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As often happens when financial markets are subject to sharp sell-offs, concerns about global growth have mounted in the last several weeks. This is especially due to the sell-off being accompanied by (and probably due to) a rash of…

The 2016 European Global Strategy (EUGS) introduced the objective of strategic autonomy. But to do what exactly? To protect ourselves, or to protect others, outside Europe, as well? To protect ourselves by defeating the enemy on his own…

L’Unione Europea dovrebbe occuparsi assai più di sicurezza internazionale, ma lo ammette soltanto in pochi documenti ufficiali che quasi mai vengono presentati e discussi con le opinioni pubbliche. Sarebbe nell’interesse collettivo degli…

Media reports that President Donald Trump discussed the possibility of US withdrawal from NATO with other officials on several occasions in 2018 have produced enhanced anxiety among Alliance partisans on both sides of the Atlantic. But…

The years 2017 and 2018 saw the US challenge the Atlantic alliance like never before. Despite the current lull as attention on both sides is turned inwards, 2019 could be even rougher. While most of the biggest players are consumed with…