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JAAI Economic Corridor Can Anchor Indo-Pacific Economic Security
Japan, India, and Australia’s converging interests would be fortified by a JapanASEAN-Australia-India economic corridor championed by the United States.
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Shipowners and the Arctic dilemma: Chinese shortcut vs Russian threat
Despite its undeniable appeal, most global shipowners still consider the Arctic bet a premature gamble
ARTICLE (IT)
UAE launches cross-country “Customs Corridor” with Indian manufacturing in mind
Various Emirati stakeholders have signed a preliminary agreement for the “Bonded Rail Corridor” project across the country The railway would link the Fujairah terminals in the east with Khalifa Port on the west coast. The UAE are likely setting up for future Indian manufacturing flows to Europe.
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NEWS Review
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Ursula von der Leyen: The Keeper of Transatlantic Flame
Speaker Mike Johnson should invite European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to address a joint session of Congress in recognition of her resolute commitment to US-EU relations.
ARTICLE (EN)
Gorizia “Festival of Change”: Talò on ongoing conflicts, peace, and Trieste’s strategic keyrole
On October 8, 2025, Gorizia hosted the fourth edition of the “Festival of Change: Gorizia – City of Just Peace”. Italy’s Special Envoy for IMEC Francesco M. Talò talks to Il Corriere della Sera.
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UAE Ambassador Abdulla Al Subousi’s visit to Trieste
His Excellency Ambassador Al Subousi was welcomed by Mayor of Trieste Roberto Dipiazza and visited the Port of Trieste, where he was presented the development project “Porto VecchioPorto Vivo”
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CENTRAL EUROPEAN INITIATIVE: Serbia’s 2025 Chairmanship and Trieste’s strategic importance
Analysis
by Vuk
Velebit, Aleksa Jovanović, Petar Ivić
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Italy’s role in the Central European Initiative is foundational and ever-present. As a founding country of the CEI in 1989 and the host of its Trieste-based Executive Secretariat since 1996, Italy has consistently viewed the Initiative as a strategic tool for regional engagement
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani [...] chose Trieste – rather than Rome – to relaunch CEI’s role in Europe’s eastward and southward strategies. Meeting with CEI Secretary General Franco Dal Mas and local leaders, he declared that Italy is doing “everything possible” to speed up the Western Balkans’ EU accession and insisted on an “increasingly strong Italian and European presence in this part of Europe”. In Tajani’s words, Trieste’s growing geopolitical clout makes it an ideal platform to project Italy’s commitment to regional integration.
As a “natural gateway” to landlocked nations, Trieste is a vital asset in Italy’s logistics strategy and economic diplomacy. [...] Trieste is where Euro-Atlantic connectivity and IndoMediterranean connectivity can intersect.
In practical terms, this could inject fresh momentum into CEI cooperation, aligning the Initiative more closely with the spirit of the Trieste Summit concept that Italian leaders are cultivating, and giving tangible form to the oft-cited notion of Trieste as “Europe’s bridge” to its eastern neighbors.
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15-17 OCTOBER 2025
MED Dialogues 11th Edition
ISPI and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Naples (ITALY)
27-31 OCTOBER 2025
INDIA MARITIME WEEK 2025
Uniting oceans, one maritime vision Mumbai (INDIA)
3-5 NOVEMBER 2025
RAIL&PORTS 2025 Middle Corridor Development Istanbul (TURKEY)
13 NOVEMBER 2025
Logistics for Europe
CLECAT and the European Shippers’ Council (ESC) Brussels (BELGIUM)
19-20 NOVEMBER 2025
2025 European Silk Road Summit
More than just a land corridor: Towards a fully integrated supply chain Milan (ITALY)
22-23 NOVEMBER 2025
G20 South Africa 2025
Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability Johannesburg (GAUTENG - SA)
4-5 DECEMBER 2025
Indo-Mediterranean Business Forum
Charting a New Golden Road Trieste (ITALY)
19-23 JANUARY 2026
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
Forward-looking discussions to address global issues and set priorities Davos-Klosters (SWITZERLAND)
