Anno Domini 2020: Not Only Covid-19
In a little less than two weeks, the annus horribilis 2020 will (finally!) come to an end. A year that has seen the whole...
India at the forefront of information technology for science and culture
The computer age in India began in 1958, when India's first electronic digital computer HEC-2M was installed at the ISI in Kolkata. That computer...
Russia, Germany (…Europe): the “Big Game” of International Relations opens again
In 1992 the Japanese American historian and political scientist, Francis Fukuyama, gained his undeserved 15 minutes of fame by publishing a pamphlet with an...
Arctic and subarctic straits and seas in trade and geostrategy
Global climate change opens up new opportunities for international transport networks, particularly with the trend towards glacier retreat around the North Pole.
If the trend...
Iran-Israel: Can the low-intensity conflict turn into open war?
On Friday, November 27, on the motorway from the town of Absard to Tehran, the armoured car carrying the Head of Iran's nuclear programme,...
Scientific and trade cooperation between China and Africa
China was crumbling into misery, degradation and despair, in the middle of that 109-year period (1840-1949) known as the era of semi-wild and semi-colonial...
Libya: Lights and shadows of the peace process
After six days of intense closed-door talks between the 75 delegates of the various Libyan factions summoned to Tunis by the Acting Special Representative...
The Strait of Malacca: China between Singapore and the United States
According to the data of the U.S. Energy Information Administration, over 30% of maritime crude oil trade passes through the South China Sea. Over...
A new great Islamic crescent: The Turkey-Qatar axis from the Caucasus to Libya
"Turkey has deep ties of friendship and fraternity with Qatar and the relations between the two countries have rapidly improved in all fields... Both...
Tax havens
Until the financial crisis of 2008, tax havens were seen as exotic places, Caribbean islands or Alpine financial fortresses patronized by celebrities, gangsters and...