Defense
Do CIA and BND punish Recep T. Erdogan?
Erdogan’s recent motives and cornerstone foreign policy objectives are really problematic for the former allies of Ankara. The more Ankara pushes for an independent...
US, China Rift, and the New Threat from North Korea
The launch of Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by North Korea on 4 July 2017 has sparked new tensions between United States, China and North...
China, Russia and the shifting landscape of arms sales
Following the end of the cold war and the break-up of the Soviet Union, there were rapid decreases in Russian military budgets. Soviet military...
Cooperation or Connectivity: How will the SCO function from now?
Authors: Wang Li & Palamdorj Bayartsetseg W ith the inclusion of India and Pakistan into the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) at the summit...
World military spending: increases in the USA and Europe, decreases in oil-exporting countries
T otal world military expenditure rose to $1686 billion in 2016, an increase of 0.4 per cent in real terms from 2015, according...
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...
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...
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.)...