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In a recent essay published in Foreign Affairs, the two Iranian-American scholars Narges Bajoghli and Vali Nasr offer a portrait that is, in its own way, “heroic”: an Islamic Republic that, despite the war, has not been broken but has reinvented itself, emerging as a nationalist-technocratic state, generationally renewed in its leadership, cohesive at home […]

Donald Trump’s renewed fascination with Brussels and his Arctic ambitions, but sovereignty over marine resources remains the main obstacle. Read Nanni Schiavo’s first article on the referendum in Iceland by clicking on the link On 29 August, Iceland will return to the polls to vote on an issue that has divided the country since 2009 […]

Trump has taken the GOP by storm. But he risks undoing everything that made it great Whenever Donald Trump quotes Ronald Reagan, one can’t help but think that Reagan would be turning in his grave. Not because Reagan was a moderate, of course. He wasn’t. He was one of the most ideologically courageous presidents in […]

On Wednesday 16 July, Papua New Guinea’s Foreign Minister, Justin Tkatchenko, informed the Chinese Ambassador in Port Moresby, Yang Xiaoguang, of the decision to close Taiwan’s representative office in the country. The following day, he made the decision public in a statement posted on Facebook: “The physical presence of ‘Chinese Taipei’ will no longer be […]

Yesterday, profiting from their victory over England, the Argentine footballers waved a revanchist banner on live television, asserting Argentina’s claim to the ‘Malvinas’. This is a tiny archipelago which is actually called the Falkland Islands; it was first settled by the British and today has only British inhabitants.Moreover, as many will recall, when the Argentine military […]

To describe him merely as one of the men closest to Donald Trump is to focus solely on the final years of his career and ignore almost everything else. Graham was, above all, an internationalist Republican, a supporter of NATO, Ukraine and Israel, convinced that an American withdrawal from the world would not bring peace, […]

On 2 July 2026, at 17:49 New York time, a 52-year-old Tibetan man set himself alight outside the United Nations headquarters. His name was Lobga Rangzen. He died an hour and a quarter later at Bellevue Hospital. The day before, in China, the new law on ethnic unity had come into force. The connection is […]

On 1 July, the so-called ‘Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress’ comes into force in China. A reassuring name for a legal instrument that claims the right to prosecute anyone, anywhere, who speaks of Tibet, Xinjiang or Taiwan in a manner unwelcome to the Chinese Communist Party. From a free continent that still seems […]

According to the latest Eurostat figures, the EU welcomed 4.2 million foreign nationals in 2024. This is a huge figure when one considers that asylum seekers and/or refugees from Ukraine under temporary protection are excluded from the tally: it is anachronistic to still believe that migration flows of this magnitude can be halted by restrictive […]

Exactly ten years ago, on 23 June 2016, the United Kingdom decided to treat itself to the most spectacular and costly midlife crisis in modern geopolitical history. 51.89 per cent of Her Majesty’s subjects voted to leave the European Union, persuaded by a bizarre electoral coalition that promised the moon and the stars and, above […]

There are conflicts in which it is not difficult to determine who is right and who is wrong, and there are others in which the issue becomes much more complex, because it becomes clear that any decision on the matter will inevitably lead to a moral, political and human catastrophe. The crisis in the Middle […]

For over four years, Western democracies have attempted to ward off the Russian threat by holding a succession of summits and issuing declarations of solidarity, using diplomatic hyperactivity as a smokescreen to conceal their mutual vetoes. However, the E3+Ukraine Declaration signed in London on 7 June marks a profound structural break. This is not just […]

Every day at 6 pm sharp, Albanian citizens take to the streets in what has already been dubbed the “flamingo revolution”, chanting slogans such as: “Albania is not for sale” and “Edi Rama and Sali Berisha in prison”, pointing the finger not only at the current Albanian Prime Minister but at a systemic culture of […]

CouldCanada’s participation in the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) programme mark the start of a process leading to EU membership? The idea of seeing the red maple leaf – the symbol of Canada – incorporated into the European Union flag as an emblem of a shared political project remains an ambitious goal and, for many, […]

At the 2 June parade, the Italian Alpine corps showed, as always, all its pride and efficiency. The white feathers of the officers, the winter uniforms, the hi-tech equipment of the special forces of the Monte Cervino mountain paratroopers. The television announcer rightly recalling their generous contribution during earthquakes and other catastrophes. But the Alpine […]

For years, the relationship between the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman) has been portrayed as a one-way street: hydrocarbons flowing northwards, capital flowing in the opposite direction. Data collected by the Euro-Gulf Information Centre now tells a different and far more strategic […]

In May 2026, war is no longer just a front line, a military bulletin or a matter of geopolitics. In Russia, it enters schools, airports, courts, telephones, children’s books, registers of ‘foreign agents’, officials’ careers, public prayers, regional budgets and even the wounded bodies of soldiers sent back to fight. The Russian domestic chronicle between […]

The massive Russian bombardment of Kyiv in recent days – conducted with the use of Oreshnik, Kinzhal and Iskander missiles – does not shift the strategic balance on the battlefield one iota. This is not a military breakthrough, but anoperation of psychological coercion on a continental scale. It is the most classic and ruthless application […]

For more than a century, the legacy of Sir Oliver Wardrop symbolized Britain’s recurring interest in Georgia as part of a broader European and Black Sea strategic space. As the first British Chief Commissioner of Transcaucasia (1919–1920), Wardrop viewed an independent Georgia as strategically important to British interests and supported engagement with the short-lived Democratic […]

If there is one thing that now seems clear in the war in Ukraine, it is that, despite the propaganda announcements, the time factor no longer plays in Russia’s favour. A possible new mobilisation – an option that is being talked about more and more insistently – entails very high and potentially imponderable dangers for […]

During the talk show”L’Aria che tira” on La7, Italian mathematician Piergiorgio Odifreddi compared Taiwan to Mussolini’s late Republic of Salò, stating that the island “has no right to exist” because it would be a fascist enclave. A statement that, besides being offensive to twenty-three million people, is historically wrong. Point by point. What Odifreddi said […]

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a sui generis state, born out of the 1995 Dayton Accords that ended the Balkan War. The country is divided into two administrative entities: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a Bosnian-Croat majority, and the Republika Srpska (RS), with a Serb majority. The latter enjoys a very large degree of […]

In the Gulf crises, people talk about deterrence, aircraft carriers and missiles, while neglecting the dimension that, more than any other, decides the actual reopening of the routes: mine warfare. The Strait of Hormuz concentrates a decisive share of global energy flows and has geographical features that amplify the effectiveness of relatively cheap tools like […]

24 February 2022 did not just mark a deep rift in international law: it was a brutal reality bath that reshuffled the continent’s priorities and made evident a fragility that had always been there for all to see, but which no one had ever really wanted to address. For decades, the European equilibrium rested on […]

In an increasingly unstable international context, it is now trite to say that the European Union is faced with a choice that it can no longer put off: remain a spectator of global balances or become a geopolitical actor capable of making a real impact. From the war in Ukraine to the wars in the […]

At dawn on Saturday 25 April, Bamako, the capital of Mali, woke up under a coordinated attack. Two explosions at the military base in Kati, where junta leader Assimi Goïta resides. A suicide car bomb destroyed the residence of Defence Minister Sadio Camara, killing him along with his wife and two grandchildren. Russian soldiers were […]

After the stages in Livorno and Pisa, in March 2026 the ‘Guardiane della Vita 4.5.0′ project also arrived in Milan, bringing to the centre of the debate not only the armed conflict, but the daily work of those who, far from the spotlight, save lives just a few metres from the front line. The project, […]

