The foreign relations of the Italian Republic are the Italian government's external relations with the outside world. Located in Europe,Italy has been considered a major Western power since its unification in 1860. Its main allies are the NATO countries and the EU states,two entities of which Italy is a founding member. Italy was admitted to the United Nations in 1955,and it is a member and a strong supporter of a wide number of international organisations,such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and World Trade Organization,the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE),the Council of Europe,and the Central European Initiative.
Franco Frattini was an Italian politician and magistrate. He served as the President of the Council of State from January to December 2022.
Uniting for Consensus (UfC),nicknamed the Coffee Club,is a movement that developed in the 1990s in opposition to the possible expansion of permanent seats in the United Nations Security Council. Under the leadership of Italy,it aims to counter the bids for permanent seats proposed by G4 nations and is calling for a consensus before any decision is reached on the form and size of the United Nations Security Council.
The Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies is a special-statute,highly selective public research university located in Pisa,Italy. Together with the University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa,it is part of the Pisa University System.
Marcello Spatafora is a retired Italian diplomat,former Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations.
Lorenzo Bini Smaghi is an Italian economist and banker who served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 2005 to 2011. He has been chairman of SociétéGénérale since 2015.
Francesco Profumo is an Italian engineer and academic who was Italy's Minister of Education from 16 November 2011 to 28 April 2013. He has been president of the National Research Council (CNR) since August 2011 and had previously served as Chancellor of the Politecnico di Torino from 2005 to 2011. He is also the current rector of Open Institute of Technology.
The Ministry of Agriculture,Food Sovereignty and Forests,Italian:Ministero dell'agricoltura,della sovranitàalimentare e delle foreste or MASAF,is an Italian government department.
Italy–South Africa relations are the bilateral relations between Italy and South Africa. Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1929. Italy has an embassy in Pretoria,a consulate-general in Johannesburg and a consulate in Cape Town. South Africa has an embassy in Rome. Both countries are members of the G20.
Maria Rita Saulle was a professor of law and a judge in the Italian Constitutional Court from November 2005 until her death on 7 July 2011.
The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) (Institute of International Affairs) is an Italian international relations think tank,and non-profit organisation founded in 1965 by Altiero Spinelli. It is ranked among the global top-20 think tanks in the "Foreign Policy and International Relations" category,according to the 2020 Global Go To Think Tank Index.
Enzo Moavero Milanesi is an Italian independent politician and law professor who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the first Cabinet of Giuseppe Conte from 1 June 2018 to 5 September 2019. He was also the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe during the Italian Chairmanship of the organisation in 2018. He previously served as Deputy Secretary-General of the European Commission (2002–2005) and as Italy's Minister of European Affairs in the Monti Cabinet and the Letta Cabinet from 16 November 2011 to 22 February 2014. He is a graduate of the College of Europe.
Maria Patrizia Grieco is an Italian corporate executive. She was the chairman of Enel (2014-20),the director of Anima Holding and CNH Industrial,and a board member of Save the Children.
Marta Dassù is an Italian politician who served as Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs in the government led by Mario Monti from 2011 to 2013 and as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of Enrico Letta from 2013 to 2014. She serves as Senior Director of European Affairs at the Aspen Institute and Editor-in-Chief of Aspen Institute Italia's journal,Aspenia. She is a regular contributor to the Italian newspaper La Stampa.
Lorenzo Natali Pierucci Bondicchi (1922–1989) was an Italian politician for Christian Democracy,and a European Commissioner from 1977 to 1989.
Vincenzo "Enzo" Amendola is an Italian politician of the Democratic Party (PD). On 5 September 2019,Amendola was appointed Minister for European Affairs in the Conte II Cabinet.
Nathalie Tocci is an Italian political scientist and international relations expert. She specializes in the role of the European Union (EU) in international affairs and peacekeeping,and the relationship between European states. She currently serves as the Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali,and has also worked as an advisor to the government of Italy and to EU officials on foreign policy issues.
Roberto Toscano is an Italian diplomat who served as ambassador to India and Iran.
Stefano Baldi is an Italian ambassador and author. Since January 4,2021,he is the Permanent Representative of Italy to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). From 2016 to 2020,he was the Ambassador to Bulgaria.
Giancarlo Aragona is an Italian diplomat who served as ambassador of Italy to NATO,Russia and United Kingdom and Secretary General of OSCE.
