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Mordechai Chaziza writes for East Asia Forum about the growing relationship between China and the Gulf countries in the field of technological innovation. The Dragon has a strategic interest in prevailing in the region. Chaziza writes: The joint development of telecommunications, smart cities, artificial intelligence and technology-oriented businesses is a complementary endeavour for China and […]
The Global Eye’s open and informal research – Research – Complexity and risk in the perspective of glocalisation The Global Eye’s daily briefs – Editor, The Global Eye All that is taken up here, in the complexity of open sources, does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Global Eye TOPICS (Geo-Energy) October 6, 2022. Ben Cahill, […]
The Global Eye’s open and informal research – Research – Complexity and risk in the perspective of glocalisation The Global Eye’s daily briefs – Editor, The Global Eye All that is taken up here, in the complexity of open sources, does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Global Eye TOPICS (Conflicts & Crises) Crisis Group. CrisisWatch […]
The path of rethinking globalisation into glocalisation is a long one. However distant it may appear from the urgencies of today, this is not the case. After decades of political inactivity on the failures of a politically ungoverned globalisation, today the ruling classes (here understood in bipartisan terms) are called upon to chase historical processes, […]
The endless analyses, even very informed and well-argued ones, on the Chinese role in the world fail to find a complex synthesis. We intend to argue that the approach to the Chinese reality is still ‘cold war’. Western democracies would have the opportunity, beyond trade, economic and cultural interchanges, to rethink their relations with the […]
Alice C. Hill writes for Council on Foreign Relations about the economic impact of hurricanes and natural disasters on the United States. Here is a passage by Hill: Over the past five years, there has been an average of 17.8 such events per year, compared to an annual average of 7.7 between 1980 and 2021. Last […]
Whoever won the elections, subject to the determinations of the President of the Republic, has the right-duty to govern. Italy has been in transition for many years. A geostrategically decisive country, it has always been distinguished by political instability. In terms of ‘unsolicited advice’, this note is intended to signal an institutional urgency. There is […]
The Global Eye’s open and informal research – Research – Complexity and risk in the perspective of glocalisation The Global Eye’s daily briefs – Editor, The Global Eye All that is taken up here, in the complexity of open sources, does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Global Eye P.M. (ITALIAN TIME) TOPICS (Cybersecurity) October 5, […]
The risks to public and global health, while we are still inside the Covid-19 pandemic, are structural. Cordelia Kenney and Rachel Silverman, in a report for the Center for Global Development, address the central issue of the relationship between technological innovation and health. The authors’ argument is as complex as the topic at hand. We […]
In these days of great difficulty, we ask ourselves a question that seems (but is not) to escape the daily news. Europe is wondering about the cap on the price of gas, while the states are going their separate ways: there are those who want to protect themselves (who is calling who a ‘sovereignist’?) and […]
Anne-Marie Slaughter writes about the challenge of climate change as a security challenge. She recalls how, last July, CIA Director William Burns told the Aspen Security Forum that climate change is the ‘biggest existential threat’ to the United States. The issue, however obvious, is not just about the United States. The climate crisis is part of […]
We share the perspective described by Glada Lahn and Ruth Townend for Chatham House. We can imagine the most diverse architectures of governance of planetary processes but the reflection on what the word ‘growth’ should mean, within the framework of a critical rethinking of capitalism, is fundamental. The increasing complexity of what is happening, and […]
A dangerous mentality is spreading internationally: that of separation and of a new ‘cold war’. Which is the opposite of what should happen in globalisation. We are not economists but we practice, every day, in the complexity of planetary reality. We need a new realism and, in perspective, new political visions. Xinhua questioned some experts to […]
The Global Eye’s open and informal research – Research – Complexity and risk in the perspective of glocalisation The Global Eye’s daily briefs – Editor, The Global Eye All that is taken up here, in the complexity of open sources, does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Global Eye P.M. (ITALIAN TIME) TOPICS (Cybersecurity) October 4, […]
How to get African health systems out of over-dependence on international markets ? The topic is complex: Karim Karaki and Pamella Eunice Ahairwe write about it for ECDPM. As complex as it is, the issue cannot have simplistic solutions. The solution put forward by the authors, which we share, is at regional level and in […]
The risk presents itself in many ways. One of these, which directly affects human survival, is the global food crisis. How to respond to this crisis is the subject of a reflection signed by Kristalina Georgieva, Sebastián Sosa and Björn Rother for IMF. There is a need, say the authors, to quickly and adequately support […]
Stefaan G. Verhulst for GCN touches on a decisive and strategic issue. Cities will be decisive for the governance of artificial intelligence. Verhulst’s contribution prompts complex reflections. The first concerns the centrality, in any strategic analysis, of the technological factor. Technology, with its opportunities and with its risks, is the transforming element of our lives […]
China and Europe, strategic partners, are drifting apart according to a report by the European Union (EU) Chamber of Commerce in China. Manoj Joshi writes for ORF. There are many factors influencing this difficult moment in relations between China and Europe, the latest being China’s attitude towards Moscow. Here it is worth emphasising a geostrategic […]
Particularly complex and strategic is the global semiconductor issue. Samuel Goodman writes about it for East Asia Forum. The author tells us about a globalised interdependence for the production of such goods that are so necessary in the era of technological revolution. The recent pandemic crisis and now the war in Ukraine have acted heavily […]
In our opinion, Tim Summers’ reflection for East Asia Forum, in which the author explains Britain’s ‘swinging’ relationship with China, is very interesting. Today more than ever, in the growing complexity we are experiencing, we must avoid holding separating, divisive positions. The topic ‘China’ is, not as of today, central to the public debate. Nobody […]
