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The Institute for International Political Studies officially launched its activities on the 27th of March 1934. A group of young scholars from the Universities of Milan and Pavia proposed this center to fascist Italy.
The Institute for International Political Studies has been located in Palazzo Clerici since 1942. This palace stands in the heart of Milan within a district once known as Contrada del prestino dei Bossi.
Research activity at the Institute for International Political Studies organizes into specific Centres covering Asia, Cybersecurity, Europe and Global Governance, Business Scenarios, Middle East and North Africa, Radicalization and International Terrorism, Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia. Programmes handle Africa, Energy Security, Latin America, Migration, and Transatlantic Relations.
More than 4500 students have attended over 130 courses offered by the Institute for International Political Studies since 2000. These subjects include Development and Cooperation, Humanitarian Emergencies, European affairs, Electoral Assistance, Human Rights Democratization, and Geopolitics.
The Institute for International Political Studies climbed 42 places to become the first Italian think tank in the 2015 Global Go to Think Tank Index Report edited by the University of Pennsylvania. It ranks number one among Italian think tanks across fifteen categories including Defense and National Security.