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Over a year ago when Donald Trump was campaigning for US President, he gained considerable support among blue collar workers with his charges of unfair trade against China, his threats to brand them a currency manipulator, and his promise…

E’ giusto non abusare di stilemi triti; però quale miglior esempio del concetto di “gattopardismo”, e cioè il celebre “cambiare tutto perché nulla cambi”, per l’attuale Zimbabwe? Solo pochi mesi fa la situazione sembrava saldamente…

Nel famoso libro “India Grows At Night: A Liberal Case for A Strong State” di Gurcharan Das, si dice che l’India cresce di notte proprio perché l’unico contributo del governo è quello, durante il giorno, di intralciare lo sviluppo economico…

The past decade has seen a tremendous transformation in the U.S. natural gas landscape. During the Administration of George W. Bush, the U.S. was expected to be on an inextricable upward trajectory of natural gas import demand, with some…

In the last two months, there have been a series of firsts in Germany – and the trend seems to continue. It was the first time the Social Democrats (SPD) fell to 20% since the foundation of a modern democracy in Germany. It was also the…

The Middle East is at a new turning point as a consequence of a “mysterious situation”, as described by Lebanese President Michel Aoun, involving the Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad Hariri on the occasion of a prolonged visit to Riyadh and…

Victories in state-level elections in New Jersey and Virginia on November 7th have buoyed Democratic hopes for an anti-Trump wave among the population that will lead to a big victory in next year’s mid-term elections, and permanently damage…

Manca un anno alle elezioni di mezzo termine: si tratta di un appuntamento elettorale che potrebbe cambiare faccia alla politica statunitense, influendo sul secondo biennio di presidenza Trump. Numeri alla mano, il Partito Repubblicano si…

Perusing the coverage of President Donald Trump’s first ten months in office, a reader could easily conclude that the global trading system, which has been in existence essentially since 1945, is on the verge of collapse. Trump and his…

Sin dal 2013, quando il Presidente cinese Xi Jinping ne delineò gli obiettivi, l'iniziativa ormai nota come “Nuova Via della Seta” o “One Belt One Road” (OBOR) è rapidamente divenuta fulcro della politica estera della Cina in Eurasia e a…