03/06/22 | Points of view
The progress of the war in Ukraine according to Mark Galeotti
The whole world knows the so-called “Gerasimov Doctrine” thanks to Mark Galeotti, one of the leading world experts in Russia. Everywhere, as he himself wrote on Foreign ...
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30/05/22 | Points of view
Is Russia making a mess? Is Ukraine Losing? Let's take stock of the war
Where were we? Less than a week after my last article on the progress of the war, it seems that the media has been seized by a frenzy opposite to that of just ...
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27/05/22 | Points of view
A piece of paper (or a phone call) would be enough against the inhumanity of war
Take a good look at this piece of paper: it is one of the thousands of flyers that the Turkish air force has rained down on the villages of a large swath of territory in the last few hours ...
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26/05/22 | Points of view
Mothballed tanks and white-haired recruits: not exactly a war for young people!
The war is taking a - so to speak - vintage turn. A few days ago the news of an exhibition tank, a Soviet T-62, removed from the Kharkiv museum for ...
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25/05/22 | Points of view
Libya: should Italy return to 11?
The international situation is monopolized by the war in Ukraine, while the EU countries seek alternative solutions to the supply of gas from the Federation ...
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24/05/22 | Points of view
The Ukrainian War of Online Defense: the richness of the different perspectives
When I read some comments on the articles we publish on the initial Ukrainian "crisis" and subsequent "war", I am delighted (leaving aside the trolls and "citizenship influencers" ...
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23/05/22 | Points of view
Ukraine: better dishonor or war?
The solution to the Ukrainian problem, which has now been reached, is, in my opinion, only the prelude to a broader solution in which all of Europe can find peace. This...
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23/05/22 | Points of view
In France, I change at the top of the Ministry of the Armed Forces
France, one of the largest and most influential countries in Europe, this month saw the passage to the polls for the presidential elections that awarded and re-elected the president ...
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20/05/22 | Points of view
A former Russian soldier had predicted the disastrous trend of the Kremlin forces in Ukraine: then, it happened that ...
On February 3, a piece by Colonel Mikhail Khodarenok appeared in the Russian online magazine NVO who in the West ...
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17/05/22 | Points of view
The progress of the war in Ukraine: even Russian TV now does not hide the worries ...
The total withdrawal of the wounded and - for now partial - of the military and paramilitary fighters barricaded inside the ...
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15/05/22 | Points of view
Unexpected effects of the first American arms supplies to the Ukrainians
Ukraine can avoid a lengthy war scenario if it has enough weapons and supplied quickly: word of Wesley ...
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09/05/22 | Points of view
May 9 has arrived: analysis on the state and prospects of the war
Who expected that Putin would, at the very least, be able to seriously announce to the Russians the neutralization of the ...
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21/04/22 | Points of view
Azovstal (Mariupol): too many ultimatums?
This two-dimensional photo represents the area occupied by Azovstal, the largest steel mill in Europe. Let's talk about a ...
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20/04/22 | Points of view
"Great" Russian offensive?
These days the attention of the chancelleries and analysts from all over the world are focused on the so-called "...
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19/04/22 | Points of view
Russia: the reasons for the inefficiency demonstrated to date
A tradition of the Ancient Regime armed forces was that there was no looting before battle ...
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13/04/22 | Points of view
An American general says Russia can be beaten
A retired general can speak freely, without political or hierarchical constraints, especially in the age of ...
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11/04/22 | Points of view
Ivan, when crime (does not) pay
Once upon a time there was the Russian Army; Long considered the second best army in the world1, the ...
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10/04/22 | Points of view
"Isolate Russia!": But what if we were ultimately isolated?
In response to the Russian military attack on Ukraine, President Biden has rallied the world by launching a ...
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07/04/22 | Points of view
Some thoughts on the Russian army
The war (because that's what it is) in Ukraine, if on the one hand it took many observers by surprise, on the other it has ...
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04/04/22 | Points of view
General Hodges was right: Russian forces are in crisis, they are not just repositioning themselves
General Ben Hodges knows how to read Russian military events in Ukraine like an open book. Three weeks ago, among the ...
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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 the Director
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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