Trump’s challenge to Europe

by Alessandro Cinciripini | 21 Jan 2025 | Geopolitics, Political and Economic Scenarios

The inauguration ceremony of Donald J. Trump as the forty-seventh president of the United States of America marks the beginning of what seems to be a new political course for the country and for Europe. The various new developments have already sparked debates. Among...

The convenience of Italy and Europe investing in North Africa: the virtuous example of Green Stream and Transmed

by Redazione | 17 Apr 2023 | Energy industry, Geopolitics

On the night of March 19-20, the ship Golar Tundra docked at the port of Piombino, in the province of Livorno. The vessel is a regasifier, that is, an instrument through which Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is returned to a gaseous state and then fed into the grid. The...

What changes with the agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia

by Redazione | 17 Mar 2023 | Geopolitics, Middle East

The rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran has helped shape the Middle East as we have known it in recent years. To limit ourselves to the period after the so-called Arab Springs of 2011, Riyadh and Tehran, besides being the ‘champions’ of two politically,...

The political consequences earthquake in Turkey and Syria

by Redazione | 14 Feb 2023 | Geopolitics, Middle East

The devastation caused by the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria is in everyone’s eyes. The two earthquakes, with magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 on the Richter scale, occurred within 9 hours of each other. The epicenter of the first earthquake is located in...

Why the Meloni government’s new “Mattei Plan” will not make Italy a truly relevant player in the Mediterranean scenario

by Redazione | 8 Feb 2023 | Energy industry, Geopolitics, Mediterranean

The new Italian government  took office in a very complicated international context. Since taking office,in fact, the new executive has not yet succeeded in proposing a policy line in the sign of discontinuity from previous governments and precedents related to the...

The protests in Iran: similar to those of 1978, different in outcome

by Redazione | 4 Nov 2022 | Geopolitics, Middle East, Political and Economic Scenarios

After almost two months, the protests and demonstrations in Iran triggered by the barbaric murder of Masha Amini show no signs of stopping. The young Kurdish woman had been arrested on 13 September, while in Tehran, on charges of wrongly wearing a headscarf. The girl...