La Med-Or Foundation and'Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) of Tel Aviv have started a cooperation relationship for the development of joint research projects on geopolitical and security issues in the enlarged Mediterranean.
In particular, on the basis of the collaboration agreement, the organization of in-depth events and seminars is envisaged, in Italy and in Israel, on issues and issues of common interest relating to foreign, defense and security policy; the development of exchange programs between researchers of the INSS and the Med-Or Foundation to acquire new perspectives and knowledge on the respective regions; the funding of scholarships (provided by Med-Or) to Israeli students for master's courses at Italian universities; finally, the establishment of an annual "working" dialogue between Med-Or and INSS to discuss issues of mutual interest, assess the status of the partnership and explore new perspectives for cooperation.
Minniti: focus on changes in the Mediterranean region
The Memorandum, signed by Marco Minniti, President of the MedOr Foundation, and by the Executive Director of the INSS, Manuel Trajtenberg, it figures as the first agreement of its kind between an Italian and an Israeli entity. “For the Med-Or Foundation, the start of this collaborative relationship with INSS is extremely important and makes us particularly proud” said Minniti. “We will be able to develop common projects of research and scientific cooperation on topics and in strategic sectors that are at the heart of our work programmes. INSS is in fact an important reality at an international level, above all for its activities on topics such as security and geopolitics, and we will be able to work together to explore increasingly relevant issues for our two countries, also in light of the extraordinary changes that the Mediterranean region is undergoing and which will see Italy and Israel increasingly involved in the coming years.”
The INSS is an independent and non-profit think tank, which "thanks to innovative research and high standards, and the presence of researchers from the academic world and from that of security andIsraeli intelligence, is widely regarded, qualitatively speaking, among the best defense and security think tanks in the Middle East region and internationally.
