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Reviewing the Libyan issue
A re we sure we have so far well-interpreted Libya’s scenario, its strategic balances and the nature of our real interests in that...
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...
MIRVs: A Case Study for South Asia
T he test of surface-to-surface ballistic missile Ababeel is an effective attainment of a second-strike capability for Pakistan, reaching a major technology milestone...
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...
Russia in Libya
A few days ago the press reported that dozens of Russian military "contractors", supplied by the RSB Group, were already operating in...
The implications of Pakistan and India’s permanent membership of the SCO
T he next Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan in June 2017, when India and Pakistan are likely...
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...
Hezbollah and the war in Syria
T he war in Syria against Assad’s Alawites and his post-Baathist State began with the people’s uprising of March-April 2011. Mass demonstrations in...
Arab-on-Arab Intervention Gone Wrong: Saudi Arabia in Yemen
Y emen, one of the most turbulent and thoroughly disregarded states of the globe, has been exhausted by continuous civil wars, sectarianism, and...
Trump Presidency and International Criminal Justice: Should the world be ready for a showdown?
W ith the election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States the possible approach of the new administration to...