A paper was recently published by the Gino Germani Institute, written with his usual competence and clarity by Massimiliano Di Pasquale, documenting and analysing the link between Putin propaganda and the international spread of anti-Semitic prejudice and violence. In photo, Massimiliano Di Pasquale The key point is the use of anti-Semitism as a flexible language […]

Prisoners of a polarised political context, we are used to reading internal and external dynamics with a purely dualist view: good and evil, black and white, truth and lies. But in relations between states and in geopolitics in general, we need to focus on the nuances, i.e. on what happens beyond the electoral rallies and […]

The silence that speaks There is a moment, during Yom HaZikaron, when Israel truly stops. Sirens go off, cars freeze in the middle of the road, people step out and stand still. It’s not symbolic, it’s not just ceremony. It’s an entire country looking at itself and recognizing the cost of its own existence. This […]

The afternoon light fell softly through the tall windows of a piano nobile on Via Gregoriana, just beyond the Spanish Steps, in Rome, where the Euro-Gulf Information Centre has its headquarter. Oleksiy Goncharenko settled into his chair. Rome had just witnessed, the day before, a moment of considerable diplomatic weight: Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, had […]

There is something that doesn’t quite add up when a regime like Iran takes the time to praise Italy, and it’s not just a symbolic detail. After the decision not to automatically renew the defense memorandum with Israel, Tehran openly expressed its appreciation . Beyond diplomatic language, this is a political fact that is hard […]

The Hungarian elections that marked the defeat of Viktor Orbán and the victory of Péter Magyar were immediately read, especially in the Italian debate, as an ideological turning point. An oversimplified reading. When one is not really familiar with the political dynamics of central Europe, one often ends up reducing everything to a clash of […]

There is a hard-to-die misunderstanding that still runs through part of Italian public opinion and political forces: the idea that the war in Ukraine is a ‘distant’, circumscribed, negotiable conflict with no existential consequences for the continent. A misunderstanding fuelled by a pacifism that is often noble in its intentions, but sometimes incapable of coming […]

In some social bubbles, there is a lot of talk about energy sovereignty, unaffordable bills and the alleged ‘high price’ of American gas (LNG). But before going into the merits of contracts and ‘quick fixes’, it is good to do a mental hygiene operation and refresh the memory of those suffering from selective amnesia or, […]

In March 2003, as the US was preparing to invade Iraq, European leaders were publicly and irreparably divided. France and Germany said no. Britain, Italy and Spain said yes. Europe as a whole had no single voice. Twenty-three years later, as American fighter jets strike Iran with logistical support from bases on Italian soil, that […]

The appearance of Chinese Feilong-1 and Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones on the runway of the Al Khadim air base in Cyrenaica – confirmed by updated satellite images in recent weeks – is not the umpteenth crack in a UN embargo that has been worn out since 2011 but rather proof that that embargo no longer […]

Since February 28, when the United States and Israel struck Iran with the coordinated operations “Epic Fury” and “Roaring Lion,” none of the anticipated scenarios have unfolded as expected. Tehran responded with unprecedented fury, targeting for the first time all six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). In the midst of this geopolitical earthquake, […]

In the ‘game’ of perceptions and diplomacy, sometimes a visit is worth more than a treaty. It is in this context that Beijing’s invitation to the leader of the Kuomintang, a historic party that is now in opposition, fits in: a political signal that speaks as much to Taipei as to Washington. Xi Jinping sends […]

What it is not, international law, and why the system was built to fail In the imagination of many people, the phrase international law evokes something that, all too often, does not correspond to the actual reality. The functioning of law within a state – especially a democratic state – is determined by a clear […]

An Evacuation Medic is a specialist responsible for rescuing the wounded directly on the front line and in frontline areas. Their primary mission is to stabilize the patient’s condition, provide urgent pre-hospital care, and ensure safe transport to a stabilization point or hospital, where medical professionals continue further treatment. Tetiana “Rudi” Romaniuk is an evacuation […]

There are wounds that do not heal with time, but by fighting for freedom. Fatima Hassani Ghaemmaghami lives in Rome, but her heart vibrates in the streets of Tehran, along with that of her sister Mahsa. While the West observes what is happening in Iran with detachment, she cherishes the memory of a courage that […]

Brexit failed, America untrustworthy; the horizon returns to beyond-Manica The words uttered by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan mark a political shift that goes far beyond the contingency. It is not just a criticism of American foreign policy, but a questioning of the entire strategic positioning of the United Kingdom: ‘the United States is no […]

In the Spanish political landscape, some regions tell the evolution of national balances more than others. Castile and Leon is one of them. A historically conservative land, in recent decades it has represented one of the most solid bastions of the Spanish right. The most recent regional elections have confirmed this trend, handing the Popular […]

Yuliya Faccin is an art historian and painter born in Kharkiv. After living in Kyiv, she has been living in Livorno since 2022. After the beginning of the large-scale war, she continued her cultural and popular activities in Italy, curating exhibitions and art projects. These include the photographic exhibition ‘Guardians of Life 4.5.0’, dedicated to […]

There is a secret unit under the Russian state, separate from the GRU and FSB but fed by their top cadres, with the task of eliminating Russian and non-Russian opponents, kidnapping dissidents and sabotaging military targets in Europe. It is called Centre 795 and, until 12 March, it operated in absolute shadows. It was brought […]

Drawing the Levant: the fragile pearl Lebanon’s present-day borders were drawn during the First World War. One of the objectives of the French mandate was to carve out an entity in which Christians, especially Maronites, would have a dominant political weight, in a geographical area where Islam in all its currents was the more than […]

In the great Indo-Pacific chessboard, South-East Asia continues to represent one of the most delicate balancing points. Trade routes, strategic rivalries and regional dynamics intertwine in an area that has become increasingly important in international politics in recent years. For this 2026, the chairmanship of ASEAN passes to the Philippines and there are many issues […]

Bahrain’s decision to invoke Article II of the Comprehensive Security Integration and Prosperity Agreement, or C-SIPA, is a significant development emerging from the latest escalation involving Iran and the Gulf. On March 5, 2026, the kingdom activated the clause after reported Iranian drone and missile attacks on residential areas, including parts of Manama. The move […]

In recent weeks, Brussels has set the enlargement machine in motion again. Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos pointed to Montenegro as the most advanced candidate, speaking of a closed Accession Treaty by the end of 2026 and possible entry in 2028. At the same time she announced that this will be the first treaty of a […]

If this is truly a war, then it must be a war of purpose, not merely of means. After the American and Israeli strikes against Iran, the question is no longer whether “too much has been done.” It is whether there is clarity about where this is meant to lead—and whether that is being stated […]

Almost thirty years after the return of Hong Kong (香港 – hoeng gong, in Cantonese) to Chinese sovereignty, the former British colony appears profoundly transformed. From the principle of ‘one country, two systems’ to the National Security Act of 2020, the political and civil framework has progressively tightened. Arrests of democrats, closure of independent newspapers, […]

“A just and lasting peace for Kyiv.” This is the formula that the Italian government has been repeating for months, in line with the official position of the European Union and NATO: no imposed surrender, no solution that rewards Russian aggression, but an agreement that guarantees sovereignty, security and stability for Ukraine. Clear words. Shareable. […]

The labour reform approved in Argentina under the presidency of Javier Milei has been narrated in Europe almost exclusively as an ideological provocation. This is a superficial reading. In reality we are facing a serious political and economic experiment, which deserves attention from those who believe in the Western liberal tradition. After decades of stagnation, […]

Prabowo Subianto ‘s Indonesia watches Gaza carefully and not as a mere spectator, but as a potential player in a new security architecture envisioned by the Trump administration. A move, this one, that intertwines international ambition, strategic calculation and unresolved shadows of the past. The return of the Trump plan and the international framework Donald […]

