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Berlin Wall questions

Aspenia Online: Can you think of historical precedents, or parallels, in which a country builds a barrier (and maintains it for three decades) in order mostly to keep its own people in, rather than some external threat out? The North Korean…

US-China: The cool war

What is the current structure of international relations? No topic has generated more heated, erudite debate since the end of the Cold War in 1991. I will argue that today’s global structure is one of “emerging bipolarity.” The US and China…

Da Washington a Doha: nuovi spazi geopolitici

Volare da Washington, scossa dalla imprevedibilitĂ  di un Presidente che appare ormai vulnerabile, a Doha, un Emirato che cerca oggi il suo spazio nelle sabbie agitate del Golfo, è in realtĂ  un viaggio rapido dal vecchio centro dell’Impero…