Independent observatory · Since 2018

International politics,
read by those
who will inherit it.

OIPI is an Italian observatory of young analysts. We translate global complexity into independent, rigorous, readable analysis. No factions, no patrons.

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2018

Founded

Research desks

100%

Independent

IT · EN

Working languages

What we do

Six desks, one compass.

Six thematic areas, one discipline: understanding how the world moves before the news catches up. Every desk has a lead, a shared methodology and a recognisable house format.

Euro-Mediterranean

Southern shore, Maghreb, European neighbourhood: where Italy's real foreign policy actually happens.

Europe & EU

Institutions, enlargement, common defence, strategic autonomy. Europe as an actor, not a backdrop.

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Space & New Domains

Space law and policy, cyber, AI: the territories where the rules are being written before the headlines.

Global Geopolitics

United States, China, multipolarity. Supply chains, blocs, shifting alliances.

Migration & Inclusion

Movements, citizenships, new Italians. A lens the foreign-policy debate was missing.

Security & Defence

Active conflicts, emerging doctrines, the defence industry. No rhetoric, no team-cheering.

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Space isn't
a backdrop.
It's territory.

While most Italian observatories still look at terrestrial borders, OIPI has spent years tracking the rule-making in the new domains: low orbit, lunar resources, cyber regulation, AI governance. It's our signature beat, and it's our founder's home expertise.

F.01

Space Law

1967 Treaty, Artemis Accords, orbital traffic management.

F.02

Orbital Economy

Constellations, lunar mining, critical infrastructure above the atmosphere.

F.03

Cyber & AI

AI Act, global software governance, the digital frontier as political domain.

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Observation

What we're watching, right now.

A live map of the regions and dossiers OIPI's network is working on at this moment. Not an archive: a compass.

Active dossier

Watching

Archived

Leadership

People, not letterheads.

OIPI is led by an under-35 directorate with different backgrounds and a shared conviction: treat international politics as serious craft, not as a hobby for nostalgics.

Founder & Co-director

Anass Hanafi

Turin-born of Moroccan origin, jurist (Turin, Fribourg), Scuola di Politiche alum. WEF Global Shaper, German Marshall Fund Fellow, 2023 IVLP Alumni Award. Specialised in space law and policy of the new domains.

Co-director

Vincenzo Vaccaro

Editorial co-direction and network development. Full profile coming soon.

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