The idea of calling the adherents of Vannacci’s Futuro Nazionale ‘futurists‘ might sound suggestive at first glance, but it is enough to scratch the surface for the operation to appear not only unoriginal, but culturally improper. Firstly because this is not the first time the term ‘futurists’ has been used in recent political circles. This […]

On 3 February 2026, the Justice Committee of the United States House of Representatives released a report entitled The Foreign Censorship Threat, Part II, an interim report drafted by the committee’s Republican staff that accuses European institutions of conducting a systematic campaign of regulatory pressure on large digital platforms over thepast decade, which has also […]

Next 10 May, Lebanon will return to the polls for parliamentary elections: an appointment that is not a mere institutional fulfilment, but the most critical and transformative crossroads in recent Lebanese history. For over three decades, Lebanon has remained prisoner of a paralysing institutional paradox: a confessional and formally pluralist constitutional system reduced to a […]

In the last few elections in the United States – by-elections, renewals of local assemblies, special constituencies left vacant – something has cracked at the very heart of Republican America. Not mere physiological fluctuations, but sharp defeats, in some cases resounding, in those very strongholds that only a little over a year ago had handed […]

Costa Rica, long considered Central America’s oasis of democratic stability, experienced a change of era in the last elections that goes beyond the ballot box. The victory of 39-year-old Laura Fernández Delgado indicates a turning point: it is a response to growing concerns about security and crime, and reflects a political point of view that […]

The Islamic Republic of Iran now presents itself as a system undergoing systemic rejection, where the rift between the ruling elite and civil society is no longer political but ontological. On the one hand, a theocratic hierarchy entrenched in the defence of an anachronistic worldview; on the other, a young, hyper-connected and culturally secularised nation […]

On 28 January, through his Truth social channel, Donald Trump relaunched harsh rhetoric against the Iran of the ayatollahs, threatening new military action if Tehran does not agree to sit down at the nuclear negotiating table and does not stop its political, economic and military support for its regional actors, from Hezbollah in Lebanon to […]

When prudence becomes an alibi There are situations where foreign policy stops being a question of balance and becomes a moral issue. Iran is one of them. For over forty years, the West has been observing, condemning, saying it is ‘concerned’ and then going back to business as usual. Prudence, dialogue, de-escalation: important words, certainly, […]

The free trade agreement between Brussels and New Delhi, signed on 27 January 2026, marks a turning point that has been awaited for almost two decades of gruelling negotiations. However, to the attentive observer, it is clear that we are not dealing with a union based on an ideal communion of intent or a shared […]

Matteo Salvini, Italy’s vice-premier, loves frames that make audience: the pragmatic man who sees ‘how things really are‘, the politician who says what others do not have the courage to say’. On Sunday 25 January 2026, from the stage of a Lega Lega rally in Rivisondoli, Abruzzo, he chose the most convenient and most useful […]

In Syria , the conflict has flared up again between government forces and Kurdish pro-democracy militias, amid the increasingly deafening silence of the European media. In 2024, after the militias led by Ahmad al-Sharaʿ led alightning advance, first conquering Aleppo and then Damascus, forcing the then President Bashar al-Assad to take refuge in Russia, part […]

In recent years, we’ve got used to talking about NATO as if it were a tired, almost automatic body. A structure that exists because it has to, but that always reacts late, without real vision. A bit like EU itself, actually. And yet, looking at what happened around the Greenland issue, one starts to think […]

The current narrative about Greenland is the victim of a 19th century illusion, a superficial mix of strategic maps, polar routes and old nationalism. To reduce the island to a mere ‘chunk of ice’, as Trump did at Davos, is to ignore the real time bomb that the Trump administration’s proposed takeover of Greenland would […]

In the waves of protest that have been sweeping over Iran for years – and that fill the streets despite massacres, arrests, computer blackouts and every conceivable repression – there is one figure who regularly reappears in the public space of the opposition, especially outside the country: Reza Pahlavi, son of the last Shah of […]

There are three states, on the eastern border of NATO and the European Union, that have been watching what has happened in Crimea and Ukraine, since 2014 and especially since 2022, with much more attention than average. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania do not want to, and cannot, take Russian military actions lightly. The common fate […]

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is an intergovernmental organisation that brings together the parliamentary delegations of the Council of Europe member states. The Council of Europe currently has 46 member states, including some that are not members of the European Union. From 1996 to 2022, Russia was a member of the […]

Between Beijing and Seoul: good neighbourly diplomacy The summit between China and South Korea marks a phase of rapprochement that Lee Jae-myung also wanted to talk about on social media, describing the meeting with Xi as “frank and constructive”. The South Korean president did not conceal his pride in a dialogue that aims to put […]

The American blitz in Venezuela – the military operation that led to the capture of Nicolás Maduro and his transfer to the United States to stand trial – was sold by the White House as an act of ‘justice’ against a narco-regime. But in the US domestic and international debate, the crux immediately became another: […]

During the presidency of George W. Bush , news such as that coming out of Venezuela today would have suggested the premise of a kind of South American Marshall Plan, which, like the liberation of Europe from Nazi-fascism in 1945, could have propitiated, with the extension of the US area of influence, liberation and a […]

In Russia, silence is never just silence. Under the crust of official speeches and patriotic liturgies, a living embers continues to smoulder: the faith that does not surrender to the rhetoric of victory and does not confuse the Gospel with geopolitics. It is an often anonymous faith: priests suspended, women praying in the kitchen, young […]

In the aftermath of the meeting at Mar-a-Lago between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, Moscow reopened the narrative front by accusing Ukraine of attempting a drone attack against President Vladimir Putin’s residence. The words of Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who spoke of state terrorism and of the shooting down of 91 drones by Russian defences, […]

Ukraine has accustomed us to surprises. In 2022, when Russia simultaneously invaded nine of its regions, no one would have bet that it would survive: in our imagination, Russia was still the Soviet giant, that superpower participating in planetary partitions and battles for extraterrestrial space, while Ukraine was a poor country known at best for […]

Chile turned the page without tears, without noise, with broad participation and a clear result. In a context such as Latin America, marked by unrest in the past in the various presidential elections, Santiago offered a different image: ballot boxes respected, opponents recognising each other, institutions holding. The victory of José Antonio Kast over Jeannette […]

Wide-ranging interview with the former Chief of Defence Staff. ‘Ignoring international law ends up favouring Moscow’. On European rearmament: ‘More industrial integration is needed’. Criticism of information because it is too unbalanced in favour of Russia. On Travaglio: ‘Grotesque character’. General Vincenzo Camporini, former Chief of Defence Staff, is among the excellent names who in […]

Peace talks for the conflict in Ukraine are a central issue for the European Union, which is concerned about promoting its values of sovereignty, democracy and international cooperation. However, the current proposals risk not guaranteeing a fair and stable solution, considering the situation on the ground and the political dynamics. Let us analyse the main […]

In recent years, we have witnessed a new wave of recognition of Palestine by various countries, including and especially Western countries, accompanied by mass demonstrations, public appeals, petitions and endless debates on talk shows and in political arenas. The Palestinian issue, and of all of them the recognition of Palestine, now occupies the absolute centre […]

The meeting of Starmer, Merz and Macron with Zelensky on December 8th and the reaffirmed solidarity of the ‘willing’ with Ukraine provoked the angry reaction of Trump, who again intimated that the attackers should accept the aggressors’ conditions and implicitly threatened – ‘you are losing ‘ – the Ukrainians to make Putin’s job easier, denying […]

