PAOLO SOAVE
International historiography broadly recognises summer 1974 as the peak in the contemporary Cypriot issue and the most criticised US engagement in that crisis. However, it is only by evaluating the entire course of US foreign policy since Cypriot independence that the flaws of a Cold War approach fully emerge, as well as US difficulties in dealing with typical identity overlaps.
OLIVIERO FRATTOLILLO
This article examines Myanmar’s role in the strategic landscape of Southeast Asia and the evolution of Sino-Myanmar relations from the Cold War to the present. It argues that Myanmar cannot be adequately understood either as a mere pawn in China’s regional strategy or as a stable pivot of the Asian geopolitical order.
ANTONIO ANTONIONI
Egon baron von Petersdorff (1892-1963) was a German military man, afterwards philosopher and theologian. Having experienced first hand the
tragic catastrophe of Europe and humanity, owing mostly to Prussian militarism, in the First World War, he went through a deep spiritual crisis.
TIBERIO GRAZIANI
This article examines the issue of reciprocity in US alliances as a structural indicator of the nature of the American hegemonic order. While the prevailing rhetoric emphasizes strategic partnership, collective security, and burden sharing, the operational practice of these alliances reveals a limited and selective reciprocity, particularly at the operational and strategic levels.
KAGEFUMI UENO
The conclave held after the pontificate of Pope Francis prioritized preventing a division within the Catholic Church, which had become increasingly
polarized between liberal and conservative factions. For this reason, the cardinals avoided candidates with extreme ideological positions and elected a moderate figure: Pope Leo XIV
