Politics & Government

Natural gas is in many ways the ideal fuel. It is abundant, affordable, clean-burning and extremely versatile. It can heat homes and offices, generate electricity from highly-efficient power plants, be used as a feedstock to manufacture…

■ “HISTORY, n. An account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.” This is the definition given by Ambrose Bierce in The Devil’s Dictionary. It is a…

Cresce l’attenzione, a livello internazionale, per l'Asia Centrale post-sovietica – ossia il quintetto composto da Kazakistan, Uzbekistan, Tagikistan, Kirghizistan e Turkmenistan. Il motivo di interesse sta soprattutto nella centralità…

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the five central Asian republics Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kirgizstan have (re-) emerged as independent states. The task of building new state institutions and a functioning…

Il 19 ottobre la Commissione elettorale indipendente (Iec) avrebbe dovuto annunciare i risultati preliminari del voto presidenziale del 28 settembre scorso ma, come molti pensavano, ha posposto la data a un futuro indeterminato. Tutto è…