In the long diplomatic game between Washington, Moscow and Kyiv, the war does not stop. The Russian objective is increasingly evident: to buy time, to freeze the front, to weaken Ukraine’s allies. The Trump-led United States seems more willing to deal with the Kremlin than to support the European order. In this scenario, it isEurope […]

Mirko Campochiari is one of Italy’s most followed and trustworthy military bloggers. Known online as ‘Parabellum‘, he has built a solid reputation thanks to his constant work of technical-military analysis on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, debunking hoaxes and reporting, in real time, on the evolution of the frontline. This is not propaganda, but open source research: […]

Some days, Russia seems to swing like a pendulum between memory and the present, between what we were and what we have become. Since 16 February 2024, when I wrote the first lines about Navalnyj’s death, I have hadthe impression of living in one long day without a sunrise, interrupted only by flashes of dignity, […]

There are times when politics stops floating and makes an impact. Leonardo ‘s presentation of the Michelangelo Dome belongs to this rare category: it is not a technical announcement, but a cultural gesture. It is a sign that Italy has once again begun to think of itself within history – not as a passive spectator, […]

The Taiwan dossier is back at the centre of global strategic confrontation. As Taipei strengthens its channels with Europe, China intensifies diplomatic and rhetorical pressure, Japan adopts an increasingly tough security language and the United States consolidates military support for Taipei. A complex and accelerated transformation of the balance in theIndo-Pacific is taking place, with […]

This succinct statement, released a few days ago by Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski (Civic Platform), is key to understanding contemporary Poland and the new European geopolitical axis in which it has positioned itself. Today, Warsaw is no longer a peripheral border: it is a pillar After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Polish foreign and […]

France’s recent decision to withdraw from the Eurodrone program is more than just an industrial plot twist: it is the latest chapter in a long history where France, whenever possible, prefers national-driven aeronautical autonomy over genuine European integration. The Élysée Palace has notified Germany, Italy, and Spain of its intention to leave the project, citing […]

The strategic, political and military value of the eastern heart of Ukraine The maps released by Donald Trump and commented on by various US analysts reflect a simplified and superficial view of the war in Ukraine. The idea, also launched by Moscow, of “freezing the conflict” along the current borders of the Donbass may seem, […]

The announcement of Kazakhstan’s imminent  entry into the Abrahamorappresents one of the most significant geopolitical moves in recent years. Ostensibly a matter of economic diplomacy, linked to the signing of a memorandum between Astana and Washington on critical minerals, this step conceals a much broader strategy: redesigning the balance in the heart of Central Asia, […]

The biggest redistribution since privatisation Over the past three years, Russia has experienced the largest redistribution of property since the days of Yeltsin privatisation. According to Reuters, over $50 billion of assets have come under state control since 2022, often through judicial seizures motivated by allegations of corruption or emergency decrees related to national security. […]

East Timor’s entry into ASEAN is not merely a symbolic event: it closes a historical chapter and opens a new phase for the political, economic and security architecture of Southeast Asia. This article explains what ASEAN is, why Dili’s membership matters and what challenges and opportunities it brings – for Timor-Leste, for the historic members […]

When they try to convince me that 146% of Russians would support war by showing polls, I sigh inwardly. Let us remember for a moment that it is not at all in the nature of peoples to want war. Why should they? I don’t say this, Hermann Göring, commander of the Luftwaffe, said: ‘Of course, […]

The sanctions that Trump has imposed on the two Russian oil giants, Rosneft and Lukoil, are causing much discussion.And, as usual, the comments making the most noise are the most radical ones. ‘Coup de grace’ or ‘needless suicide’? On the one hand there are Putin’s Western admirers, according to whom sanctions are suicidal, are like […]

From Manila to Beijing, the waters of the South China Sea are inexorably rippling again. While diplomacy tries to contain the tension, signals coming from both capitals show a crescendo of assertiveness and a progressive hardening of positions, with the risk of a territorial dispute becoming a new test for the regional order and the […]

Cameroon is one of the ‘target’ countries of the Meloni government’s mythological ‘Mattei Plan’. Yet, in Italy, almost no one is covering what is happening after the presidential elections on 12 October, in which President Paul Biya (93 years old, in power for 43 years) ran again for his seventh term, which in the event […]

It is a story of voids, uncertainties and silences. That of Angelo Costanza, an Italian-Belgian citizen originally from Favara and living in Liège, who disappeared inUkraine in the autumn of 2024, at the age of 42, after joining the fighting forces in Kyiv. Carolina Di Rosa, Angelo’s mother, whom we interviewed for L’Europeista, sent us […]

On 15 October 2025, the Foreign Affairs and European Union Policies Committees of the Senate approved the resolution on ‘Foreign Interference in the Democratic Processes of European Union Member States and Candidate Countries‘. This is a significant step on the path to protecting Italian and European democracy from hybrid threats and information manipulation. The initiative […]

I am often asked: ‘But do the Russians really not know and understand what the Russian army is doing in Ukraine?’ Well, my answer is: they do know and they understand. All of them. Or almost. The exception is a marginal minority of ‘Z’ fanatics, which remains a very small part of the population. All […]

The recognition of the leader of Vente Venezuela brings the democratic crisis in the South American country and the complex relationship between liberalism and authoritarianism in Latin America back to the centre of the international debate. The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 to Maria Corina Machado is a strong signal, as symbolic as it is political. […]

I am writing to you from Russia, from a Moscow I know and which is foreign to me at the same time. Here, in the silence of the enslaved newspapers and the constant violence of propaganda, the word ‘peace’ is but a distant echo. Yet, today, from thousands of miles away, comes news that has […]

On 4 October 2025, local elections were held in Tbilisi that saw the predictable reappointment of former AC Milan player Kakha Kaladze as mayor of Tbilisi for a third term in the ranks of Georgian Dream, the party that has been in power in the country for 13 years. Similar results were seen in the […]

From Taiwan comes information that increases tensions over the Indo-Pacific by a lot. The growing military cooperation between Moscow and Beijing no longer appears to be a mere exercise in convenience: documents and analyses reveal a strategic design in which Russia becomes the main promoter of Chinese capabilities, with direct implications for the island’s security […]

Background Let us cast our memory back to August 2020. In Western Europe, we were dealing with the Covid pandemic. Few of us were watching the news about Belarus, where on Sunday 9 August, Lukashenko lost the elections to Sviatlana Tsikanouvskaya (wife of the blogger Sergeij Tsikanouvsky, the original challenger, who had already been arrested […]

For Moldovans going to the polls today, the vote is not just about who will govern in Chișinău, but which direction the country will take in the heart of an unstable region. The republic of 2.4 million inhabitants, squeezed between Ukraine and Romania, faces an existential choice: consolidate the path towards the European Union or […]

Not of bread, but of provocations lives the Flotilla. Not of water and medicines, but of cameras and press releases. Because if the objective had really been to help the people of Gaza, the convoy would have said yes to Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, who had offered to deliver the aid safely […]

In the heart of a Europe increasingly polarised between the illusions of normalisation and the tremors of a permanent war, Vladimir Putin’s Russia continues to move on an invisible but tangible front: that of low-intensity hybrid warfare.The recent air strikes in Baltic space and drone incursions across the Polish border are only the superficial manifestations […]

In the days of the final ground offensive in Gaza City, Israel faces the crossroads that Ehud Barak pointed out years ago: “remain Jewish, democratic or control all the land”. It cannot have it all at once. When Benjamin Netanyahu writes in X that ‘there will never be a Palestinian state’, apart from expressing an […]

‘Ukraine will never surrender Crimea. No matter how hard Russia tries to rewrite history, that is our land and not theirs’. This is how Refat Chubarov, president of the Mejlis, the council representing the Crimean Tatars, put it. He met him in Kyiv, where the body, whose authority is recognised by the entire international community, […]

