GIP Round Table “Georgia’s European Perspective – The View From Rome.”
- “Italy’s Eastern Neighborhood Policy: Georgia in Context” by Marco Siddi.
The paper focuses on Rome’s current approach to the Eastern neighborhood and Russia and overviews possible changes and continuities following the 2018 national elections in Italy. - “Italy and Eastern Europe – a dossier subordinated to the Rome-Moscow axes?” by Nona Mikhelidze (Head of the Eastern Europe and Eurasia programme, the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) (Rome, Italy))
The paper examines the essence and rationale of Rome-Moscow political and economic axes, in order to better understand the importance and value Italy gives to the Eastern neighbourhood.