15/03/24 | Points of view
A year full of unknowns
If 2022 was the year of Russian aggression against Ukraine, which brought the high-intensity conflict back to European territory, and 2023 confirmed the upheaval...
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13/03/24 | Points of view
NATO makes 32
On Thursday 7 March, Sweden abandoned its proverbial neutrality, becoming the 32nd member of NATO. The formal accession ceremony was held on Monday 11th in Brussels,...
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24/02/24 | Points of view
Transnistria is starting a dangerous game
On February 29, Vladimir Putin intends to address parliament for the last time during his current presidential term. Two weeks later, Russian citizens will have to…
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27/01/24 | Points of view
Lives (almost) parallel
On the morning of January 24th I went early to the Amsicora stadium to pay my final farewell, as they say, to Gigi Riva. His funeral would take place shortly thereafter....
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23/01/24 | Points of view
Influencers at war
Born in the midst of the Cold War, James Bond has often been considered the typical secret agent, the spy who managed to obtain the information necessary to defeat...
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21/01/24 | Points of view
How to face a more dangerous world…
In the world of geopolitics and in the "media" there is increasingly talk of the possible connections between the war against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza region, the attacks...
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15/01/24 | Points of view
The Houthis are cutting off our vital routes: let Uncle Sam take care of it!
For some time Italians have been hearing about the Houthis (a name probably previously little known to those not interested in geopolitics) and their threats to trafficking...
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09/01/24 | Points of view
Red Sea crisis: the hypothesis of "arming" merchant ships
The war in Ukraine and the Red Sea crisis have confirmed the vulnerability to which ships are exposed to cruise missiles and unmanned platforms.
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27/12/23 | Points of view
Belarus: Lukashenko's fate is sealed
By allowing Russian troops to invade Ukraine from inside Belarus in February 2022, the president…
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26/12/23 | Points of view
The Christmas massacre in Gaza and the difficulty in relief efforts
The spotlight is gradually lowering on Ukraine to focus much further south, on a war that many now...
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24/12/23 | Points of view
The appeal for sustainable peace in Ukraine
Holy Christmas (for the first time officially celebrated in Ukraine on December 25th and not January 7th) and the first...
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21/11/23 | Points of view
Italy activates the "Golden power" on the Microtecnica-Safran dossier
Italy has exercised its golden power by blocking the acquisition of the Turin electronics and components company...
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10/11/23 | Points of view
The other song from the Piave
In an old Hungarian film by the great director Zoltan Fabri, Édes Anna (1958), set in early Budapest...
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24/10/23 | Points of view
What to do when "panic kills more than bullets"
We live in complicated times. I don't think they can be defined as more dangerous than others: they are certainly more complex. The...
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05/09/23 | Points of view
Romania in support of Ukraine
In the context of the war in Ukraine, the strategic objective of Romania - a NATO member state - was and is the...
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21/08/23 | Points of view
Open letter to General Roberto Vannacci
Dear Vannacci, in a triple guise of professional bersagliere, amateur paratrooper and parigrade (although...
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02/08/23 | Points of view
2 AUGUST 1980, the Bologna massacre: "incurable wound"
43 years have passed since the Bologna massacre, when at 1025 on 2 August 1980 an explosion tore through the left wing...
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31/07/23 | Points of view
Wheat Crisis and Straits Policy
Russia's capture of the ports of Melitopol and Berdyansk at the beginning of the war practically caused…
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26/07/23 | Points of view
The Wheat Agreement and Africa. A Russian gamble
A few days ago Russia announced its withdrawal from the Grain Deal and its intention to resort to the right to visit and...
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17/05/23 | Points of view
Power games in the Kremlin
As the war in Ukraine continues, Vladimir Putin's leadership and the future of his regime look increasingly…
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