A conference to present the book on American federalism “Uniti e diversi” by Emanuele Bardone and Davide Secchi, published by Alberto Gaffi under the auspices of the Foundation, will be held in Rome, Sala delle Bandiere, European Parliament, on December 3, 2009, 17:00, promoted by Italy-USA Foundation. The meeting will be introduced by the President of Italy-USA Foundation Rocco Girlanda, the participants will be Lara Comi and Debora Serracchiani, members of European Parliament, the chairman will be Maurizio Caprara, Corriere della Sera journalist. “For the first time in Italy there will be a description of the long and complex debate on federalism leading to the ratification of the US Constitution – Hon. Rocco Girlanda wrote -. The book also contains translations of legislation and legal acts, authorized by the US Congress and published for the first time ever in Italy”. It is necessary to send an email confirming participation.

SIOI, the Italian society for international organization, is a non-profit international organisation that operates under the supervision of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, with CESI chaired by Professor Andrea Margelletti and with the cooperation of the Italy-USA Foundation, are pleased to announce a Master’s Degree Course starting in March 2010 and on ‘Crisis Areas, Security and Intelligence’. Topics include the Balkans, the Caucasus and the ‘-stan countries’, as well as the political evolution of Islamic movements in the Middle East and their approach to local states, the situations which make up the fragmented Afghan-Pakistani landscape and the complex problems of Asia and of US administration policies. The aim of the Master’s degree course is to offer the main actors in international politics, such as diplomats, civil service high officials, foreign office and international organization officials and researchers a detailed knowledge of the government and non-governmental actors, the current protagonists in one or several geopolitical scenarios. In the photo, the Master Degree was presented to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Franco Frattini from the secretary general of Italy-USA Foundation, Corrado Maria Daclon.

The President of the Chamber of Deputies Hon. Gianfranco Fini sent a message to the President of the Italy-USA Foundation thanking for “the contribute of the Italy-USA Foundation to improve the relationship and friendship between Italy and the United States of America, to build a safe, democratic and free world”.

The anniversary of President Barack Obama’s election, promoted by the Italy-USA Foundation under the auspices of the President of the Chamber of Deputies Hon. Gianfranco Fini, was illustrated on SkyTg24.

More than 500 Italians and Americans participated at Chamber of Deputies, on November 4, 2009, in the celebration of President Obama’s first year, with the screening of the documentary “Obama, un sogno americano” produced by the Italy-USA Foundation, Sky Tg24 and Corriere della Sera.