RSPI 2023-4

08/03/2024

Climate change and national security. The issue of ratifying the Kyoto Protocol

Bruno Pierri

The Clinton Administration claimed to have responded to the challenge of climate change before anyone else. However, such a struggle was not possible without involving major developing countries, first of all the People’s Republic of China.

Taiwan nelle relazioni tra Repubblica Popolare Cinese e Stati Uniti

Chiara d'Auria

The article deals with the issue of the relations between the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan, focusing on the One China Policy. After examining the overall historical and diplomatic framework, the Author focuses on the most recent crises and the position taken by the United States in the political and diplomatic context of the time being.

Guns for hire: the privatization of modern wars

Marco Marsili

Modern warfare no longer requires large armies filled almost entirely by conscripts but professional, volunteer, and skilled soldiers. Commercialisation of force is evident in public use of private military contractors - just another wording for mercenaries.

Cultural and national patterns in the military propaganda campaign of Russia and Ukraine.

Andriy Karaschuk - Tatiana Rostovetska

The present article examines the discursive confrontation between Moscow and Kiev, i.e., the war of discourses basing its analysis on the theory of “nodal points” and discourse. The role of nodal points is played by cultural and national patterns which are an attitude fixed in the national consciousness towards a certain historic fact.

I procedimenti contro Trump e gli scenari istituzionali che si prospettano

Rodolfo Bastianelli

The essay focuses on three important issues regarding the eligibility of the former President of the United States Donald Trump.