09/12/21 | Analysis
Baltic, a sea at war without knowing it
The Baltic is part of the forgotten geopolitics; the collective imagination, when induced to think of the north, always lands in Scandinavia, perhaps in the Arctic, never in that sea ...
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08/12/21 | Analysis
Russia and Ukraine: in addition to the danger of invasion, there is more
The Ukrainian crisis is increasing day by day and the theses of analysts and self-styled "experts" are numerous. The stakes are considerable and we must not limit the perspective to one ...
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06/12/21 | Analysis
Algeria and Morocco: “knife brothers” on the brink of war
A specter of war roams the Maghreb; however, this is not an evanescent and distant specter given that, for some time now, relations between Morocco and ...
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30/11/21 | Analysis
Not just Europe: the Quirinal Treaty read by Paris
In May 2017 Emmanuel Macron was the man of the moment. Freshly elected to the Elysée, the former French banker was seen by many euro enthusiasts as the lifeline of a ...
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28/11/21 | Analysis
Turkic speakers but not Turks. The limits of Turkism in the Maghreb and beyond
Each empire leaves a presence of itself after its dissolution. In its provinces they are very often material traces rather than spiritual ones, while for the former dominant stock it ...
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27/11/21 | Analysis
Black Friday of the Omicron variant: something that no one has yet written in Italy
The new South African variant B.1.1.5291 has crossed the world stock exchanges on Black Friday, making Friday 26 November 2021 very “black”. But, in ...
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25/11/21 | Foreign Shorts
Welcome to chaos, welcome to Libya
The news coming from Libya seems to confirm the pessimism expressed by many parties about the regularity and conceptual goodness of the upcoming electoral round ...
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24/11/21 | Foreign Shorts
Israel prepares for the next (imminent?) War
In early November, Israeli Defense Forces Colonel Yaniv Wolfer, head of the Home Front Command's security department, released an interesting ...
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23/11/21 | Analysis
Libya: sand and votes
Libya is an invention, starting with the name. Even for the Ottomans, accessing the hinterland meant crossing a ...
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17/11/21 | Report
Priests with stars
In my experience following the KFOR military I was lucky enough to test the work of military chaplains ...
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15/11/21 | Analysis
Isis: the other virus
In recent years, Western audiences have been saturated with Middle Eastern terms, and drawn into a complex reality ...
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09/11/21 | Analysis
The two faces of the Turkish attitude
Last week we talked about the aggressive Turkish posture in foreign policy and, in particular, on the Sea of ...
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06/11/21 | Analysis
Saudi Arabia and Iran: the strange couple
The balance of power is not a geopolitical element compatible with the Persian Gulf area; those who were the two ...
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05/11/21 | Report
The MSU in the KFOR mission
In my activity embedded with the Italian contingent of the NATO KFOR mission, I had the pleasure and honor of ...
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04/11/21 | Analysis
4 November: national holiday and the geopolitics of the Italians
The Italians, understood as a national community, do not have a geopolitical-strategic self-awareness and the party ...
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04/11/21 | Foreign Shorts
Tragicomic update on the Iranian "rescue" of the Vietnamese oil tanker
Stories always have a beginning and an end; which then can be more or less pleasant, well that's another matter ....
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03/11/21 | Foreign Shorts
Is Iran Thwarting US Attempt to Confiscate Oil Tanker in the Oman Sea?
The news this morning, from the Oman Sea, should lead to pressing concern. According to the agency's relaunches ...
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02/11/21 | Analysis
The aggressive Turkish maritime policy destabilizes the Mediterranean
The recent Turkish threats of expulsion of ten Ambassadors1, "guilty" of having signed an appeal for ...
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29/10/21 | Analysis
How much (not) the American withdrawal from Afghanistan weighs in Arab perception
Many commentators felt that the poorly managed US withdrawal from Afghanistan heralded one from Iraq (...
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27/10/21 | Foreign Shorts
The Ukrainian eastern front is warming up
On Tuesday, Kiev forces began using Turkish-sourced UCAVs, TB2 Bayraktar. Drones ...
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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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