# COPASIR 2025: Six takeaways from Italy’s security watchdog

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> Published: 2026-08-06 14:33:31+00:00

**Italy’s Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic** (COPASIR) released its annual report on the intelligence community’s activities and on the country’s evolving security priorities.

** Decode39’s** in-depth articles explore its strategic takeaways, showing Italy’s expanding national security understanding beyond traditional intelligence and defense issues.

** Information warfare.** Foreign information manipulation is increasingly treated as a structural national security challenge, with hybrid threats becoming a permanent part of Italy’s intelligence agenda.

** Cybersecurity and strategic databases**. The report highlights how protecting sensitive data and critical digital assets has become central to the country’s institutional resilience.

** Artificial intelligence**. AI is making its way onto the national security agenda, reflecting growing attention to the strategic implications of emerging technologies for intelligence oversight.

** Energy and critical infrastructure**. Energy security is framed not only as an economic issue, but as a pillar of national resilience, with particular attention to critical infrastructure and supply chains.

** The defense industry**. COPASIR is expanding its oversight to include Italy’s defense industrial base, recognizing its role as a strategic asset in an increasingly complex geopolitical environment.

** China and strategic influence. **The report dedicates a standalone section to the security implications of Chinese influence, highlighting how Beijing remains a distinct area of attention for Italy’s parliamentary intelligence watchdog. COPASIR frames China through the lenses of strategic influence, economic security and long-term national resilience.

**Taken together**, these six themes point to a broader shift: Italy’s security debate is becoming increasingly focused on resilience, technology, critical infrastructure and strategic autonomy.

[Go deeper](https://decode39.com): read Decode39’s full vertical coverage of the COPASIR report and explore each topic in detail