02/11/22 | Analysis
The Iranian maritime strategy in the context of geopolitical balances in the Persian Gulf
The contrast between Shiites and Sunnis, which has characterized all Arab history practically from the origins of Islam, but which had not given rise to conflicts militarily and ...
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25/10/22 | Analysis
The Middle Red Empire: Now What?
The end of the CCP Congress leaves open the question that opens the brief dialogue between Butch Coolidge and Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction: what now? Let's put forward some hypotheses ...
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19/10/22 | Analysis
Supreme leader Xi
Xi Jinping has a very respectable track record within the Chinese Communist Party and is known for his modesty. The current Chinese leader is seen, both inside and outside ...
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17/10/22 | Analysis
Update on the war in Ukraine: the naval front
For over 7 months the Russo-Ukrainian War has been devastating with unprecedented violence the territory of the former Soviet republic overlooking the Black Sea. Although rivers of ink are ...
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13/10/22 | Analysis
Xi, the Marxist prince
Politics continues to turn to the East; the red aristocracy with 3.000 delegated vassals of the CCP is close to gathering in Beijing to give life to the kermesse of the 20th congress, ...
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11/10/22 | Analysis
Sahel and Gulf of Guinea: where piracy, terrorism and organized crime meet
We tend to believe that proximity is a key element in assessing whether events that take place within a state and / or a neighboring geographical area may have a ...
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04/10/22 | Analysis
The theory of the enlarged Mediterranean and classical geopolitics in Italy
The definition of "enlarged Mediterranean" is a definition that is often heard and is linked to the strategic conception of the posture - political, diplomatic and military - of Italy ...
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29/09/22 | Analysis
Iran: freedom under the veil
The latest remnant of 2022 that has just begun is proposing a series of events that find it difficult to place in a context that, historically and according to reason, should have ...
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25/09/22 | Analysis
Update on the war in Ukraine: introduction
On February 24, 2022, the world changed; forever. The grand invasion of the territory of Ukraine from ...
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25/09/22 | Analysis
Empires that go, empires that come. Thrones, swords and power
Foreign policy does not slow down, even if prompted by any conflict situation that arises. Moving the ...
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16/09/22 | Analysis
Italy "in bed with the enemy"
In the past we had already dealt with a very thorny matter: the relations between the Italian Republic and the Republic ...
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13/09/22 | Analysis
The horror deviations of power
In a blockbuster a few years ago, an extraordinary Peter Sellers played a triad of characters of rare ...
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09/09/22 | Analysis
"Clash of Civilizations": Was Huntington Wrong?
The start of the trial of the French terrorists brought the phenomenon of terrorism back to the headlines of ...
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08/09/22 | Analysis
Cats, foxes and sequin trees
As the elections draw closer, the deadline for passing a budget law is approaching as close as ever ...
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02/09/22 | Analysis
The geopolitical legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev: the honest man that history has made fun of
A question that repeats itself forever, the meaning of life. Why does man come into the world? Such a short moment in ...
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01/09/22 | Analysis
Operation Ibar: the Serbian plan for the reconquest of Kosovo
In January of this year, with the worsening of the Ukrainian crisis, we wrote an analysis entitled "Swarm of Fire" ...
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25/08/22 | Analysis
The Russian military-industrial sector at the time of sanctions. The "three card game"
The restrictions imposed by the International Community with the economic sanctions issued after the invasion of Ukraine, ...
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24/08/22 | Analysis
Military and geopolitical implications of the sinking of the Russian cruiser Moskva
On April 14, the flagship of the Russian Black Sea fleet, the missile cruiser Moskva, first unit of the ...
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18/08/22 | Analysis
The consent, the one lost, and its search
Between the second half of July and the beginning of August over thirty people died (including two soldiers ...
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04/08/22 | Analysis
Where is the European Union going?
The strategic reflection of the EU has always progressed with difficulty, due to the often different vision of ...
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Events
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Nasrallah is dead, long live Nasrallah
It ended as it began. And as it will probably continue. Like Abbas al Musawi, his predecessor, so Hasan Nasr Allah fell under Israeli fire. Following the paradigm of Moshe Dayan,...
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Letters to the Director
Letter to Difesa Online: "Are the chiefs of staff also censored now?"
Dear director, I have read the speech given by General Masiello to the 40th of the Lagunari and, remembering having read the Army Press Release (it dates back to 25 June, you were not...
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