Who we are
Eastwest European Institute (EWEI) is the result of the merger between two success stories:
- The established and innovative experience of Associazione Diplomatici, an NGO with special consultative status in the United Nations Economic and Social Council, which has trained more than 30,000 students coming from more than 100 countries, since 2000 (www.diplomatici.it)
- Eastwest magazine, since July 2004, is the only European geopolitical magazine distributed – in the English version – outside its country of production (www.eastwest.eu):
23 countries for the printed edition. More than 50 countries for the online version (daily updated with articles and editorials)
What we do
Eastwest European Institute (EWEI) bases all its projects and activities on the anglo-american method of learning-by-doing.
Our activities: training, publishing, scientific events
Our challenge: more innovative, more influential, more international
Our goal: not to distribute dividends but to consolidate:
- Independence and innovation
- Sustainability and reputation
- A fulfilling work environment for more than 200 professionals.
Scientific Committee
Provides guidelines for the activities of the eastwest European Institute, through bi-monthly meetings.
It is composed by leaders in the international political, economic and cultural world such as:

Giuseppe Scognamiglio
EWEI Chairman

Claudio Corbino
EWEI CEO

Romano Prodi
Honorary president

Enrico Giovannini
Scientific Committee President

Boris Tadic
eastwest ONLUS President

Salvatore Carrubba
Scientific Committee Vice-President

Giuliano Amato
Former Italian Prime Minister

Joschka Fischer
Former Foreign Minister and as Vice Chancellor of Germany

Javier Solana
Former European Union’s High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy

Aleksander Kwasniewski
Former President of Poland

Enrico Letta
Former Italian Prime Minister

Emma Bonino
Former Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Luigi Di Maio
Former Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Valentino Valentini
Deputy Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy

Angelino Alfano
Former Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs

John Bolton
Former United States National Security Advisor

Igor Sergeevich Ivanov
Former Foreign Minister of Russia

Paola Severino
Former Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Fabio Massimo Castaldo
Vice President of the European Parliament

Pier Carlo Padoan
Former Italy’s Minister of Economy Finances

Vincenzo Scotti
Former Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Piero Fassino
Former Italian Minister of Justice

Paola Pisano
Former Minister for technological innovation and digital transition

Silvie Goulard
Deputy Governor of the Bank of France.

Virginia Raggi
Former Mayor of Rome

Donato Di Santo
Former Under-secretary for Foreign Affairs

Lapo Pistelli
Executive Chairman of ENI

Alessia Mosca
Former Member of the European Parliament

Brando Benifei
Member of the European Parliament

Reuben Abraham
Senior Advisor at SONG Investment Management Company

Mario Nava
EU Commission Director for Financial Services

Begümhan Dogan Faralyali
Chairwoman of Doğan Holding

Ali Y. Koç
Vice Chairman of Koç Holding A.Ş.

Christian Dargnat
BNP Paribas Asset Management CEO

Eric X. Li
Founder and Managing Director of Chengwei Capital

Myrta Merlino
Anchorwoman of LA7

Seyda Canepa
NTV News Channel Turkey

Gerardo Pelosi
Italian journalist

Danilo Taino
Italian writer

Giovanni Moro
President of Fondaca

Vincenzo Nigro
Diplomatic Editor at La Repubblica

Partnership

eastwest
eastwest, the most critical axis around which the current conflicts on the planet revolve, seen from a European and Mediterranean vantage point, an alternative to the prevailingly Anglo-American approach. With constant attention being paid to the relationship between politics, economics, finance, geography and society. In essence, a different take on geopolitics.

Associazione Diplomatici
Associazione Diplomatici è una ONG con status consultivo speciale presso il Consiglio Economico e Sociale delle Nazioni Unite. Dal 2000 ad oggi, attraverso una formazione complementare a quella scolastica e universitaria, ha preparato oltre 30.000 studenti di tutto il mondo sui temi dell’attualità e delle carriere internazionali i quali hanno poi preso parte ai Forum internazionali organizzati da AD alle Nazioni Unite o in altri contesti istituzionali in Italia e all’estero.

Edicola dei Mellini
The new Agorà in Rome for International Politics!
Former EU Commissioner Emma Bonino in our newsstand.
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