Isodarco started its activity in 1966 with the organization of the first residential course devoted to the study of the Arms Race and the prospects for Disarmament and Arms Control in particular in the field of Nuclear Armaments. The first to introduce residential courses in this field, Isodarco, in the half century of its activity, has organized 56 Summer/Winter residential courses, has co-organized five specialized seminars (three in Taiwan, one in Amman and one in Venice) and, since 1988, has contributed to the establishment and organization of the biennial Isodarco Beijing Seminar on International Security renamed PIIC in 2004. The 15th seminar of this series was held in Suzhou, 1-4 November 2016. The mission of Isodarco has been the education of the public and in particular the younger generations to the need to achieve concrete disarmament and non proliferation measures and the practical steps to achieve this goal. A goal now recognized by the UN (A/57/124) and the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium. However, in parallel with its four courses on international terrorism Isodarco has also performed, with the financial support of the Italian National Research Council (CNR), an extended research on political violence in Italy: Venti Anni di Violenza Politica in Italia – Cronologia ed Analisi Statistica. On the occasion of its Golden Jubilee (1966-2016) Isodarco has received a letter from USA President Barack Obama and a medal from Italian President Sergio Mattarella”