A night that changes the course of events On the night of 9-10 September, Polish airspace was violated by a shower of Russian drones. This is not the first time Moscow has recklessly violated European borders, but this time Warsaw responded: F-35 fighter jets, Patriot systems and radar aircraft defended Sarmatian territory, shooting down Russian […]

There are encounters that leave you with no escape. Not because they impose a truth on you, but because they take away your alibi. That of distance, of complexity, of ‘we don’t know enough’. Yesterday I met Oleksandr Tarasov, a former Ukrainian political prisoner, and Yevgeniya Chirikova, an activist. They came to tell us what […]

A few weeks after the Anchorage summit, where scenes were witnessed that for many observers took on almost dystopian traits compared to the reality on the ground, Donald Trump is back in the news. The former US president, instead of launching the usual bombastic proclamations against the Russian Federation and Vladimir Putin, has expressed a […]

Tulsi Gabbard, the new Director of US National Intelligence, is at the centre of a momentous transformation. The architecture of US intelligence is changing rapidly. These are not mere administrative reforms: the operation, desired by Donald Trump, aims to reshape the services as a political, diplomatic and narrative lever. In this historical phase, Gabbard’s choices […]

“Putin is not going to stop until he is stopped. Putin only understands strength.” – With this stark sentence, former US Vice-President Mike Pence condensed the meaning of a historical lesson that the West seems to forget in recurring waves. In the face of Russian aggression in Ukraine, it is neither accommodating diplomacy nor downward […]

Anchorage as a symbolic watershed There are places that, more than others, become watersheds of history. Not so much for what happens there on a material level, but for what manifests itself there in symbolic and communicative terms. Anchorage is one of these places. It was here that a scene unfolded that will remain etched […]

Washington, 18 August 2025. Volodymyr Zelensky was preparing to walk through the gates of the White House to meet Donald Trump, with key European leaders set to join the summit. But even before the meeting, the US president had already set the stakes in his own way, with a post on the social network he […]

“Theday before yesterday I was in Narva, Estonia’s third largest city, right on the border with Russia. The borders are closed, but this is the only one open to pedestrian transit. At the entrance to the bridge I saw the construction site for strengthening the barriers, but also the queue of people heading towards Russia…’.The […]

There is an image that, more than many analyses, will remain in the history of our century: a president in camouflage, once a television comedian, then the moral commander of a nation fighting for its survival. Volodymyr Zelensky did not choose to be a hero, but history – ruthless and sudden – put him at […]

In Gaza, one of the most serious humanitarian crises of our time has been unfolding for months. The numbers speak for themselves, but they are not enough to describe the depth of the pain, the destruction of entire communities, the hunger, the thirst, the invisible wounds left in the bodies and minds of millions of […]

In all probability, one day Yahya Sinwar came across these three sentences: “You can kill ten of my men for every man of yours that I kill. But even with these numbers, you will lose and I will win.” – Ho Chi Minh “Our goal was not to destroy the US army, but to break […]

While in Italy people are competing to see who can shout “genocide!” the loudest between a talk show and an indignant post, a much more concrete and much less ideological scene unfolded in New York: the Arab League – yes, that’s right – condemned the 7 October attacks for the first time, asked Hamas to […]

An explosive escalation has erupted along the border between Thailand and Cambodia, where violent armed clashes have bloodied the border areas for five days, causing dozens of deaths, thousands of displaced persons and the real risk of a full-scale conflict. Both countries blamed each other for triggering the offensive, while regional and international diplomacy took […]

A few days ago, the Ukrainian secret services released alleged emails from Elvira Nabiullina, the governor of Moscow’s Central Bank, giving orders to print 150 billion roubles in three months. A move that, if it were really done, would net double the amount of money in circulation. Inflation would be so uncontrollable that it would […]

The rejection of the European delegation at Benina airport, with ministers and commissioners forced to board a plane without meeting General Haftar, has been recounted in Italy as a diplomatic ’embarrassment’ or a management error. But to reduce the episode to the fault of an individual government, or to a technical flaw in protocol, is […]

Between 14 and 17 July 2025, authorities from thirteen countries, including Italy, took part in an international operation coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, called Operation ‘Eastwood’, against the pro-Russian collective NoName057(16), responsible for numerous cyber attacks in support of the Russian war in Ukraine. The operation also saw the technical involvement of private actors such […]

Between 14 and 17 July 2025, authorities from thirteen countries, including Italy, took part in an international operation coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, called Operation ‘Eastwood’, against the pro-Russian collective NoName057(16), responsible for numerous cyber attacks in support of the Russian war in Ukraine. The operation also saw the technical involvement of private actors such […]

In Russia, when a space is closed, it is never walled off quietly. It is made loud, it is humiliated, it is tried. It serves to make it clear that no one is safe. It happened again this time. On 9 July 2025, the Moscow Civil Court decreed the forced liquidation of Golos, the last […]

The conflict in Ukraine has now become the mirror of a geopolitical transition that redefines not only the military balance on the ground, but also transatlantic power relations and Europe ‘s ability to conceive of itself as an autonomous strategic actor. More than three years after the large-scale invasion, it is increasingly evident that the […]

Well, who would have thought it: Vladimir ‘the Great’ Putin, the puppet of the Chinese, has decided to throw millions of poor Russians into the meat grinder of an externally imposed war. Of course! Why settle for a quick deal that would guarantee Ukraine’s independence, when you can instead send your soldiers to die for […]

In the weeks following the 13 June Israeli missile attack against targets in Iran, US intelligence detected an alarming move: the Iranian military allegedly loaded naval mines onto some ships in the Persian Gulf. A potentially dangerous manoeuvre, which has rekindled concerns in Washington about a possible attempt by Tehran to block the Strait of […]

In the changing landscape of international relations, the conflict between Israel and Iran in the summer of 2025 represented a symbolic and operational caesura in the Middle East theatre. More than a real war, it was a crisis with a high communication density, where military action was integrated and almost subordinated to the construction of […]

In-depth foresight exclusively for L’Europeista. In this article we try to shed light on what is happening in the Middle East with the US attack, analysing the Israeli strategy by virtue of previous foresight, one of 30 October 2023 already analysed for L’Europeista. Below we will develop the arguments discussed in an earlier foresight of […]

Two years in Ukraine. The story of Yuri Previtali, European partisan. An exclusive interview for L’Europeista. Previtali spent two years at the Ukrainian front, fighting voluntarily in the International Legion against the Russian invasion. In this interview, he tells us what he learned about Ukraine, its people, the war. But also what it means to […]

Denmark is taking the first, gradual steps in a national plan to break free from US technologies, in a transition felt as increasingly urgent by Copenhagen in light of growing diplomatic tensions with the Trump administration over control of Greenland. Just last week, in fact, statements in Congress by US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, according […]

In the industrious silence of diplomacy and under the watchful eye of world powers, China continues to expand its nuclear arsenal, while reaffirming at every opportunity its adherence to a strategy of self-defence. This is certified by the new 2025 report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), according to which Beijing has now […]

The night of 12-13 June marked a structural turning point in relations between Israel and Iran. Operation Rising Lion hit crucial infrastructure with surgical precision: nuclear sites in Natanz and Tabriz, air defence systems, and central figures in Iran’s scientific and military apparatus – including Salami, Bagheri, Tehranchi and Abbasi. In addition to the immediate […]

The night between Thursday and Friday marked a point of no return in relations between Israel and Iran. In a high-intensity military operation, Israel struck several strategic nuclear and missile sites on Iranian territory, marking the beginning of a new phase of conflict in the region. According to Iranian official sources, theattack resulted in the […]

