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Putin, now and forever

Vladimir Putin has lasted twenty years and counting in the Kremlin by following the tried-and-tested rules of Russian politics: convincing his elites that life with him is better than any alternative existence without him, mobilizing the…

Putin dopo Putin: una lunga transizione

Il tradizionale discorso del presidente russo, Vladimir Putin, sullo stato della Federazione (15 gennaio) si è trasformato in un passaggio di importanza non ordinaria, che alcuni quotidiani russi hanno definito nei giorni successivi la…

Convergent roads to energy innovation

As our population expands, the hunger for power continues to increase, and yet the dangers presented to our planet’s ecosystem by ever greater levels of greenhouse gas emissions are clear. The technological and economic convergence of an…