V Edition ICMH Fellowship Awarded

The Jury for the V Edition of the International Commission of Military History (ICMH) Fellowship is pleased to announce that Dr. Davide Borsani, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy, has been selected as the winner of the 2025 Fellowship. Dr. Borsani has been awarded €3,500 to support his research project, Wings Over the Sea: The Defence of the Mediterranean and the Italian Naval Air Problem (1947-1957).

This project examines the strategic evolution of the Italian Navy in the early Cold War, with a particular focus on its pursuit of autonomous naval aviation and the inter-service rivalry with the Italian Air Force, situated within the frameworks of NATO and U.S.-Italian bilateral relations. The Jury recognizes the scholarly merit of Dr. Borsani’s archival-based approach, which addresses historiographical gaps in the military and diplomatic history of the Cold War.