25/01/2023
Mark Entin - Ekaterina Entina
In this article Russian authors assess the prospects of the EU in the short period, comparing their conclusions with what experts from the United States of America, China and other countries write and say.
During the years of the pandemic and the subsequent global economic crisis, the European integration community has become completely different.
Giuseppe Maione
The essay begins with a review of recent studies that have examined the validity of the thesis concerning the West’s commitment not to expand NATO eastward.The recent declassification of important diplomatic documents of the time makes it possible to propose a more accurate assessment of the subject.
Elena Bellocchio
Nearly two decades after the EU accession, Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) remain at the core of the European political agenda, reporting disappointing signals on the front of democratic consolidation and economic integration.
Giovanni Marchiafava
Cybercrimes are among the most serious threats to maritime safety and security. The shipping sector is especially vulnerable, experiencing an increase of cyber-attacks against information and operational technologies. Maritime authorities and operators have become aware of cyber risks to ships, port infrastructures and other shipping facilities, which in the past had not been perceived.
Andrea Giannotti
Of the many fronts of the Civil War in Russia (1918-1922), Central Asia was one of the most complex. In those far provinces, the struggle between Bolsheviks and White forces was intertwined with the action of groups of fighters known as Basmachi, who engaged Moscow’s forces until the early 1930s.
Mikhail Nosov
For almost half a year now, shells have been tearing up in the center of Europe, destroying cities and killing civilians. As a rule in the case of war, this happens on both sides of the state border of the countries in conflict. In Ukraine, from Russia’s point of view, there is no war, but only the consequences of the Special Military Operation (SMO) conducted by the Russian Armed Forces.
Adriano Benedetti
The anticipations that the majority of international observers had formulated the day after the Russian attack against Ukraine on February the 24th have not materialized. Far from collapsing,the Ukrainian resistance has succeeded in blocking the Russian troops which were initially aiming at Kiev, constraining them to abandon the Northern front and organising a new offensive in the Southern part of the country.