The Global Eye’s open and informal research – Research – Complexity and risk in the perspective of glocalisation The Global Eye’s daily briefs – Editor, The Global Eye All that is taken up here, in the complexity of open sources, does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Global Eye TOPICS (Assistance in Fragile Contexts) September […]
Regaining the political vision We think of glocalisation as the new frontier of globalisation. Everything needs to be rethought, starting with the political vision. For too many years we have lived under the illusion that it was enough to say democracy and market for history to end and the world to enter a state of […]
In an a-political Europe, the great game of national interests has opened up. Without antagonisms, in such a delicate period that calls for unity at national and continental level, we ask ourselves: is the pursuit of national interest a bad thing? While Germany (according to many figures, in obvious difficulty) puts 200 billions on the […]
Our focus This research is informal. We therefore allow ourselves the freedom of critical observers with no other aim than to contribute to open and strategic reflection. The Global Eye is a collective of people attentive to the depth of their surroundings. We are people, from different backgrounds, who progressively elaborate a ‘historical judgement’ on […]
A number of news reports pick up on Henry Kissinger’s very recent speech to the American think tank Council on Foreign Relations. Kissinger urges, as he has done all his life, to look at international relations realistically. Diplomacy is needed with Russia because the prospect of nuclear weapons would radically change the world order and […]
Gen. Claudio Graziano, President of Fincantieri and former head of the European Union Military Committee, poses an issue of strategic importance in la Repubblica of 1 October. Graziano points out how the war in Ukraine has gone from being a ‘hybrid war’ to a ‘war without limits’ (a concept theorised by two Chinese colonels, Qiao […]
We take up an analysis by Harsk V. Pant published by the think tank ORF to agree on the centrality of India in the rapidly and radically changing international framework. Too little, in fact, public debate focuses on the strategic importance of the Indian sub-continent, limiting it to relations with Russia, China and the West […]
We publish in full from the European Commission website Today (28 september 2022), the Commission adopted two proposals to adapt liability rules to the digital age, circular economy and the impact of global value chains. Firstly, it proposes to modernise the existing rules on the strict liability of manufacturers for defective products (from smart technology […]
We find of great strategic importance the initiative of a bipartisan group of 15 US senators to create a China Grand Strategy Commission. Bryant Harris writes for Defense News. The theme is to avoid a conflict with China by allowing the US to pursue its own interests. The idea of a comprehensive, and complex, approach […]
The war in Ukraine has revitalised NATO. The entry of Sweden and Finland, beyond the contingent facts, serves to increase the security of the alliance’s northern flank. Sebastian Sprenger writes for Defense News. Ongoing discussions are aimed at a renewed military exercise in 2024, which is already being planned. The contours of a ‘defensive’ world […]
The global recomposition of power relations passes, first of all, through technological competition (in particular, between the US and China). We report an interesting policy brief from Brookings, edited by Jessica Brandt, Sarah Kreps, Chris Meserole, Pavneet Singh, and Melanie W. Sisson. There are four elements the authors emphasise on which the US and its allies should focus: talent; […]
The Global Eye’s daily briefs – Editor, The Global Eye All that is taken up here, in the complexity of open sources, does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Global Eye TOPICS (Climate Change & Sustainability) September 30, 2022. David G. Victor, Marcel Lumkowsky, Astrid Dannenberg, and Emily Carlton, Brookings. Is the Paris Agreement working? That’s hard […]
It is worth mentioning the Foundation for Defense of Democracies‘ thoughts on Turkey and the fact that three state banks in that country have suspended the use of the Russian Mir payment system, an alternative to Swift. Analyst Sinan Ciddi shows the complexity of the situation. Turkey, in fact, on the one hand sells drones […]
We—the governments of Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and the United States of America—meet on the occasion of the first-ever U.S.- Pacific Islands Summit, held at the White House in Washington, D.C. from […]
The German choice, which introduced a kind of national price cap on gas prices, calls into question the very existence of Europe. The ‘Old Continent’ is in a very delicate geopolitical situation. It is Europe, in fact, that is paying the highest price for the war in Ukraine. The difficulties of this historical phase call […]
Brookings reflects on the Chips and Science Act signed in August by President Biden and land inequalities in the US. The subject is highly topical, not only in the US and not only as a contrast to other global players (China, in particular). Inequalities, in fact, are the phenomenon that, within states and globally, endangers the […]
Atlantic Council posted statements by Gina Raimondo, US Commerce Secretary: US companies are increasingly considering relocating their operations from China, said Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, after many had to close their Russian operations earlier this year amid Moscow’s war against Ukraine. “I’m hearing it from US CEOs, even from companies that have been manufacturing in China for […]
THINKING COMPLEX The bureaucratic state finds itself overcome by historical processes. Dynamism, speed and radicality are the characteristics of what we experience. Think of the technological revolution. If bureaucracy is an essential part of state organisation, it is politics that must maintain a substantial difference from administration. Typical of the bureaucratic state is the progressive […]
THINKING COMPLEX The ‘bureaucratic state’ does not feel the breath of history because it has the sole purpose of realising ‘its own’ history. In a (radicalised) bureaucratic state, it is not possible to speak of an ‘open society’. To think that this seemingly theoretical reflection does not touch our daily destiny is a mistake. Political […]
THINKING COMPLEX Holding together the enhancement of the national interest and the preservation of the open society is possible. We want to protect and improve democracy, the best system known. Provided, however, that we never consider it ‘accomplished’. Indeed, the difficulty/value of democracy lies in its being ‘in perpetual fulfilment’ and in the fact that […]
THINKING COMPLEX The future is already present. We write, with the freedom of intellectuals, a daily memo for new ruling classes. We live in a historical moment of great delicacy and, at the same time, full of great possibilities. Because today, in the growing complexity and interrelationship of historical dynamics, we are called upon to […]
