An unprecedented step: what the Commission proposes The proposal launched by Brussels to finance Ukraine combines two instruments: the use – or rather, the mobilisation – of the approximately €210 billion of Russian sovereign assets tied up in the EU and the possibility of using collectively guaranteed loans to immediately raise around €90 billion to […]

It has become the unwelcome guest at the end of every month, a postcard that arrives punctually to threaten the family budget: the utility bill. In recent years, global energy market dynamics have triggered a real crisis, transforming electricity and gas from essential services to luxury goods. The phenomenon, known as ‘expensive energy‘, is not […]

Take two mental images. In the first, in black and white, there are post-World War II leaders designing the Atlantic architecture: the idea that the United States and Europe share the same political security horizon, albeit with imbalances and conflicts. In the second, in colour, there is a PDF file on the screen: the new […]

The bill to combat anti-Semitism presented by Graziano Delrio and other PD senators and immediately disavowed by the Nazarene leadership can be discussed and criticised in a serious manner, examining the scope of the regulatory intervention, which is, to tell the truth, decidedly restrained in its repressive aspects, and the consequences that might ensue, starting […]

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: […]

In the last few days, filled with tension and betrayed expectations, we have seen the possibility of a just peace slip away, swallowed by an increasingly dark horizon. The amendment to the peace plan – born to be the keystone and, for some, even the surrender of Kyiv– was hastily reduced from 28 to 20 […]

Thelatest article from the US State Department, signed by Secretary Marco Rubio, was not long in making the rounds of the world and chancelleries. On the surface, the topic is one of the most boring and ceremonious: holding the next G20 in Miami in December 2026. Insider stuff, you might think. Nothing could be more […]

On Thursday, 18 December, the European Council, the body formed by the 27 heads of state or government (along with presidents Costa and Von der Leyen), will have to take one of the most difficult foreign policy decisions in its history. What are ‘frozen Russian assets’? In the banks of European countries, there are EUR […]

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, […]

Thousands of Taiwanese citizens a day are choosing to declare their nationality as ‘Taiwan, Japan’ in digital forms, apps and international platforms. It is a silent but powerful gesture that signals how the new Taiwanese generations are redefining their geopolitical, cultural and emotional identity. This apparently marginal phenomenon is actually a political thermometer of the […]

Aula A full to the last rows, despite the exams around the corner, and an atmosphere that belies the narrative of a university environment hostage to slogans. On 25 November, the event “Which future for Europe?”, organised by the Universitari Federalisti Europei (UFE) association, was held in Political Science at Sapienza University, with the participation […]

NATO’s openness to a more assertive approach against Russian hybrid threats isnot just another piece of news. It is a turning point. It is a sign that the West is finally realising that, in the era of sub-threshold warfare, defence is no longer an academic exercise but a concrete, immediate, almost daily occurrence. In an […]