The dangerous illusions of nation building
The obsession with nation building in Afghanistan has led to disaster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxl6WtPPBDc
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Il Medio Oriente e il dilemma globale del petrolio
La pandemia da Covid-19 ha avuto effetti deleteri per lāeconomia globale, impattando in particolar modo il mercato del petrolio. I vari lockdown, il blocco parziale dei commerci e degli spostamenti e, in alcune fasi, lāinterruzione della…
USA-UE, momento di svolta?
Il ritiro degli USA dallāAfghanistan, da tempo annunciato ma effettuato in modo precipitoso, caotico e senza un valido coordinamento con gli alleati NATO, ha creato delle serie e comprensibili frizioni se non con tutti gli alleati europei,…
Bidenās fateful Afghanistan decision: a briefing in two instalments
Smoke and errors It is not quite the First Afghan War redux, but the victory of theĀ Islamic Emirate of AfghanistanĀ is not far short of it. On 1 January 1842, following an āagreementā between Major-General William Elphinstone,…
Now is the time for a US foreign policy overhaul
The Biden administration missed its chance to undertake a fundamental reevaluation of US Middle East policy in its early honeymoon period. There were urgent domestic priorities, there was a world of repair work to be done on U.S. alliances,…