GEOPOLITICS & WORLDS Sulla crisi russo-ucraina (e dintorni). Niko Vorobyov, Al Jazeera: In Western and Ukrainian media, the armed build-up at the border is a sign of Russian imperialist aggression, of Moscow trying to bully its smaller neighbour. In Russia, however, the situation is viewed rather differently. NATO is a “cancer”, Sergey Karaganov, an influential, hawkish Russian […]
Month: January 2022
GEOPOLITICS & WORLDS Crisi russo-ucraina (e dintorni): RFE RL: Canada says it will shift its military forces in Ukraine westward and will temporarily pull out nonessential Canadian employees at its Kyiv embassy, joining other Western countries in taking precautions amid rising tensions between Ukraine and Russia. “We will continue to take all precautions necessary to […]
Sentiamo spesso ripetere, con riferimento ai sistemi-Paese, la parola “stabilità”. In queste ore la leggiamo, a varie latitudini, con riferimento alla ricostituzione del “tranquillizzante” binomio Mattarella-Draghi in Italia. Mi domando: la stabilità è un valore ? D’istinto la risposta non può che essere positiva. Un sistema stabile meglio resiste agli scossoni interni ed esterni, riesce […]
GEOPOLITICS & WORLDS Il 2022 difficile per Joe Biden. Bruce Wolpe per The Strategist: The new year is well underway for US President Joe Biden. It’s not pretty. The Russians are coming at Ukraine. The pandemic is not under control; America this year will come close to one million dead from Covid-19. Inflation is at […]
Non mi sono mai appassionato al gioco del “quanto era bella la Prima Repubblica”, più che giustificato, intendiamoci, dalla mediocrità del dopo 1989; questo, anche perché dobbiamo riconoscere che certi paletti posti dalla contrapposizione Est/Ovest e dalla Guerra Fredda all’affermazione della politica demagogica e del populismo disfattista, certo facilitavano il lavoro dei partiti ideologici di […]
Ancora, anche di fronte all’occasione ghiotta di eleggere il Capo dello Stato, la partitica italiana ha deciso di rinunciare alla Politica. Abbiamo avuto la conferma definitiva, qualora ce ne fosse bisogno, che c’è una evidente balcanizzazione del sistema dei partiti (tranne pochissime eccezioni). Una balcanizzazione, lo abbiamo visto, che non porta alcunché di buono. Francamente […]
GEOPOLITICS & WORLDS Normandia process e gli obiettivi di Russia e Ucraina. Vladimir Socor per The Jamestown Foundation: On January 26, in Paris, senior political advisors to the Russian, Ukrainian, German and French heads of state and government convened to “reanimate” (such is the term in circulation) the quadrilateral “Normandy” process of consultations. Moscow, Kyiv […]
GEOPOLITICS & WORLDS La sicurezza nell’Europa dell’Est (work in progress) e varie complessità: Pavel E. Felgenhauer per The Jamestown Foundation: Russia and NATO Locked in High-Risk Standoff in Mediterranean and Black Seas Paul Globe per The Jamestown Foundation: Ukraine Crisis Elevates Importance of Gagauz in Russian Calculations Giorgi Menabde per The Jamestown Foundation: Georgians Support […]
GEOPOLITICS & WORLDS Sulla crisi russo-ucraina (e dintorni). Roger McDermott per The Jamestown Foundation: Russia’s Military Exercise in Belarus Prepares for War – Al Jazeera: China warns US over Russia’s ‘legitimate security concerns’– Al Jazeera: ‘A joke’: Germany mocked over plan to send helmets to Ukraine – Katya Bohdan, Al Jazeera: Ukraine crisis: Russians hope […]
GEOPOLITICS & WORLDS Sulla crisi russo-ucraina. Tracy Wilkinson per Los Angeles Times: U.S. refuses to budge on Ukraine in response to Russian demands – Politico: Will There Be a War Over Ukraine? 13 Putin Watchers Weigh In – Julian Borger per The Guardian: Biden threatens Putin with personal sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine – Conor […]
Sulla crisi russo-ucraina. Reuters: Russia says “destructive” sanctions wouldn’t hurt Putin personally – Reuters: Explainer: Why is Russia’s Putin drawing “red lines” over Ukraine? – TASS: West prodding regime in Kiev into direct provocations against Russia, top diplomat says – TASS: Moscow needs to support Donbass by supplying weapons — senator Papa Francesco e la […]
The chairman of a company in Kazakhstan that collected hefty recycling fees from car owners across the country has been arrested on unspecified corruption charges. Kazakhstan’s Anti-Corruption Agency said on January 26 that Medet Qumarghaliev, the chairman of the Operator ROP company that is believed to be affiliated with former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev’s daughter, Aliya Nazarbaeva, […]