geopolitics

Erano passate soltanto poche settimane da quei drammatici giorni a cavallo tra gennaio e febbraio del 1979, quando la fuga dello scià Muhammad Reza Pahlavi e il trionfale rientro in patria dell’ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini avevano spianato…

 La Repubblica Popolare Cinese è una grande potenza economica, fondata su uno strano “capitalismo di Stato”, ed è un “concorrente strategico” per la NATO e per l’Unione Europea, in base a una strategia che a ben guardare è assai incerta. La…

The last few weeks were marked by intense diplomatic activity, highlighted by the first Peace Summit on Ukraine being held in the Swiss city of Lucerne on June 15-16, and Russia outlining the conditions that must be met for Moscow to…

The South Caucasus, a mountainous region that has been at the crossroads of great power interests for centuries, is undergoing a rapid transformation. The war in Ukraine and the resulting fragmentation of the world into blocs and groupings…

Cartography produces simplifications and distortions of reality. In a non-verbal way, maps influence our representation of the world. By fixing North and South, center and periphery, we give precise messages about the political and social…