Middle East & North Africa

Marta Dassù makes a very good point when she reminds us of the difficulty analysts and policy makers face in anticipating dramatic changes on the international scene. We are simply very bad at predicting the future. International affairs…

“Ci sono patrioti che hanno sostenuto questa guerra e patrioti che l’hanno osteggiata”. L’Obama pedagogico ed ecumenico – quello che siamo abituati ad ascoltare da due anni a questa parte, da quando cioè spiegò ai bianchi la rabbia dei neri…

Fin dalla Rivoluzione del 1979, molti osservatori occidentali hanno costruito ed alimentato il mito di uno Stato iraniano monolitico e verticista, controllato al suo vertice da una figura – e una soltanto – al tempo stesso politica e…

My sister in West Africa asked if I could help her purchase a video game subscription for her son’s birthday by using her credit card. The game company could detect that she was using a computer in Africa and wouldn’t process an American…

The Iranian threat has been making even more headlines in Israel since the election of the new Netanyahu government. One of the main reasons: spreading fear of nuclear annihilation is effective in managing Israel’s divisive politics. Former…