Three years after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the conflict has changed its skin, but has not stopped biting. It is no longer a war of swift conquest, as imagined by Moscow in the first hours of the offensive, nor a war of linear defence, as hoped for by Kyiv‘s Western partners. […]

“Almost always our ships off Libya are followed by a Russian spy ship, often disguised as a fishing boat, but loaded with sensors and antennas“. With this statement issued to Corriere della Sera, Admiral Enrico Credendino, Chief of Staff of the Navy, turned the spotlight on a silent war that is fought every day in […]

Official rhetoric speaks of a ‘partnership without limits‘. Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping shake hands in front of the cameras, signing energy agreements and celebrating the unity of ‘non-aligned’ countries against the West. But behind the scenes, in confidential documents of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), the face of China is described as that […]

“On 1 June, Russia lost twenty nuclear bombers in a single day”.It sounds like a sentence from a dystopian or apocalyptic novel, in which the air fleets of the great powers compete in the skies while explosions on the ground wipe out millions of lives. Moreover, if we were reading this news in the bulletin […]

In recent weeks, Taiwan’s coasts and beaches have become a stage for episodes that are as unusual as they are strategically significant. But what is really happening? Men aboard dinghies, improvised floats or simple lifebuoys have attempted to cross the Taiwan Strait from the Chinese coast. At first glance, they might just be fleeing citizens, […]

In the almost deafening silence of European diplomacy, the Georgian government has taken yet another step towards authoritarianism: the arrest of Nika Melia, one of the best known faces of the democratic opposition, marks a new chapter in the ongoing political repression in Tbilisi. Melia was detained on charges of insulting a police officer during […]

In the multipolar world of the 21st century, theIndo-Pacific axis has been transformed from a simple geo-economic horizon into the beating heart of global tensions. In this scenario, China and India occupy antithetical but inevitably complementary positions: the former presents itself as a structured power, aiming to reshape the international order in a sinocentric key; […]

Dark times are on the horizon for North Korea. Nearly a month after the announcement – never made official, but strongly hinted at by Western sources – of the direct participation of Kim Jong-Un ‘s regime in the war in Ukraine alongside Russia, Pyongyang finds itself at the centre of a maelstrom of international criticism, […]

From last Monday’s phone call between Putin and Trump, Federico Rampini drew this conclusion: ‘The risk of Trump making a deal on Ukraine with Putin has disappeared,’ and some sympathisers of the Ukrainian cause must have rejoiced at such a happy outcome. Others who, like the writer, although without any particular world experience have learned […]

There are voices that, even from afar, manage to be heard more clearly than many others. Voices that tell the truth in exile, that resist the darkness of an authoritarian regime, that do not accept the silence imposed by fear. On Monday 26 May, at 6.45 p.m., in the Press Room of the Chamber of […]

The presidential elections in Romania in 2025 turned out to be much more than just a national election. They have become a communicative laboratory, a strategic testfor the relationship between populist narrative and pro-European hold, and an observatory to measure the effectiveness of exporting Trumpism in a non-American context. Nicușor Dan ‘s victory over George […]

Politics in recent years had accustomed us to a recurring scene: at every showdown between populists and centrists in a former Soviet bloc country, expats abroad generously mobilised to bar the way for the former and pave the way for the latter. 400,000 Poles from abroad rewarded Donald Tusk‘s coalition, winning it eight seats in […]

The vote in Poland on 18 May: a crucial junction for the whole of Europe

In the Russian political lexicon, the concept of ‘zones of influence‘ has never disappeared. On the contrary, it regularly re-emerges at moments of maximum tension with the West. It happened again in recent weeks, when Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov explicitly called for NATO’s withdrawal from the Baltic States as a condition for a […]

At a time when diplomacy is faltering, the Church reminds (and demonstrates) the international community that a compromise that is not downward is still possible. May 2025. It took less time for the conclave to elect a Pope than for the UN Security Council to agree on an agenda. Twenty-four hours after voting began, with […]

Ukraine is Europe, and Europe is Ukraine: this phrase is not understood in its true clarity until one crosses the border by train. Our border was Poland: from the station of Przemyśl, a small town reminiscent of certain alleys in Prague, we took the night train to Kyiv. An hour before departure, we queued at […]

In a world marked by the breakdown of the post-Cold War international order and the growing crisis of multilateralism, new players are emerging to fill the gaps left by the traditional powers. Among them, the United Arab Emirates are gaining an increasingly prominent role as discreet but effective players in global institutional relations. In the […]

The world’s – and analysts’ – attention towards the Philippines these weeks is not only focused on the possibility of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle becoming pope, but also on the country’s increasingly strategic role in the Indo-Pacific chessboard. Philippines takes a close look at Taiwan Turning its gaze to the Pacific, where Beijing seeks to […]

Forget Trump the negotiator: the new agreement signed between the US and Ukraine on rare earths represents a Zelensky negotiating masterpiece. Born out of Trump’s attempt to reformulate global balances on the basis of ‘payback’ and American primacy, the agreement turned out to be anything but a predatory operation. To use all-Trumpian categories, it was […]

The 22 April 2025 terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Indian Kashmir, reignited Asia’s most explosive rivalry. Twenty-six tourists killed in cold blood; an area that, with 3.5 million visitors in 2024, symbolised the ‘normalisation’ of Kashmir collapsed overnight. New Delhi accuses Islamabad of complicity with militants; borders closed, treaties suspended, threats of retaliation. Two nuclear powers […]

On the occasion of 25 April, a reflection on the Italian Resistance and Ukraine’s struggle against the Russian invasion, in the words of T.K., a Ukrainian citizen. Freedom, memory and responsibility of those who today choose silence. Ever since high school, I have always celebrated 25 April here in Italy and listened passionately to stories […]

In the last few hours, a draft US proposal for peace in Ukraine has been leaked that, if confirmed, would represent a turning point – and not a positive one. Presented as the Trump administration’s ‘final offer’, the proposal consists of a one-page document that seems to almost entirely satisfy the Kremlin‘s demands, leaving Ukraine […]

Let’s start with a premise: we agree with the goal of establishing a State of Palestine. However, recognizing a “democratic Palestinian State” within borders that currently do not exist and are unfeasible raises serious questions about consistency, international law, and political responsibility. In a joint motion, the Partito Democratico, the Movimento 5 Stelle and the […]

The Russian attack in Sumy, a Ukrainian town near the Russian border, is one of the most serious massacres in the current phase of the war. Two ballistic missiles with cluster bombs hit civilian areas in broad daylight: 34 dead, including two children. A planned massacre, not a mistake. A deliberate act, launched while the […]

For five months now, Serbia has been rocked by oceanic protests that have brought up to a million people onto the streets.However, unlike what is happening in Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia (and what happened some time ago in Ukraine and Belarus), European flags are not waved in those marches as a symbol of […]

In recent years, Beijing’s strategy to reinforce its narrative on the Taiwan issue has taken new and worrying forms. While military activity in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait remains as high as ever, with manoeuvres simulating an encirclement of the island and the possible disruption of submarine communications, it is on the […]

Armenia has taken a decisive step towards a possible entry into the European Union. With 64 votes in favour and 7 against, parliament passed a law officially starting the accession process. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has made it clear that a possible EU entry can only take place after a popular referendum. Meanwhile, cautious reactions […]

The arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, Erdogan’s main opponent, raises the age-old question of Turkey in Europe and the funding it receives. In his autobiographical book ‘Le temps des combats‘, the former President of the French Republic Nicolas Sarkozy recounts that he expressed his opposition directly to Turkish President Reep Tayyip Erdogan during the […]