THINKING COMPLEX Our strategic question, the starting point for research, is: how to politically govern the necessary reorganisation of the planetary framework in the continuous and radical transformation of risk? The rethinking of globalisation into glocalisation must take place within the overall, and complex, framework of the transformation of risk. We ourselves generate the risk […]
All that is taken up here, in the complexity of open sources, does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Global Eye THINKING COMPLEX We wrote in september 24’s thinking complex about the need to look at regional perspectives in international relations, overcoming the limitations of nation states without demeaning their interests. We made the multilateral […]
All that is taken up here, in the complexity of open sources, does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Global Eye THINKING COMPLEX Thinking complex, two words must be dwelt on: globalisation and risk. While we should ask ourselves what can and should be the future of globalisation (in an already evident reconfiguration of […]
All that is taken up here, in the complexity of open sources, does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Global Eye THINKING COMPLEX We continue to insist, every day, on the line of strategic dialogue. The complex approach to historical processes problematises the exasperation of competition (particularly for technologies and raw materials) and calls […]
All that is taken up here, in the complexity of open sources, does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Global Eye THINKING COMPLEX Every day, reviewing analyses and news from global think tanks, we see how the world is evolving in the direction of separation. There is a nostalgia for nation states, in the […]
All that is taken up here, in the complexity of open sources, does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Global Eye IN EVIDENCE In the last few months, the U.S. Air Force has modified Ukrainian MiG-29s to carry Western anti-radar missiles, turned U.S. strategic bombers into cargo carriers, and transformed airlifters into long-range strike […]
TODAY IN EVIDENCE Africa’s complex challenges and the importance of nuclear research and technologies. Messaoud Baaliouamer for SAIIA (Africa’s Nuclear Future: Increasing the Participation of Women and Youth); Considerations on Iran’s cyber attacks on Albania. Mark Montgomery writes for Foundation for Defense of Democracies (Iranian-backed attacks on Albania highlights need for Cyber Capacity Building); China […]
The frontier of the metaverse is within the universities. More and more universities are moving their activities into that new ‘environment’. Nir Kshetri writes about this for the World Economic Forum (‘Metaversities’: 5 challenges of studying in the metaverse) Activities in the virtual campus allow for 3D learning activities, more realistic interactivity and better university […]
In a world traversed by ever new public health emergencies, which are now a structural phenomenon, there is a need to look to the future of health systems. The frontier, as highlighted by Pradeep Goel for the World Economic Forum (Is blockchain the solution for failing global healthcare?), is in the increasing use of technology. […]
Isobel Royce writes for Royal United Services Institute (Political Short-Termism is Putting our Environmental Security at Risk) about ‘political short-termism’ in relation to the possibility of a return to fossil fuels in the current phase of crisis due to the war in Ukraine. While there is no doubt that the race towards net-zero transition cannot […]
International Crisis Group (Ten Challenges for the UN in 2022-2023) reflects on the geostrategic role of the UN in this difficult historical phase. In the run-up to the General Assembly, in the midst of the war in Ukraine and in a world gripped by the ‘third world war in pieces’, many are wondering what the […]
TODAY IN EVIDENCE Universities in the metaverse Health emergencies and blockchain technologies Between war and speculation, the difficult path of political sustainability New beginnings for United Nations TOPICS (Artemis Accords) September 19, 2022. US Department of State. On Monday, September 19, 2022, representatives of Artemis Accords signatory nations met at the International Astronautical Congress in […]
Due to climate change, the countries of sub-Saharan Africa are the area in the world with the highest rate of food insecurity. Below is a map taken from IMF blog (Laurent Kemoe, Cedric Okou, Pritha Mitra and Filiz Unsal – How Africa Can Escape Chronic Food Insecurity Amid Climate Change). In addition to imagining solutions to deal with the […]
Marissa Edmund, for the Center for American Progress (Guns Are Fueling the Rise in Domestic Extremist Violence Across the Country), reflects on the violence that runs through American society and on the easy availability of weapons that become tragically dangerous in the hands of radicalized individuals. Edmund suggests possible remedies. The phenomenon described here, in particular […]
It is important to look at Russia’s Arctic politics. Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Nicholas Lokker, Heli Hautala, and Col James Frey write about this issue in a report for the Center for a New American Security (New CNAS Report: “Russia in the Arctic: Gauging How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Will Alter Regional Dynamics”). The theme, […]
Georgia’s transit role in the Euro-Asian area is growing. Zaal Anjaparidze writes about it in a reflection for The Jamestown Foundation (Anti-Russian Sanctions Increase Transit Role of Georgia). The sanctions applied to Russia prohibit the transit of goods by land on Russian territory. Georgia is especially decisive for Europe. Anjaparidze writes: (…) without Georgia, the EU’s access to […]
The United Nations Transforming Education Summit begins today. As Rebecca Winthrop points out in a reflection for Brookings (Shared priorities to transform education systems: Mapping recovery and transformation agendas), 1.5 billion students affected and at least 463 million unable to access remote learning, there is little wonder that education inequality is rising and young people around […]
TODAY IN EVIDENCE Food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa Social complexity, inequality and violence The complexity of Russian politics in the Arctic The centrality of Georgia UN and the Transforming Education Summit TOPICS (Cybersecurity) September 16, 2022. Farwa Sajjad, Infosecurity. Cyber-criminals are using new tactics to increase their chance of success in phishing attacks against various […]
MERICS think tank proposes an analysis on Chinese national security (“Comprehensive National Security” unleashed: How Xi’s approach shapes China’s policies at home and abroad). Implemented in 16 points, the concept of “comprehensive national security” constitutes an architecture and shows how the Chinese system invests completely in a substantial unit of all its components. Where there […]
