08/09/22  |  Publishing
The Queen is dead. Long live the King.
It was a very long reign, which went through one of the most complex periods of our era. Elizabeth Windsor was The Queen; her fate was sealed at her birth ...
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17/08/22  |  Publishing
Greetings to a special general
If Italy worthily honored its soldiers this would be a different country; if instead of celebrating false myths, concentrating on fashion jokes, you started screaming loudly ...
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02/08/22  |  Publishing
US-China tension: risk for Washington or trap for Beijing?
Today's visit to Taipei, first canceled then confirmed, by the speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, is raising the tension in the South Pacific ....
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20/07/22  |  Publishing
Geopolitical taboos: let's start with the "defeat" of Russia in war
Summer has arrived: it's time to have fun using geopolitics, a "scientific" discipline and not a toy, mind you, for a new column: we will try to debunk ...
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10/07/22  |  Publishing
In China, the National Communists celebrate: Shinzo Abe's honor doubles
Umberto Eco said, not the last gun at the bottom left (or right in via bipartisan) graduated from the university of life, that .. the internet has given the right to speak to ...
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08/07/22  |  Publishing
How a leader dies
Hagiographies are not suited to politicians; the saints are something else, given their exclusive relationship with a transcendent that is often hard to understand. After all, the saints ...
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28/06/22  |  Publishing
Does the SMD boss follow the (wrong) path of some pro-Chinese politicians?
Defense Chief of Staff Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone recently completed an institutional visit to Pakistan. The visit is part of the initiatives ...
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24/06/22  |  Publishing
France honors our military chief of defense. Does Italy risk positive examples?
The Chief of Staff of the Italian Defense, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, yesterday met his French colleague, General Thierry Burkhard. The press release ...
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22/06/22  |  Publishing
Checkmate to the king: Russia made huge geostrategic and political mistakes in the Baltic Sea
Let me paraphrase Rhett Butler and state that, unlike other analysts, I believe that of ...
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16/06/22  |  Publishing
Ukraine-Russia: Impossible Peace
Online Defense readers often ask me if it would be no less painful for Ukraine to give up and accept a ...
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06/06/22  |  Publishing
Italians: unprepared for war and peace
102 days of war brought to light many aspects of our country that were easily imaginable or we had ...
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25/05/22  |  Publishing
Those who do not see war, at least do not speak of Peace (even bring bad luck ...)
"The West has grasped the desire to create peace plans that should lead to a solution to the crisis in ...
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11/05/22  |  Publishing
Online Defense fights. But he (urgently) needs your help!
Dear reader, For nine years Difesa Online has been fighting with its strength together with the help of some readers and sponsors. The...
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26/04/22  |  Publishing
14 years of "Safe Roads"? It's time to finish the mission!
Last week there was a controversy over the downsizing (decided by the previous government) of the military ...
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12/04/22  |  Publishing
Fincantieri: controversy and armchairs. A new son at the helm?
For over a month the news concerning Fincantieri, the most important shipbuilding group in Europe, ...
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06/04/22  |  Publishing
Italian weapons to the Ukrainians: stock funds (and short memory)
These days Ukrainian fighters are receiving arms supplies from NATO and other countries of the ...
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29/03/22  |  Publishing
Rising Defense Spending: If Not Today, When?
The Italian rhetoric of "with all the problems that exist, this is not the right time" is electorally understandable but ...
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23/03/22  |  Publishing
The failure of Putin's war of aggression
Russia can only win given its superiority. This mantra - self-evident for the historical mission of ...
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21/03/22  |  Publishing
Italy is in fact at war: will the "Leopards" defend us?
For almost a month, Italy has been facing its worst nightmare: the word "war". For historical reasons that term is ...
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16/03/22  |  Publishing
Coup in Moscow?
Let's take a deep breath and try to analyze the events and the harbingers of the ongoing War in a way, to ...
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Tribute (due) to the 80th "Roma" infantry who takes leave with honor

Well, yes, we are now used to witnessing the closure of the barracks and perhaps even a little to burying the long history of the departments, a phenomenon which however does not erase the memories. It also touched...

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"Il Signor Parolini" (ninth part)

The baked chicken, as expected, had lived up to its reputation, consolidating, where needed, the undisputed culinary mastery of Gastone, chief ...

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Backchannels and fireworks: US mediation behind Iranian retaliation on Israel?
As announced by the Iranian regime, the announced retaliation for the (unannounced) attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus on 1 April 2024 which led to the death of...
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Letters to Defense Online: "Carabinieri and sinking of the Garibaldi"
Mine is not meant to be a sterile controversy but after more than thirty years of wearing the uniform I consider it a "fair" controversy. Decisions regarding the size and composition of forces...
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