A few weeks ago, the work on the two free trade agreements with Mexico and theMercosur area (which includes Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and virtually Venezuela) was concluded.Trump’s erratic choices have made this rapprochement seem even more urgent.But how much do we really know about each other? Are the inhabitants of those six countries more […]

According to Reuters, Russia has submitted to the US a list of conditions for an agreement that, in effect, creates the demands made prior to the 2022 invasion, with the addition of territorial claims accrued from the war. Moscow demands a ban on Ukraine’s NATO membership, the non-deployment of foreign troops – not even a […]

One hundred days have passed. One hundred days during which Georgian citizens took to the streets to demand their freedom, their rights, with clear and unequivocal demands: new free, transparent, democratic elections, and the release of political prisoners unjustly imprisoned in state jails, guilty of having fought to defend a free, modern, democratic Georgia. European. […]

Like the lightning bolt that recently struck the Taipei 101, Taiwan’s tallest skyscraper, so the Trump storm is hitting the island, shaking its economic and political foundations. Always caught between Beijing’s threats and American support, Taiwan now faces new challenges that test its stability. But what are the real implications of Washington’s recent moves? And […]

Donald Trump’s decision to stop sharing US intelligence with Ukraine marks a dramatic turning point in the ongoing war. It means, in brutal terms, that US satellites will continue to monitor the movements of Russian bombers, but no longer transmit information to the Ukrainian authorities. They will see the missiles take off, directed against civilian […]

A sort of ‘global version of Beppe Grillo’s streaming‘ was, in fact, aired. This is exactly how we can define the incredible scene staged in the Oval Office of the White House on 28 February 2025 (let’s mark the date), where US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance chose – rationally – to […]

In the German federal elections on 23 February 2025, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) achieved the most significant results in the former East German states, with percentages roughly double those of the CDU Source. In last year’s European elections, the AfD was also the leading party in the regions of the former GDR, albeit with lower […]

“Ukraine wants peace?““Yes!” replied the square.“Ukraine wants peace at any cost?““No!” shouts the square.“Ukraine wants a just peace?““Yes!”“Does Ukraine want surrender?““No!” And there is a lot of Ukraine, around the obelisk in Piazzale dell’Esquilino, behind the majestic apse of Santa Maria Maggiore, on Sunday 23 February 2025. Lots of people also gathered in Milan, Naples, […]

On 18 February, the first meeting between two high-level diplomatic delegations of Russia and the United States since the outbreak of war in Ukraine on 22 February 2022 was held in Riyadh. The important overtures made by Donald Trump towards Russia, sealed by the first phone call between the two presidents on 12 February, led […]

Recently there have been claims that the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, has ‘offended the Russians’. But, as a Russian citizen and opponent of the war in Ukraine, I believe it was not him who offended us at all. The real offence was inflicted on us by the (illegitimate) President of Russia, Vladimir […]

Speaking at the Munich Conference, still reeling from the blustering statements of US Vice-President JD Vance, EU High Representative Kaja Kallas issued an unequivocal warning to European governments: the time has come to lay the cards on the table and establish whether Europe is really ready to take direct responsibility for Ukraine’s security. Kallas’ request […]

Squeezed in the grip of stagflation, implausible environmental targets and a faltering energy security, London is once again pressing the accelerator on nuclear power, in a fit of newfound common sense and in contrast to the positions recently taken by many European powers, such as Germany, Belgium and Spain. On 6 February, in fact, the […]

“Is everything normal?” This is the spontaneous question asked by journalist Marco Fattorini ( our guest in a live stream a few weeks ago) when faced with Italy’s attitude towards the dramatic authoritarian drift underway in Georgia. While the pro-Russian regime that illegally leads the country empties the institutions, beats and arrests those who protest, […]

Saudi Arabia has sent an unequivocal message to Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu in recent hours:‘There will be no normalisation with Israel without the creation of an independent Palestinian state‘. This is not a new position in itself, but the timing of the statement reflects a crack that has opened up between Riyadh and Washington […]

Donald Trump’s latest statement on a possible deal with Ukraine for the exploitation of rare earths, in exchange for military and economic aid, has reignited the debate on US foreign policy. Speaking at the White House, the former president explained that he wanted to ‘get even’ with Kyiv for the almost $300 billion in support […]

The French proposal to send troops to Greenland has broken the deadlock in Europe. Indeed, Paris’ Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot confirmed that he had opened talks with Copenhagen on the possibility of a European military presence on the island, after the newly installed US President Donald Trump insistently raised the idea of ‘buying’ Greenland – […]

‘The civilisation of a people is measured by the way it treats animals‘, this famous phrase by Gandhi is more relevant today than ever. In the context of climate change and a general deterioration of the Planet’s ecosystems, the rules adopted to protect non-humans play a central role. There is no doubt that by now, […]

We are all happy for the release of Cecilia Sala, no ifs or buts. As an Iranian, I firmly believe that no one should spend a single second in the prisons of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The joy at her release is unquestionable, but now that the journalist is finally safe and sound, it […]

Tomorrow, the security cabinet will meet to approve the hostage release and truce agreement in Gaza, which will then be confirmed by the government. National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir announced tonight that his party Otzma Yehudit (an extreme right-wing force, ed.) will resign if the agreement is approved (keeping an open door as he […]

In less than a week Donald Trump will take office again as president of the United States. To understand the options he faces on Ukraine, it is useful to take stock of how the conflict has gone so far, during Joe Biden‘s years in office.As the data show long-term trends, in fact, it becomes easier […]

Faced with the looming threat from China, Taiwan is equipping itself with an articulated defence strategy, combining advanced technology, military innovation and targeted geopolitical manoeuvres. The island, considered a ‘rebel province‘ by Beijing, has intensified its efforts to counter invasion scenarios, focusing on deterrence, mobility and military infrastructure. Taiwan has realised that it needs to […]

China is taking decisive steps in its military preparedness, and defence analysts around the world are watching closely. The latest news – according to the specialist website Naval News – concerns the construction in Chinese shipyards of a fleet of special amphibious barges, ostensibly designed to facilitate the landing of tanks, trucks and heavy equipment […]

The case of Danylo Yefimov, a 19-year-old from the mining town of Snizhne, in the Donetsk region, and now imprisoned in a Russian maximum-security penal colony, is emblematic of the human rights violations perpetrated by Russia against Ukrainian citizens, but it is above all the story of a young European who deserves to be known […]

Taiwan, an island in the middle of the Pacific, is increasingly the focus of global attention, a strategic crossroads in a world where geopolitical tensions are intensifying. Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine has prompted Europe and the United States to review their strategic priorities, increasingly turning their attention to Taiwan, which is under constant pressure […]

In the latest issue of The Economist, a provocative article proposes a bold idea, all the more so in the context of the overheated debate of recent days: invite Canada to become the 28th member state of the European Union. The idea, although unlikely in the immediate future, is an exercise in geopolitical imagination that […]

According to reports first from Bloomberg, and then from the same oblique statements by the protagonists, the Italian government is reportedly in advanced negotiations for a contract worth €1.5 billion with SpaceX, the company founded by Elon Musk, aimed at ensuring secure communications for the Italian government through the Starlink satellite network. This five-year project […]

The safety of submarine infrastructure has become a priority for the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), a coalition of 10 Nordic and Baltic countries coordinated by the UK. In response to the damage suffered by the Estlink2 submarine cable in the Baltic Sea, crucial for the energy connection between Estonia and Finland, the JEF activated Operation […]

In a comprehensive interview with the Kyiv Independent, Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s former foreign minister, expressed optimism about his country’s standing amid the ongoing conflict with Russia. Kuleba, who stepped down in September 2024 after more than four years of service, highlighted that Ukraine is currently in its strongest strategic position since the full-scale Russian invasion […]

