19/07/18  |  Points of view
From the Japanese (from 1919!) A lesson to today's Italy
In January 1919, almost a century ago, the Japanese Prime Minister Marquis Saionji Kinmochi, opening the Paris Conference, expected that his country was part of the ...
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19/07/18  |  Points of view
Italians to arms!
Matteo Salvini is on the right track - of course - to keep the promises made to his electors before the vote. A fierce fight against immigration (always in its own way) and ...
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12/07/18  |  Points of view
A danger for the homeland
What could be a danger to the homeland and why? Sometimes we need to ask the question not only from the strictly military point of view, but also from the point of view of ...
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04/07/18  |  Points of view
Historians, analysts, journalists and storytellers
The present is never our goal.Passed and present are means, only the future is our end. So we never live, but we hope to live, and always preparing ourselves to ...
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26/06/18  |  Points of view
New Government and Armed Forces: a reflection on the main needs of the Army
With the establishment of the Government "Conte", the activity of the 65 ° Executive of the Italian Republic begins, together with the development of the works of the XVIII Legislature. To the light...
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25/06/18  |  Points of view
High hills, high hopes
There are places in Italy whose existence serves to emphasize our identity, our history and, if anything, to awaken in each of us the national pride now looted by ...
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24/06/18  |  Points of view
Fantaterroristic tale: so that it does not happen ...
Who has not heard of "invasion of migrants", combining the phenomenon with the great barbarian invasions that from the Germans to the Hungarians shook Western Europe between the ...
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22/06/18  |  Points of view
A volunteer experience, between excellent means and somewhat questionable logistics
The premise is a must: Italy entrusts a huge percentage of activities at no cost to volunteering, but towards the same operators there seems to be a great indifference. Between...
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14/06/18  |  Points of view
"Special" military education
Growing up a good citizen is one of the primary tasks of the family and later of the state. The State, in fact, ...
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01/06/18  |  Points of view
So it thundered that it rained
So it thundered that it rained. Popular wisdom warns us to interpret the signs we see around us, starting ...
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26/05/18  |  Points of view
Greece is siding with Cyprus in the face of the Ankara threat. Italy? Not received ...
The intimidation of Turkish naval units, last 12 February, against SAIPEM 12000 - ship ...
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18/05/18  |  Points of view
The yellow-green foreign policy: why do we always look like the "usual Italians"?
The membership of the Atlantic Alliance, with the United States of America as a privileged ally, with an opening to the ...
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15/05/18  |  Points of view
Military and students? A reflection on the initial formation of Army officers
In December 2017, the Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College published a latest volume1, of ...
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14/05/18  |  Points of view
Leonardo, military engineer
When we talk about Leonardo da Vinci, one can not help thinking of his art and his greatness as an inventor ...
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12/05/18  |  Points of view
May 9 in Russia and Italy ...
Writing about the 9 May festival in Russia is one of those things that can not be done hot; you must stop a ...
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07/05/18  |  Points of view
President, if others can not make politicians, at least you will be the head of state ...
Where were we? It seems like yesterday, but it has already been a week since my last article on the president of the council ...
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30/04/18  |  Points of view
Gentiloni has triggered the "end of the world" bomb. Will he turn it off?
A deafening silence welcomed the presentation to the DEF press (economic planning document and ...
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26/04/18  |  Points of view
April 25 and the wrong guest: the Palestinian question
The 25 April of each year the anti-Fascists - not since yesterday - force the descendants of the Jewish religion of those ...
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13/04/18  |  Points of view
David's point of view
In these moments the hands of the clock that regulate world peace have slowed down the race. America and Russia ...
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07/04/18  |  Points of view
There are no longer the chemical weapons of the past: peace suspended between tragedy and farce ...
It all starts in July 2010, not on a bridge suspended on nothing at the border between the Western Powers and the enemy of ...
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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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