The relationship between technology and diplomacy is a relationship we will have to get used to more and more. In a world characterized by growing complexity, and by wars with a global scope, scenarios that open up appear increasingly inextricable. Roland Bouffanais and Sun Sun Lim are authors of a very interesting reflection for the […]
The “complex” reflection of the Brookings think tank entitled Build cities, not camps: A proposal for addressing refugee crises invites us to deep reflections. The analysis focuses on the possibility of building “charter cities” to accommodate a number of refugees which, according to the data, is destined to increase. Michael Lokshin and Jan-Peter Olters write: […]
TODAY IN EVIDENCE Putin and Xi in Samarkand. Al Jazeera (‘Hat in hand’: Putin meets Xi at summit in Samarkand) Notes on Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. Thomas Wilkins, Samantha Hoffman, Baani Grewal, Katja Theodorakis and Alex Bristow for The Strategist (What is the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and does it matter?) Supply chains in the megacrisis. Eleftherios Iakovou and Chelsea C. White III for […]
The background of the conference room, yesterday 14 September at the Centro Congressi Roma Eventi, had the eyes of Michail Sergeevič Gorbačëv, a man in the history who left us a great legacy (remained unfinished). Many moments were told by the guests of the Eureca Association, headed by Angelo Polimeno Bottai: the Ambassador of the […]
Economic interdependence in the globalized world is a strategic issue. The think tank Peterson Institute for International Economics, in a reflection published on 12 September, analyzes the reality and risks resulting from the worsening of economic and trade relations between the US and China. If the decoupling between the two geopolitical giants is a bad news […]
The geostrategic debate needs to be de-dogmatised. At a time in history when the accentuation of separations seems to prevail in international relations, new discourses must be imagined and new paths must be constructed. It seems impossible, due to the war in Ukraine that again divides the world into blocs, to return to dialogue. In […]
We try, every day, to rediscover and enhance the elements of complexity that, from reality, must increasingly become geostrategic thinking and decision-making. We are helped by the words pronounced by Pope Francis yesterday in Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan represents a significant geopolitical crossroads, and so it has a fundamental role to play in lessening cases of conflict. Pope […]
TODAY IN EVIDENCE An interesting look at the war in Ukraine concerns the movements of the national Orthodox Churches and their progressive detachment from Moscow. It is the turn, writes Paul Globe for The Jamestown Foundation, of the Republic of Latvia (Moscow Losing Another Nation’s Orthodox Church—This Time Latvia’s) The US military is preparing for […]
In 189 pages, the Special Competitive Studies Project, led by Bob Work and Eric Schmidt, addresses the complex topic of technology competition between the US and China. The report opens with a letter from Henry Kissinger. The former US Secretary of State writes of an intense competition between the US and China for strategic advantage. […]
Pope Francis’ trip to Kazakhstan, on the occasion of the VIIth Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, takes place in a global climate of great delicacy. Why, we ask Cardinal Matteo Zuppi (President of the Italian Episcopal Conference and Archbishop of Bologna) is it a complex journey? Because the historical moment in which […]
“Open and complex space, we are for dialogue between different ideas – There are no unique sources for an analyst” We report, from Defense News, the news that German government will work to ease its restrictive export policy when pursuing joint weapon programs with European partners. This is complex news because it touches on many […]
On the occasion of the upcoming meeting, in Samarkand, of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Global Times publishes a reflection by Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan. Mirziyoyev writes about constructive dialogue and multilateral cooperation based on consideration and respect for everyone’s interests. Respect for everyone’s interests is the first political step. In our opinion, this respect must […]
Of particular interest is the climate issue linked to national security. We report a policy paper by the German think tank DGAP which invites to consider the climate as part of collective security while Germany is developing the National Security Strategy. Climate issue and its impacts now represent a structural phenomenon that does not distinguish […]
“Open and complex space, we are for dialogue between different ideas – There are no unique sources for an analyst” The Human Development Report 2021-22 (UNDP) is a strategic document of great importance. The central point, which directly affects our reflections on the world, is what is called the “uncertainty complex”. Constituting it, is said, […]
Ambassador Umberto Vattani, former Secretary General of the Italian ministry of Foreign Affairs, wrote – Saturday, Sept. 10 for “Il Quotidiano del Sud” – a very interesting reflection on the figure of Charles III and the challenges he faces. The central part of Vattani’s reasoning concerns the relations between the British Royal House and the […]
“Open and complex space, we are for dialogue between different ideas – There are no unique sources for an analyst” We cannot look at the political sustainability of the world with the eye of fear. If, as Ken Heydon writes for East Asia Forum, for Liz Truss China is more of a threat than a […]
Qui si avvia una riflessione critica e complessa sul futuro della globalizzazione. Si tratta di un percorso di ricerca aperto e inclusivo che guarda alle complessità dei mondi e che adotta uno sguardo alto e profondo rispetto alla evoluzione dei processi storici. Pensiamo che sia giunto il tempo di nuovi approcci. Sono passati più di […]
TODAY IN EVIDENCE (Defense – Military – Security) September 9, 2022. Stephen Losey, Defense News. The Pentagon’s top acquisition official said Friday he is hopeful a temporary halt to F-35 deliveries, prompted by the discovery that a key magnet in the fighter was made with raw materials that came from China, can be resolved soon. DoD eyes […]
Queen Elizabeth II September 9, 2022. Simon Heffer, The Interpreter. Queen Elizabeth II’s role in foreign affairs may appear to be a contradiction in terms. As a constitutional monarch, she could take no initiative in these or any other political matters, but had to act on the advice of her prime ministers, whether in Britain […]
WORLDS (Afghanistan) September 7, 2022. Peter Mills, ISW. The Taliban government is struggling to defeat the National Resistance Front (NRF), a growing anti-Taliban insurgency in northeastern Afghanistan. Taliban leaders appointed a new slate of military commanders to lead anti-NRF operations, indicating dissatisfaction with the previous commanders’ performance. Political and ethnic divisions are also likely undermining […]
