The presentation conference of Italy’s new strategic document on the Arctic, entitled “Italian Arctic Policy. Italy and the Arctic: the values of cooperation in a rapidly transforming region”, will take place today in Rome at Villa Madama.
The event will feature addresses by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, the Minister of Defence, Guido Crosetto and the Minister of University and Research, Anna Maria Bernini, whose ministries contributed to the drafting of the document.
Representatives of the institutions, members of the Arctic Table and representatives of the business community will also participate.
Drafted in the course of 2025, the document highlights the role played by Italy to date in the Arctic and outlines a strategic vision, together with a set of long-term objectives, aimed at strengthening Italy’s engagement in the region. This engagement will focus on three main pillars — security, scientific research and economic development — bringing together the various components of Italy’s national system, with a view to a more effective and coherent Italian presence in the Arctic.
Key objectives include: consolidating Italy’s role as a non-Arctic country with an interest in the region; contributing to the preservation of the Arctic as an area of stability by preventing escalation dynamics and supporting multilateral mechanisms for dialogue and cooperation; strengthening Euro-Atlantic collective security in line with NATO and EU commitments and within an integrated vision of the various strategic theatres; enhancing relations, including at bilateral level, with the European Arctic countries (Denmark/Faroe Islands/Greenland, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden), while supporting the European Union’s growing engagement on Arctic issues; strengthening Italian scientific research in the Arctic; and seizing emerging economic opportunities in the region for the benefit of Italian companies.
The new strategic document, adopted ten years after the first, updates Italy’s Arctic policy in the context of the region’s growing global relevance.
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