Ukraine

Moments after the first shots were fired on Ukrainian territory on February 24, it was clear that the conflicts’ ramifications would go far beyond the local context, touching on geopolitical stakes, games of allegiances, as well as the…

Il verbo arabo ḫabaza indica l’azione di fare il pane. Possedere una parola ad hoc che, a differenza dell’italiano “panificare”, è di uso frequente nella lingua quotidiana è già di per sé indicativo dell’importanza di questo alimento nella…

There is little doubt that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s miscalculations have birthed a new world order. At the strategic level, the Russian President is guilty of three fatal strategic errors. First, his battle plan for invading…

La geopolitica non dovrebbe avere lo scopo primario di interpretare in modo del tutto libero. L’interpretazione, insomma, dovrebbe essere al servizio dei fatti oggettivi, invece di sfruttare i medesimi come un pretesto per interpretazioni e…

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Russian energy policy has had a predominant influence on its foreign policy. In the post-Soviet federation, the oil and gas industry have followed different paths. The oil industry has served to enrich a…