ABSTRACT Italy’s withdrawal from China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) by the end of 2023 marked more than the expiration of a symbolic memorandum—it represented the first comprehensive national-level reversal of BRI alignment among G7 economies and the beginning of a multilayered transformation in Italian foreign economic, industrial, and cybersecurity strategy. The purpose of this … Leggi tutto Italy’s Strategic Disengagement from China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Geoeconomic Realignment, Transatlantic Pressures and Post-BRI Diplomacy in the Trump-Biden Transition Era