31/12/2012
Péter Balazs
In parallel with major but half-finished integration projects (the Lisbon Strategy about the world- wide competitiveness of Europe, the Constitution or the Euro itself) enlargement is one of those which succeeded.
Mark Entin
After its 4th summit it is undoubted that Brics is becoming a formidable global actor, whose influence on the international scene is growing. But how far is it going in its transformation? In the article, the Author tries to answer this important question, comparing Brics to other global actors and analysing Brics's principal features to see if they correspond to the objective and subjective criteria, usually employed to describe those actors. As showed in his inquiry, Brics is changing, but very slowly.
Romain Yakemtchouk
The article describes the origins and developments of the subsidiarity principle within the European integration process until it became a fundamental principle in the Maastricht treaty. It focuses on some events which are particularly important to understand the different point of view of governments thereon and the ambiguities in the enforcement of the principle relating to the partition of competencies between the European Union and the member States.
Rocco Romano
A peculiar element of the Israeli energy supply strategy is represented by the Eilat-Ashkelon pipeline, which connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, performing an oil supply function alternative to the Suez Canal. The idea of building a pipeline with this purpose took hold at the end of the 1948-49 Arab-Israeli War, but it was the 1956 Suez Crisis that facilitated the Israeli plans, providing the Eilat-Ashkelon project with strategic value. However, the key to success for the Israeli plans was Iran's participation in the project. With the pipeline coming into operation, Israel, a State devoid of energy resources, has become a passage route for Middle Eastern oil.
Costantino Moretti
In October 2010 the Parliament of Lithuania approved the National Energy Strategy Plan, whose main goal is to achieve Lithuania's energy independence before 2020 (after the shutdown of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in 2009, most of energy resources used in Lithuania are imported). According to the Plan, electricity demand should be covered by using a new nuclear power plant in Visaginas.
Domenico Caccamo
The Author seeks to define the concepts of "multipolarism" and "American leadership" looking at the writings of politicians and intellectuals in the Us and Eurasia. The concept of "multipolarism" has been particularly emphasized by Russian writers, from Evgenij Primakov to Fedor Lukjanov, while the concept of "American leadership" is a key word in the American vision concerning international relations, that Russians understand as "American hegemony". Sometimes open to dialogue, sometimes contending cautiously, American Authors lead the international debate, together with Chinese and Russian.
Rita Corsetti
In the last months the worsening of the economic and financial situation in the Eurozone has relaunched the debate on the political dimension of the European Union and an increasing number of articles, manifestos and statements on the European future have been published. Offering an original point of view on Europe, the writings of Mario Albertini, a former leader of the European Federalist Movement and one of the most prolific federalist theorists, could suggest new ideas to draft an exit strategy from the current European crisis. In the Fifties Albertini took part to the federalist action promoted by Altiero Spinelli, contributing to the organization of the Federalist Movement and to the education of the youth federalist militants.
Amedeo Benedetti
The paper focuses on the psychological portrait of Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States of America, traceable from Henry Kissinger's historical works. Nixon, vividly sketched, turns out fearful to seem a weak person, tending to put on an act, requiring costant reassurances, eager to avoid direct comparisons.