The arrest of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala in Iran and her detention in the notorious Evin prison, a symbol of the Islamic Republic‘s political repression, has brought attention back to the practice of‘hostage diplomacy‘, an established strategy of the Tehran regime. This episode has not only aroused indignation, but also raised crucial questions: firstly, how […]

A passenger plane of Azerbaijan Airlines was likely shot down by Russian air defense over the skies of Grozny and made an emergency landing in Aktau, Kazakhstan. This news has dominated media headlines in recent days. Social media is flooded with comments like: “Let’s wait for the investigation” or “Don’t rush to conclusions.” Formally, these […]

Cecilia Sala in Isolation at Evin: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Working for Her Release Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, known for her podcast Stories on Chora Media, has been held in isolation at Evin Prison in Tehran since December 19. Sala, who left Rome on December 12 with a valid eight-day journalistic visa, was in […]

As Christmas approaches, the Georgian people are preparing to celebrate 7 January, according to the Orthodox tradition. This year, however, the Christmas atmosphere is influenced by a climate of political and social uncertainty. On 29 December, the inauguration of the new president, Mikheil Kavelashvili, elected by the sole governing party, Georgian Dream, is expected, in […]

The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 is often justified by the Kremlin with the argument that NATO ‘s eastward expansion represented (and represents) an existential threat to Russia’s security. This narrative, widely propagated by Vladimir Putin ‘s regime and revived by its flankers in the West, claims that the Atlantic Alliance would betray promises […]

How can one be a member of NATO, an associate partner of the BRICS, a candidate country for EU membership and a leader of the international Islamic Diyanet? The question is pertinent and should be addressed to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey ‘s leader since 2003. The role of joker in international diplomacy has always been […]

Donald Tusk, former President of the European Council and a key figure in European politics, has issued a powerful appeal to Western leaders from Lviv, the symbolic heart of Western Ukraine. His words, urgent and determined, call for collective responsibility. The time for hesitation is over: “Stop speculating about Ukraine’s possible defeat. It has nothing […]

*The author is a Member of the Italian Parliament In recent days, the political situation in Georgia has brought the tensions in the country to the fore. Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze spread the idea that – during the recent EU Foreign Affairs Council – the governments of Italy, Spain, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia would […]

🇬🇪 Georgia is in turmoil after the election of Mikheil Kavelashvili as the country’s president on 14 December 2024. The former football player, known for his international sporting career and now a member of parliament for the governing Georgian Dream party, was elected unopposed, obtaining 100 per cent of the valid votes from an electoral […]

The European Union is launching a major breakthrough with AI Factories, dynamic ecosystems to foster innovation and development in Artificial Intelligence. With an investment of EUR 1.5 billion, the first 7 AI Factories will be operational in cities such as Bologna, Barcelona and Kajaani, involving 15 Member States and enhancing European capabilities in strategic sectors. Bologna stands out with the CINECA Technopole, the largest computing hub in Europe, operational by 2026. These hubs represent the heart of a collaborative network for European excellence in AI.

Europe had its Christmas miracle this year, but our Ursula/Alice does not know this. In the Strait of Sicily, an 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone was rescued, who ended up in the sea on Our Lady’s Day, 8 December, together with 44 other people, human beings of various nationalities. They had set off from Sfax […]

For years, Bulgaria has been the scene of insidious infiltration and manipulation by Russian disinformation, fuelled by sophisticated financing and strategies aimed at conditioning the country’s politics, economy and public opinion. The recent discoveries of connections between Bulgarian companies and Russian influence networks highlight a worrying picture, in which disinformation plays a central role. Companies […]

The end of Bashar al-Assad’s long and brutal dictatorship represents a historic turning point for Syria and the entire Middle East region. The statements of the European institutions, which have welcomed this development as an opportunity that is as much expected as it is fraught with risks, highlight the urgency of a comprehensive strategy to […]

The fall of Bashar al-Assad‘s regime in December 2024 marks a turning point in Syria’s history. After more than five decades of authoritarian rule by the Assad family, the country finds itself in a transition phase fraught with challenges. The end of the armed conflict does not coincide with peace: Syria will have to deal […]

Terje Helland, an External Advisor at the European Neighborhood Council in Brussels, is emerging as a prominent figure in Europe when it comes to Georgia’s political crisis. Through interviews with media outlets like Georgia Today and his outspoken observations on social networks, Helland has offered incisive critiques of the ruling Georgian Dream party, an assessment […]

In May 2024, a briefly published document by the Russian Ministry of Defence reignited tensions in the Baltic Sea. The proposal, which suggested a unilateral revision of maritime borders in the Gulf of Finland and areas adjacent to Kaliningrad, was withdrawn within hours, but not before generating alarm among the Baltic and Scandinavian countries. Officially […]

The Romanian Constitutional Court’s decision to annul the presidential elections hides a disturbing reality: yet another attempt by Russia to sabotage and infiltrate European democracy. This time, however, the attempt was so blatant and destabilising that it forced an entire nation to reset its democratic process. Can we really consider this just a hostile act? […]

Brutal arrests among opposition leaders Tensions in Georgia reached a new peak of political and social crisis. Today, the leader of the opposition party and former minister Nika Gvaramia was brutally beaten and arrested by security forces. The man was taken out of his home unconscious. At the same time, police raided the Girchi party […]

When one hears the great interpreters of geopolitical realism censure the internationalist naivety of a West captive to the dream of exporting democracy and eradicating autocracy in the Middle East – from Iraq to Libya – one should immediately interrupt their prosopopoeia with a simple: “So what about Syria?“ The realpolitical thesis according to which […]

An alert is shaking the West. Sources within the Atlantic Alliance confirm that NATO countries are under constant attack: a campaign of cyber attacks, hybrid operations and targeted sabotage is hitting critical infrastructures, with Russia and China in the forefront. The situation is so serious that the Alliance is preparing to immediately update its defence […]

“The desire and will of the Georgian people is to walk and walk on the roads of Europe. This is our historical choice, the only right choice, and it is unacceptable to deviate from this path‘ Kvicha Kvaratskhelia The words used by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia on Instagram are a reaction to the recent decision by the […]

The death of Miroslav Gerasymovych, Ukrainian poet and soldier, is a cry that resounds in the heart of our continent. Fallen on 29 November 2024 in the Donetsk region, a few days before his 57th birthday, Myroslav chose to embody the fate that poets often sing about, but rarely live. His is a story intertwined […]

Russia’s military and political choices under Vladimir Putin revolve around one central element: the fear of ‘derussification’. This fear, rooted in imperial and Soviet history, is key to understanding the conflict in Ukraine and the tensions in Russia’s geopolitical peripheries, from Siberia to the borders with China. Moscow’s policy is presented as a defensive reaction, […]

Donald Trump’s nominations for the next administration were recently at the centre of a cute little siparietto between Matteo Salvini and Carlo Calenda. The latter put the Lega leader and vice-prime minister on the spot, who was evidently expressing an aprioristically positive judgement on Trump’s choices without knowing them in detail. The episode provides an […]

“I believe that in 2024 we can absolutely say that World War III has begun. Because in 2024 Ukraine is no longer facing only Russia. In front of Ukraine there are North Korean soldiers. Let’s say it clearly: in Ukraine, Iranian Shahed drones are already killing civilians absolutely openly, without any shame.” Valerij Zaluzhny General […]

Dear Reader, I am writing to bring you some essential facts about what is happening in Iran today: facts that, unfortunately, many in the West still do not see or choose to ignore. For over five days, all forms of internet access and communication have been completely blocked in Iran. No social media, no international […]