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The Winter Olympic Games in Sochi have crystallized the basic tenets of Russia’s uneasy relationship with the West and distilled what is becoming the country’s new identity. When Vladimir Putin and his government conceived the Sochi Games…

The Syrian chemical weapons deal pulled off by the United States and Russia seems like a win-win situation for all parties. The US avoided an expensive war, Russia found its way back into the international spotlight and Syria gained…

Le rivolte arabe iniziate nel 2011 stanno mettendo sotto pressione le politiche di sicurezza statunitensi in Medio Oriente. In particolare, i mutamenti governativi e le tensioni socio-economiche costituiscono una sfida per la stabilità di…

There are three major questions at issue in the current Syrian tragedy. First, what has triggered this disaster? Second, which phase are we currently facing? Finally, what are the possible solutions? In 2011, the great hope of a relevant…

Late February 2013 a US congressional delegation made a one-day visit to the Malian capital, Bamako. Senator Christopher Coons, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations sub-committee on Africa noted that, “US law prohibited direct…