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La via portoghese contro il populismo

Tutto è cominciato dopo tre anni di pesante politica economica restrittiva (2011-2014), sotto lo stretto controllo di Fondo Monetario Internazionale, Banca Centrale dell’UE e Unione Europea (la cosiddetta Troika): nell’ottobre del 2015 i…

NATO, burden sharing and Mr. Trump

“Two percent is a joke. Four percent is what we should be spending. We are being played for fools” President Donald J. Trump, Brussels NATO Summit, 12 July 2018 When is a pledge not a pledge? The NATO Brussels summit was all about…

Engaging Russia: a gamble and its limits

The first summit between the leaders of Russia and the United States produced very little tangible news. Still, it ignited an emotional storm that reflected polarized perceptions of the world by American and Russian elites. These divergent…