TODAY IN EVIDENCE (UN) September 7, 2022. Kamal Malhotra, ORF. The growth of illiberal nationalism in the US and the deepening of already illiberal nationalist states like Russia and China are compromising the UN’s key mandates and thwarting serious progressive reform. Will illiberal nationalism undermine much-needed UN reform? (Ukraine) September 7, 2022. Ronja Ganster, Jacob Kirkegaard, […]
Il pensiero geostrategico non può che collocarsi nella prospettiva del destino planetario: esso è ciò che tiene insieme l’unica dimensione del vivere, la glocalità, che ogni essere umano vive contemporaneamente come parte necessaria ma non sufficiente dell’umanità e dentro il proprio territorio. Questa considerazione, necessaria come premessa in una riflessione complessa sul pensiero geostrategico, è […]
Il mondo che viviamo ci mette di fronte a un evidente paradosso: mentre da un lato in tanti evocano la “società aperta”, dall’altro lato i mondi sembrano chiudersi sempre di più in difesa. Il vero “suicidio occidentale”, a mio avviso, riguarda la scelta di quella parte del mondo di giocare in contrapposizione contro l’altro mondo. […]
WORLDS Afghanistan September 6, 2022. Heather Barr, HRW. The US “Afghanistan War Commission,” created in December 2021 to examine “key strategic, diplomatic, and operational decisions” the US made in Afghanistan, and to develop “lessons learned and recommendations for the way forward,” is beginning its work. One priority should be to examine US government pledges on women’s […]
EVIDENCE September 2, 2022. Carlo Rebecchi intervista l’Ambasciatore Umberto Vattani, Giornale Diplomatico. L’eco internazionale della morte di Michail Sergeevič Gorbačëv non è destinata a spegnersi dato il rilevante ruolo che ha avuto nella storia. E questo nonostante che nel suo Paese si cerchi di tenerlo in un cono d’ombra, a continuare a dimenticarlo. Solo l’Occidente […]
WORLDS Afghanistan September 3, 2022. Abdulkader Sinno, East Asia Forum. When the school year began in Afghanistan in March 2022, journalists were poised to cover the return of girls to secondary education. Taliban leaders in Kabul had committed to allowing separate education for girls so long as they followed the Taliban-mandated dress code. Instead, the cameras […]
TODAY IN EVIDENCE The “President” Gorbachev. From Project Syndicate and The Strategist – The greatest democrat Russia ever had Gorbachev and the end of the cold war. From Atlantic Council – Without Gorbachev, Reagan wouldn’t have won the Cold War Meeting of the Atlantic Council with the Minister of Defense of Denmark – A conversation […]
WORLDS China August 31, 2022. Liu Caiyu, Global Times. By June 2022, the number of internet users in China has reached 1.051 billion, an increase of 19.19 million over las year, according to a newly-released report by China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) obtained by the Global Times on Wednesday. China’s netizen population reaches 1.051 […]
TODAY IN EVIDENCE In memory of Mikhail Gorbachev: From Atlantic Council – Gorbachev could have taken Putin’s road. But he wanted better. – Atlantic Council From The Strategist – Gorbachev changed the world From The Interpreter – Mikhail Gorbachev: The last revolutionary The war in Ukraine and the lessons of history. From The Strategist – […]
Ci vuole “realismo digitale”. Nel tempo che viviamo, infatti, l’utilizzo dei dati personali da parte delle aziende tecnologiche e delle istituzioni pubbliche è un punto estremamente sensibile. Scrive Bremmer (Il potere della crisi, 2022, p. 144): Ogni giorno gli americani generano circa 2,5 quintilioni di byte di sati (2,5 seguito da diciotto zeri). Chiama Uber. […]
TODAY’S EVIDENCE Info Security segnala che i danni provocati dalle attività di ransmware supereranno i 30 miliardi di dollari entro il 2023 – Global Ransomware Damages to Exceed $30bn by 2023 Il think tank Clingendael analizza le joint-ventures tecnologiche tra Europa e Cina – Sino-European joint ventures and the risk of technology transfers Il think […]
La “quarta rivoluzione industriale” ci trasforma e trasforma l’intera realtà. Ciò è sempre avvenuto. Scrive Bremmer (Il potere della crisi, 2022, pp. 134 e 135): Non c’è niente di nuovo nei cambiamenti tecnologici che eliminano posti di lavoro, e sappiamo dalle passate rivoluzioni tecnologiche che verranno creati nuovi lavori e nuovi tipi di lavori. E’ […]
Scrive Bremmer (Il potere della crisi, 2022, p. 133): (…) poiché le macchine cambiano le nostre vite più velocemente di quanto i governi riescano a capire, e ancor meno a gestire, gli esseri umani perdono fiducia nella capacità del governo di aiutarli quand’anche fosse nelle sue intenzioni farlo. Il massimo rischio di disumanizzazione deriva dal modo […]
La riflessione (Australia’s climate risk assessment and defence review must work together) pubblicata dal think tank The Strategist è di grande interesse per chi, come noi, si occupa di approcci complessi alle relazioni internazionali. Legare il rischio climatico con le questioni della difesa è diventato fondamentale. Il futuro della difesa e della sicurezza è ormai […]
Gli Stati Uniti e la Cina, sostiene Bremmer (Il potere della crisi, 2022, p. 119), non devono essere d’accordo su come governare Hong Kong, su come disegnare i confini marittimi del Mar cinese meridionale né sulla definizione di “democrazia”. Ma devono essere d’accordo sull’urgenza di investire in piani energetici in grado di limitare i danni […]
Pur nella necessaria radicalità di un nuovo pensiero strategico (nella inter-in-dipendenza, verso la glocalizzazione), occorre muoversi per passaggi progressivi. Vi è, anzitutto, la necessità di una crescente condivisione rispetto alle sfide planetarie. Scrive Ian Bremmer (Il potere della crisi, 2022, p. 111) rispetto ai cambiamenti climatici: Le scoperte nel campo delle tecnologie verdi e nella […]
Quando diciamo coesione sociale, la cui carenza sta attaccando dall’interno la sopravvivenza stessa delle democrazie liberali, ci riferiamo alla condizione fondamentale dello stare insieme dentro un contesto sociale. Tale coesione, nella interrelazione planetaria, non ci fa più essere società tra persone che si riconoscono immediatamente in tradizioni condivise ma ci porta dentro, in maniera crescente, […]
WORLDS China August 25, 2022. Yingyi Ma, Ryan Hass, and Jude Blanchette, Brookings. In the fourth episode of “Vying for Talent,” Dr. Yingyi Ma, a professor of sociology at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, shares her perspective on how China’s talent base is shaped by the nation’s educational landscape as well as social and political challenges. […]
Governare le dinamiche storiche è la nuova frontiera della politica. Impostare un discorso di glocalizzazione è ormai fondamentale. La cultura strategica deve ri-cominciare a guardare i problemi della storia al contempo dall’alto e nel profondo. Tornare al territorio è decisivo ma in chiave di società aperta: le città, in particolare, saranno sempre di più hub […]
