Europe

My first month and a half in office has been mainly devoted to managing the needed response by Italy and its partners to the Russia-Ukraine problem. Our main concern has been to avoid an uncontrolled escalation. And the issue is being…

Vladimir Putin’s decision to send Russian troops to Ukraine is an attempt to demonstrate that the Ukrainian crisis cannot be solved without Russia. Following the popular coup in Kiev that (once again) brought to power an openly…

A dieci anni dalla rivoluzione arancione l’Ucraina è tornata al centro dell'interesse di tutto il mondo. Ancora una volta il cuore della disputa è l’annosa questione dell’orientamento in politica estera. Del resto, il nome Ucraina significa…

Sozialtourismus (“Welfare Tourism”) has been named the most inappropriate word of the year in Germany. Behind the term is the concept of EU immigrants claiming state benefits without having worked and made social contributions themselves –…

The global financial crisis erupted in the US in September 2008 with the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Several factors have since been identified as working together to set the basis for the crisis and for its swift and wide-ranging impact…