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The day the West crashed and burned

September 11, 2001. I turned on the car radio. The BBC. Was it some kind of promotion for a new disaster thriller? No, it was 911! It took my wife and I a few moments to grasp the new reality we had just entered. The contrast was utterly…

Il Continente Mediterraneo

Il Mediterraneo non ĆØ mai stato, nella storia, un semplice specchio d’acqua. ƈ stato e, oggi, torna ad essere il luogo dove le grandi forze del mondo si incontrano, si misurano, talvolta si scontrano. Se per quasi vent’anni, dal crollo del…

Israel and the idea of redefining borders

In a December 2024 article in The Hill, a US media outlet aimed at politicians, congressional aides, and lobbyists, Eric Mandel, the director of the Middle East Political Information Network (MEPIN), argued that it was time to reconsider…