Security & Conflict
The Vagina Diatribes, Part I: Why Violent Gender Extremism Persists
“The Quran liberated women from subhuman status, gave us rights to choose whom to marry, to work, to be in leadership positions, and to...
The Challenge of the Indigenous Arms Industry: The Ascendant and Dependent Classes
Just as Niccolo Machiavelli noted the unreliability of mercenaries and interpretations of Sun Tzu claiming a mercenary's real value is not more...
2017: The year in which nuclear weapons could be banned?
A t the end of 2016, the General Assembly of the United Nations voted by a large majority (Resolution 71/258 of 23 December...
How to implement nuclear deterrence in Europe
T he many projects circulating in Italy, as well as in the other NATO and EU countries, for the "new EU Army" lack...
Smearing campaigns lead to Trust Crisis
P ropaganda was originally about propagating faith, a task given in the 17th century to a committee of Catholic cardinals, the Sacred Congregation...
Metaphysics and strategic analysis
S peaking about metaphysics today seems almost an insult to the standard Western culture, all based on Reason and Feeling and on empiricism...
Military powers may impose devastating wars on human race
The human race has experienced two devastating world wars and the race is not ready to experience one more. Although another world war is...
United we stand on ‘terrorism’? Evaluation of the shortcomings of global efforts and the efficacy of EU’s initiatives
A n issue that has assumed global proportions, terrorism has become one of the gravest threats to humanity. Yet even as its expanse...
Turkey’s Crippled Counterterrorist Capacity: How Domestic Purges Represent an International Threat to Europe’s Security
T urkey has been suffering from terrorism for a long time, losing over 40,000 people in the last 40 years. When the Syrian...
Next Libya Strategies, NATO’s Future and Italian Air Force
A bright conversation about the Italian role in Libya, the future of NATO and the Italian Air Force operativity with Gen. (ret.)...