25/04/18  |  Analysis
The power projection of Beijing in the Chinese sea
The first time had happened in the 2015, when the US destroyer USS Lassen pushed within the 12 miles from Subi Reef, a formation emerged in the Chinese Sea ...
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21/04/18  |  Analysis
Turkey "candidate" to host a "democratic spring" within the 2020?
The great revolutions, in the XXI century, never happen in the less developed countries and with a perpetually depressed GDP: on the contrary, they explode after a long period of growth ...
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20/04/18  |  Analysis
Yemen: Arab Vietnam?
In spite of its desert conformation, Yemen has a geopolitical feature that makes it, "Vietnamese", a marshy land for all the forces that, cyclically, ...
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10/04/18  |  Foreign Shorts
Trump's border
For some time the White House has not been a quiet place to stay, perhaps it has never been, but with Trump as a tenant the situation has definitely worsened. The famous ...
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10/04/18  |  Analysis
A limited punishment for Assad, then again business as usual
The state of the new chemical weapons crisis in Syria is in the use of words, in those who pronounce them and who they are addressed to: "You do not realize how much risk ...
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26/03/18  |  Foreign Shorts
Chinese frigates "repel" US destroyers in the South China Sea
Last Friday, March 23, two frigates of the Chinese Navy intercepted and repelled a US destroyer engaged in a mission of "freedom of ...
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26/03/18  |  Analysis
The location of Russia in international scenarios, according to the strategic vision of Tsar Putin IV
The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin addressing the Duma, after the annexation of Crimea, in March of 2014, declared: the United States of America prefer ...
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26/03/18  |  Analysis
The re-election of Xi Jinping and his "Chinese dream"
The 18 last March, at the end of the 1 session of the 13 ° National People's Congress (CNP), Xi Jinping was reconfirmed in the office of President of the People's Republic ...
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22/03/18  |  Analysis
Italy: the unsustainable lack of national identity
Italy and Niger. Despite the geographical distance that runs, the geopolitical events of the two countries continue to ...
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14/03/18  |  Foreign Shorts
Tweet! Forward another ...
Another earthquake in US politics, because as we learn from a tweet of President Donald Trump, the ...
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07/03/18  |  Analysis
Sahel: sand, religions and money
The attack carried out a few days ago in Burkina Faso, despite the geographical distances that exist with Italy, ...
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02/03/18  |  Analysis
China: strategic vision of an (almost) superpower
If the current one is not yet the Chinese century, as some claim, we lack a little. Just take a look at the ...
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23/02/18  |  Analysis
Afrin, the fault line of the Syrian conflict
The war activities that have affected (and are still igniting) the MO seem to have two characteristics that ...
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15/02/18  |  Analysis
Turkey: neo-Ottomanism and guilty Western weaknesses
From a regional geopolitical point of view, the Mediterranean returns to the center of attention, despite not ...
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09/02/18  |  Analysis
Germany: the prospects of the German Defense after the Grosse Koalition
It seems that in the last twenty-four hours a stall has been avoided that could prove to be among the most destructive in the ...
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31/01/18  |  Foreign Shorts
Trump: military spending, annihilation of ISIS and terrorists in Guantanamo
“This is the American moment. There has never been a better time to start living the American dream ", this ...
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29/01/18  |  Analysis
Tunisia, the other North Africa in which Italy will be involved
Trying to outline an analysis of the latest Tunisian events can not be separated from an assessment of the ...
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15/01/18  |  Analysis
Niger: the trap
Africa returns once again to the attention of Italian politics; whether it is a welcome return or not will be the ...
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12/01/18  |  Analysis
Iran: crisis of the revolution?
The chronicle of events in Iran over the last few days is, in fact, very sparse, given also the ...
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29/12/17  |  Analysis
Jerusalem: Kingdom of heaven?
The Middle Eastern quarrel has experienced its negative akmè coinciding with the end of the year and, above all, with ...
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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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