 1998 Bilderberg as European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection |
| Paul Bremer | Executive of Marsh & McLennan, a company whose offices were hit by a plane on 9/11, "Coordinator for Counterterrorism", Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq ... |
| Renato Brunetta | Italian minister who let the digital lobby penetrate public administration |
| Lucio Caracciolo | Double Bilderberg Italian foreign policy editorialist |
| Luigi Cavalchini | Attended the 1998 Bilderberg as Italian Permanent Representative to the European Union. |
| 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... |
| Giuliano da Empoli | Italian think-tanker showered with literary prizes for writing "Putin only understands the language of violence". Bilderberg/2023 |
| Gian Maria Gros-Pietro | Attended the 2001 Bilderberg meeting as President of oil and gas company Eni. |
| Edward Luttwak | Neoconservative military strategist, author of Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook |
| Monica Maggioni | Italian influential journalist. Trilateral Commission |
| Giorgio La Malfa | Triple Bilderberger Italian politician |
| Antonio Martino | Italian politician |
| Giorgia Meloni | Became Prime Minister of Italy in 2022 |
| Federica Mogherini | Italian politician, WEF |
| Mario Monti | Prime Minister of Italy. Bilderberg Steering committee. 27 Bilderbergs from 1983 to 2015 |
| Rinaldo Petrignani | Italian ambassador to Washington, Deputy Secretary General of NATO, then Italy–USA Foundation and board positions in armaments companies. |
| Mario Moretti Polegato | Italian businessman with a heavy WEF AGM habit |
| Luigi Ramponi | Italian spook, Trilateral Commission |
| Anders Fogh Rasmussen | Bilderberger, ex Danish PM, ex-Secretary General of NATO. |
| Gianni Riotta | Transatlantic oriented Italian journalist and editor-in-chief |
| Carlo Rossella | Italian Bilderberger journalist |
| Curtis Scaparrotti | Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 2016-2019, Atlantic Council board member |
| Elly Schlein | "Rising star" of Italian politics with heavy deep state backing. |
| Michael Spence | Bilderberg economist who signed the Document:Uniting Behind A People’s Vaccine Against COVID-19 |
| Jean-Claude Trichet | President of the European Central Bank, Governor of the Bank of France, Bilderberg Steering committee |
| Walter Veltroni | Italian politician. His candidacy in the 2008 general elections obtained 33.17% of the votes, but failed to take the government. |