Qualcuno potrebbe dire che in giro c’è troppa politica. La nostra convinzione è opposta: viviamo in un mondo a-politico. Pensiamo che il pensiero politico non si sia adeguato al nuovo mondo che emergeva dopo il crollo del muro di Berlino e l’implosione dell’Unione Sovietica. Finiti i partiti classici che, pur se inquadrati in un mondo […]
Le prospettive del mondo sono indissolubilmente legate alle prospettive del pensiero. Dopo la caduta del muro di Berlino e l’implosione dell’Unione Sovietica ci ritroviamo in un mondo diviso e disuguale e con un pensiero ancora lineare, escludente e solo competitivo. Dopo l’ubriacatura per una libertà irresponsabile, i cui effetti si sono visti nei decenni successivi […]
FROM GLOBAL THINK TANKS with The Science of Where Magazine AROUND THE WORLD Afghanistan August 11, 2022. John Manza, Atlantic Council. It has been one year since the collapse of Afghanistan, and while the world has moved on to other issues, it’s important to remember the key lessons of that conflict—if for no other reason […]
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Per una sostenibilità politica del mondo A partire da una riflessione di World Bank blogs, sottolineiamo come l’Africa viva una condizione paradossale: pur essendo il continente meno responsabile per i cambiamenti climatici, è quello che pagherà il prezzo più alto in termini di conseguenze. Altresì, pur nelle difficoltà legate alla crisi climatica, l’Africa deve raggiungere […]
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Inter-in-dipendenza e autonomia strategica Il think tank CSIS pone un tema di grande rilevanza e interesse strategico: The adoption of the CHIPS and Science Act is a watershed in U.S. economic policy. It is not because the United States has never practiced industrial policy before; in fact, the early development of semiconductors and the internet […]
Il G20 e la megacrisi Il think tank Vivekananda International Foundation scrive della interrelazione delle sfide cui è chiamato il G20 che, dopo la Presidenza dell’Indonesia, sarà guidato dall’India: The world is becoming an increasingly disorderly place. Geopolitical tensions are rising sharply. The chances of a wider conflict engulfing the world cannot be ruled out. […]
Riprendiamo dal think tank Atlantic Council a proposito dell’Inflation Reduction Act: The unexpected Inflation Reduction Act proposes, among numerous other climate provisions, consumer tax credits for electric vehicle (EV) purchases. The credits aim to make EVs more affordable, but their greatest impact lies in their requirement that a proportion of the battery minerals in qualifying […]
Lavorare sull’evoluzione dell’ambiente geostrategico significa, al contempo, riflettere sui nuovi paradigmi di una politica dell’umanità e del pianeta (verso la ri-costruzione dello “spazio comune glocale”) e costruire giudizio storico “in progress”. La crescente complessità dell’ambiente geostrategico ci mostra un mondo che va ri-compreso nelle sue dinamiche sempre più incerte e imprevedibili e, soprattutto, ben diverse […]
Scegliere la strada del dialogo politico-strategico significa scegliere nuove visioni storiche. Con la pandemia e con la guerra in Ucraina, in particolare, il mondo ha cambiato rotta. Possiamo dire, con realismo, che le attuali classi dirigenti non sembrano aver capito l’urgenza di importare prospettive diverse da quelle novecentesche, a cominciare dalla ricerca di un “ordine […]
Solo dal dialogo politico possono nascere nuove prospettive strategiche. E’ a cominciare dalla mediazione tra interessi di parte che può costruirsi quello spazio comune, profondamente politico, che è spazio della relazione. Se la competizione non è eliminabile, perché ci appartiene, è sempre più necessario contaminarla di cooperazione. Il dialogo politico non è solo mediazione, oggi […]
Siamo in un tempo di monologhi confusi. Alcuni capiscono che nulla potrà più essere come prima mentre in tanti continuano a usare parole novecentesche e a non rendersi conto che, negli ultimi tre decenni, tutto è cambiato. Questo cambiamento, che preferiamo definire trasformazione, ci ha consegnato un mondo diviso e disuguale, non dialogante. Abbiamo scritto […]
Nel processo di trasformazione politica merita un posto decisivo la scelta dell’auto-critica delle democrazie liberali. Quelle, infatti, non hanno bisogno di esaltare acriticamente i propri valori ma di problematizzarli, di relativizzarli. Perché è in gioco il futuro delle società aperte. La trasformazione politica del mondo riguarda, prima di tutto, il nostro approccio al mondo stesso, […]
Focalizziamo l’attenzione sul processo di trasformazione politica. Ciò a cui dobbiamo porre crescente consapevolezza è la compresenza della megacrisi in atto, sempre più in chiave de-generativa, e del progressivo svuotamento dello “spazio comune”. Si tratta di un mix esplosivo, di una situazione che, nel nostro tempo, mette a dura prova l’idea di sostenibilità complessa del […]
La “politica” che conosciamo non lavora nello “spazio comune”: eppure è quello, dentro la rivoluzione tecnologica in atto, che la trasforma. Abbiamo già scritto, e ribadiamo, che la sostenibilità intesa in senso complesso parte dalla coesione delle società, dalla ri-appropriazione dello “spazio comune”. Le democrazie liberali, oggi, hanno il compito strategico di uscire dalla dicotomia […]
La questione sociale è questione politica. Tutti sappiamo che le condizioni di disagio e di difficoltà che molti vivono ogni giorno sono nate ben prima della pandemia e della guerra in Ucraina: questi ultimi accadimenti hanno certamente contribuito ad aggravare disuguaglianze già esistenti. Coloro che, in democrazia, si candidano a rappresentare le istanze popolari dovrebbero […]
La glocalità va costruita politicamente. La grande sfida geostrategica del tempo che viviamo riguarda il futuro di ciò che chiamiamo globalizzazione. Tanto si è scritto sulla necessità di una globalizzazione meno selvaggia, più umana. Tutto questo non può essere raggiunto se operiamo attraverso i paradigmi attuali, se, cioé, non cambiamo via. Sullo sfondo del nostro […]
Nella eccitazione democratica, presto diventata illusione, seguita alla caduta del muro di Berlino e alla implosione dell’Unione Sovietica, abbiamo dato per scontato che bastasse la sola esistenza della democrazia a garantire un quadro politico adeguato per i decenni che sarebbero arrivati. Ebbene, come abbiamo già notato, ci siamo sbagliati. La realtà si trasformava profondamente e […]
Il paradigma culturale del pensiero complesso, necessario per governare società aperte fondate sul “comune” nel framework della “glocalità”, deve accompagnarsi alla maturazione di un “giudizio storico” il più possibile condiviso. Cercheremo di approfondire le dinamiche che si sono sviluppate dalla caduta del muro di Berlino e dalla implosione dell’Unione Sovietica a oggi. In questo periodo, […]
