31/07/23 | Analysis
Fentanyl: the chemical euphoria of the Dragon
Addictions boast a history that allows us to understand the importance and role of the substances which the delirious alcoholic company was often accompanied, as happened with the...
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29/07/23 | Foreign Shorts
"Atoms for Peace" and wheat in St. Petersburg. Grits in Niger...
Only 17 African heads of state, according to Russia's tally, showed up for the St. Petersburg summit; less than half of the 43 leaders who attended the first…
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24/07/23 | Analysis
Africa, new powers in search of space (second part)
Saudi Arabia With the ascension of Mohamed bin Salman as crown prince and actually already ruler of the country1, Saudi politics is undergoing a gradual transformation, not only...
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20/07/23 | Analysis
Africa, new powers in search of space (first part)
The decomposition (or recomposition) of the international community always follows new paths and not all of them are coherent and/or clear. It is a fact that several actors, who are still not...
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14/07/23 | Analysis
Developments at the antipodes
Having examined developments in Australian defense policy, it is useful to look at another aspect of Canberra's security policy, namely the ...
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05/07/23 | Analysis
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the other BRICS?
While much attention is focused on the BRICS and its future, little is said or thought about the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which remains more in the shadows, perhaps deliberately...
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29/06/23 | Analysis
Marine environment. Geopolitical implications
At first glance, some may have the doubt that the issue of protecting the marine environment has little to do with geopolitics. This is a mistake that many make…
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28/06/23 | Analysis
France and the Indo-Pacific: challenges, limits and opportunities
For several years, the strategic center of gravity of the globe, from the Atlantic basin (and sub-Mediterranean basin) has been gradually moving towards the Asian area and its imposing...
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21/06/23 | Analysis
Philippines: Okinawa's next conflict?
A significant part of the changes involving the general geopolitical panorama of the last 20 years concerns the relationships...
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15/06/23 | Analysis
The multi-alignment in the Indo-Pacific: an opportunity, an index of equilibrium or a sign of weakness vis-à-vis China?
The United States has never had a coherent foreign policy and in the Indo-Pacific it lacks credibility with the current…
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15/06/23 | Analysis
BRICS or the new international bipolarity (maybe)
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the United States and its partners in…
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07/06/23 | Foreign Shorts
Also in Gabon celebrated the feast of the Italian Republic
At the residence of our diplomatic representation in Libreville, Ambassador Gabriele Di Muzio made the...
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28/05/23 | Foreign Shorts
Serbian troops on the border with Kosovo are on high alert
Serbian troops on the border with Kosovo were put on high alert on Friday after clashes inside Kosovo...
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17/05/23 | Analysis
Türkiye: with or without the reis
If it is true that the name of the new president has not been extracted from the cylinder of the Turkish electoral consultations, it is…
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16/05/23 | Analysis
Did the Dragon really learn to swim?
China wants to grow, go to sea and above all demonstrate that it can do it. Without swinging between pessimism and...
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10/05/23 | Analysis
Türkiye: 20 years in an Ottoman bubble
Wherever elections take place, they leave a mark; starting from the consultations held in North Africa,...
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09/05/23 | Analysis
Sudan, or rather the long wave of the crisis
The crisis in Sudan falls into a difficult regional context whose prospects are at the center of the attention of...
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03/05/23 | Analysis
Japan, the empire born from a sword
Abe Shinzō, the most prominent Japanese prime minister in over 60 years, has given momentum and defined features to the ...
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24/04/23 | Analysis
Sudan or "the perfect storm"
The crisis of the two Sudanese warlords, the commander-in-chief (and de facto head of state) of the SAF (Sudanese…
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18/04/23 | Analysis
Tunisia, the Arab winter
Since the onset of the Arab Spring, Tunisia has assumed a significant role in the search for consensus...
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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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