Portare la complessità nel pensiero è operazione necessaria. Gli intellettuali e gli analisti dovrebbero “convertirsi” al pensiero complesso, aiutare tutti a comprendere un mondo che sta virando verso scenari di grandi rischi e di altrettante opportunità. Prima di tutto, per quanto ovvio, questa prospettiva dovrebbe riguardare la formazione al realismo di classi dirigenti adeguate (non […]
Il “comune” è il luogo della relazione. Se la scelta morale è ri-mettere al centro la relazione, è altrettanto necessario operare una scelta culturale: per il “comune”, infatti, serve un pensiero critico, complesso, sistemico, strategico. I nuovi paradigmi per un progetto di civiltà sono vincolati l’uno all’altro, inter-in-dipendenti. Dire della centralità della relazione significa “relativizzare”, […]
Il lungo percorso, mai compiuto, per organizzare società resilienti comincia da un investimento culturale e politico sulla ri-costruzione del “comune”. Occorre ri-pensare la coesione. Stiamo elaborando dentro al paradigma morale per un progetto di civiltà. Riflettendo, è sempre più chiara – soprattutto nelle democrazie liberali – la progressiva de-generazione dello spazio strategico del “comune”. In […]
La necessità di nuovi paradigmi, qui evocata, va nella direzione della comprensione, della com-prensione e del governo politico dei fenomeni storici. Non basta più parlare di cambiamento perché siamo dentro una grande, profonda e radicale metamorfosi. Per questo devono trasformarsi gli assunti di fondo che ci permettano di entrare in sintonia con le metamorfosi che […]
Per quanto il mondo si mostri sempre più difficile da comprendere, emerge la necessità del talento di mediazione tra tradizione e innovazione e tra globalità e località nonché di visioni complesse nell’incertezza. Gli strumenti della rivoluzione tecnologica, uniti al ri-pensamento delle scienze sociali e politiche, sono fondamentali. Un’accademia per un progetto di civiltà, che qui […]
E’ sempre più inevitabile che, nell’assenza della politica (ancora più evidente nell’imperare della de-generazione partitica), la megacrisi diventi ingovernabile. E questo rappresenta un rischio evidente, conclamato, un pericolo strategico. Crediamo nell’urgenza di un progetto di civiltà e, dunque, nella necessità di un realismo progettuale. Qui non giudichiamo le posizioni di parte, tutte tarate sulla parte […]
With The Science of Where Magazine AROUND THE WORLD Africa – Ukraine July 15, 2022. Valdai Discussion Club. Attitudes towards US military policy among Africans reveals the unsustainability of this approach to international affairs. These peoples know that the reckless approach by Washington and Wall Street will have a negative social impact on billions around the […]
With The Science of Where Magazine AROUND THE WORLD Australia July 14, 2022. David Uren, The Strategist. Beijing will be keeping a close watch on the G7’s efforts to cap the price of Russian oil because China is trying to do the same to Australian iron ore. Imposing price caps on commodities like oil and […]
E’ del tutto evidente, ed è urgente com-prenderlo (capirlo-in-noi), che è in atto una grande ri-configurazione del mondo in termini di rapporti di potere e di redistribuzione della ricchezza. Ciò che occorre governare politicamente sono le vie delle metamorfosi, del dove andiamo, di come potrebbero avvenire nuove ri-generazioni. Non basta più parlare di cambiamento. Gli […]
With The Science of Where Magazine AROUND THE WORLD Afghanistan July 13, 2022. The Taliban’s ban on secondary education has already caused girls in Afghanistan to lose 300 days of their studies with devastating consequences for them, their families, and the country’s future, Human Rights Watch said today in a new video feature. Afghanistan: Toll of Ban on […]
With The Science of Where Magazine AROUND THE WORLD Australia July 12, 2022. Robert Glasser, The Strategist. The most consequential gap in the climate policies of the Coalition government under Scott Morrison was not its weak commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or its reluctance to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to renewables, but […]
with The Science of Where Magazine AROUND THE WORLD Australia – Japan July 11, 2022. By Graeme Dobell, The Strategist. Before Shinzo Abe, Australia’s vital economic relationship with Japan had only small, slowly evolving defence, strategic and intelligence dimensions. By the time he finished as Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, Australia and Japan were quasi-allies. Abe changed […]
Verso un progetto di civiltà, il nostro lavoro parte dalla e passa attraverso la ri-costruzione del “comune”. L’utilizzo delle tecnologie, in particolare di quelle che permettono un miglior governo dei territori e delle città (aiutando a comprendere e a gestire le crescenti complessità), è un fattore decisivo che deve essere posto al servizio della centralità […]
Verso un progetto di civiltà, ri-costruzione del “comune”, sostenibilità, pace e sicurezza necessitano della rivoluzione tecnologica. Il livello di complessità raggiunto dalle dinamiche storiche è tale per cui il loro governo è possibile solo grazie a un pensiero complesso e al contributo delle tecnologie. La “glocalità”, inoltre, moltiplica la complessità dei “dove” dell’esperienza umana: gli […]
with The Science of Where Magazine AROUND THE WORLD Balkans July 8, 2022. By Margarita Assenova, The Jamestown Foundation. Russia’s war on Ukraine has prompted the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union to examine current security vulnerabilities in Europe and find a way to address them. One of the major areas of […]
AROUND THE WORLD Australia July 8, 2022. By Elise Stephenson, The Interpreter. Gains for women in diplomacy in recent years indicate we have much to celebrate. Yet, with increasing pressures on diplomats operating in a complex (post-)Covid global environment, marred by instances of gender equality backsliding, how substantive is Australia’s progress for women in diplomacy? The […]
AROUND THE WORLD China July 6, 2022. By Thomas Ewing, RUSI. The Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act, designed to counter China’s systematic use of Uyghur forced labour, has joined the statute books in the US. It stands for more than just protest, for it portends an era of much greater government intervention in global supply […]
AROUND THE WORLD Algeria – Morocco July 5, 2022. By Agnes Helou, Breaking Defense. While it may not make the rounds in Washington as one of the big geopolitical rivalries of the era, tensions between Morocco and Algeria are real, and have escalated in recent years thanks to a dispute over the Western Sahara, which […]
Molta parte del dibattito pubblico, condizionato dall’imperare dell’audience, si concentra sulla qualità della partititica, sui movimenti tattici di coloro che la incarnano: il grande assente, non da oggi, è la politica. Lo diciamo con la consapevolezza di chi crede che la politica sia l’arte più nobile dell’uomo e di quanto, almeno da trent’anni a questa […]
AROUND THE WORLD Argentina July 4, 2022. By World Nuclear News. Argentina is preparing to refurbish Atucha I, the first nuclear power reactor in South America, so that it may generate power for a further 20 years. A framework to regulate the work has been agreed. Refurbishment for Atucha 1 : Regulation & Safety Asia […]
L’approccio complesso a un progetto di civiltà deve considerare il fatto che, come notano Giaccardi e Magatti (2022), la sproporzione tra esperienza personale e complessità sistemica continua ad ampliarsi. Aumenta progressivamente la distanza tra noi e la realtà, quasi che questa andasse in una direzione altra, lontana e separata dall’esperienza di ciascuno di noi. Quali […]
In ciò che Chiara Giaccardi e Mauro Magatti (2022) chiamano supersocietà, tante sono le domande che emergono. Sono domande di senso, di comprensione del mondo, di ruolo della politica, di possibilità economica, di regole adeguate. Insomma, sono domande complesse in una megadomanda che ciascuno di noi si pone da un punto di vista particolare e […]
Occorre riflettere, per un progetto di civiltà, in quella terra di mezzo che sta tra le meta-evoluzioni tecnologiche, che proseguono incessantemente inventando nuovi ambienti di comunicazione, di consapevolezza complessa del reale dinamico, nuove forme di governo e nuove professioni, e le nostre vite quotidiane: si tratta, con grande evidenza, di uno spazio poco frequentato strategicamente […]
with The Science of Where Magazine AROUND THE WORLD Algeria June 29, 2022. By Andrew G. Farrand, Atlantic Council. Long viewed as North Africa’s most isolated and inscrutable country, Algeria is suddenly the belle of the ball. This year, Algeria has hosted official visits from Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, and the foreign […]
with The Science of Where Magazine AROUND THE WORLD Africa June 29, 2022. By Louise Fox and Landry Signé, Brookings. Sub-Saharan Africa’s agricultural sector is widely recognized to have vast, under-utilized potential. Land and labor productivity are low compared to other regions and have barely increased over the last 20 years. Low productivity has created widespread rural poverty and […]
with The Science of Where Magazine AROUND THE WORLD Asean – East Asia June 23, 2022. By ERIA. The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, in partnership with the Asian Network, launched a new ERIA initiative to promote inclusive economic development though entrepreneurship and innovation across ASEAN and East Asia: the E-S-I Knowledge Lab. […]
Ri-pensare per ri-fondare pragmaticamente: questo è il programma di un cammino per un progetto di civiltà. Tra nuovi concetti strategici e potenze che si riconfigurano velocemente, a valle vi è il destino d’interi popoli che cercano semplicemente l’accesso a una vita degna. In mezzo a questo quadro vi è la politica dimenticata. I trent’anni che […]
with The Science of Where Magazine AROUND THE WORLD Canada June 27, 2022. By The Honourable Marco Mendicino, Mai Mavinkurve, Aaron Shull, CIGI. The world is changing and becoming a more challenging place for Canada and Canadians. We are still living through the world’s worst pandemic; we are experiencing increasing security impacts from climate change, […]
with The Science of Where Magazine AROUND THE WORLD Africa June 23, 2022. By Habtamu Fuje, Saad Quayyum and Franck Ouattara, IMF blog. Several sub-Saharan African central banks are exploring or in the pilot phase of a digital currency, following Nigeria’s October introduction of e-Naira. Nigeria was the second country after the Bahamas to roll out a CBDC. More […]
Osservare e ascoltare la realtà è fondamentale. Così ci accorgeremmo, girando nei luoghi della vita vera, che manca il collante capace di tenere insieme un progresso sempre più veloce e sempre più radicale (la quarta rivoluzione industriale), le esigenze della sostenibilità (la salvaguardia dell’ambiente naturale ma anche, allargando lo sguardo, le questioni legate alle catene […]
Se complesso è “tessuto insieme”, ciò vale sia per le dinamiche e per le sfide che la globalità ci pone di fronte sia per la ricerca di possibili soluzioni. Se siamo dentro a una mega-crisi, è solo rendendoci conto che viviamo immersi in una interrelazione sistemica che potremo uscirne. Quando pronunciamo parole “magiche” come sostenibilità […]
First published in The Science of Where Magazine FOCUS June 12, 2022. By Yang Sheng and Liu Xuanzun, Global Times. The Chinese armed forces will fight to the very end if anyone dares to split Taiwan from China, said the Chinese defense chief in a speech delivered at the Shangri-La Dialogue on Sunday. Chinese analysts said this is […]
L’ “interesse nazionale” è questione seria. Il cammino verso un progetto di civiltà intende muoversi nella realtà-che-è, senza costruire illusioni di mondi armonici che, a causa nostra, non possono esistere. Così come non può esistere la compiutezza, evocata dai regimi autoritari e soprattutto totalitari, tema che riguarda direttamente le democrazie. L’armonia e l’ordine si formano, […]
L’analisi della guerra in Ucraina non può che avvenire con uno sguardo ampio e complesso. Quella guerra, infatti, non lascerà il mondo come lo conoscevamo fino al 23 febbraio 2022. Veniamo allo sguardo ampio e complesso. Ogni giorno, attraverso il diario geostrategico che curo per The Science of Where Magazine, cerco di dare evidenza del […]
First published in The Science of Where Magazine FOCUS June 9, 2022. By Caitlin Welsh, Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Jennifer Jun, Emma Dodd, CSIS. Russia’s attacks across Ukraine’s agriculture sector and its theft of Ukrainian grain point to an intentional Russian effort to undermine Ukraine’s agricultural capacity. Prior to the war, Ukraine was one of […]
First published in The Science of Where Magazine FOCUS June 8, 2022. By Jochai Ben-Avie, Atlantic Council. Expanding internet access to the nearly half of humanity that’s currently unconnected is critical not only for economic and social development, but for national security and the future of democracy. Yet it’s largely not the democracies of the world stepping up […]
Si insinua, nel dibattito pubblico sulla guerra in Ucraina, l’elemento della stanchezza. Tutti parlano di pace, tutti la bramano, tutti la vogliono (?). Chiarito il tema aggressore (Putin e il suo gruppo di potere) – aggredito (il popolo ucraino) e chiarito che la resistenza va aiutata anche con l’invio di armi (il problema, per me, […]
First published in The Science of Where Magazine FOCUS June 7, 2022. By Ken Heydon, East Asia Forum. Trade is a key multiplier in spreading the technology vital to the climate transition. But protectionist tendencies embedded in the implementation of the climate transition pose a major threat to the global trading system. Protectionism threatens the […]
First published in The Science of Where Magazine FOCUS June 7, 2022. By Andrew Chuter, Defense News. Britain’s Ministry of Defence has identified a series of key future technologies in which it plans to invest $2.5 billion over the next four years, officials announced on June 7. The program, called the Science & Technology Portfolio, will aim to underpin […]