Ayesha Zafar Morgenthau has rightly stated, the world politics is all about the struggle for power. As here the powerful do what it wants to do and the weak accept what it has to accept. The Powerful engages the weak states in agreements when it’s favorable for them, …

Giancarlo Elia Valori The general concepts of national security and human destiny complement each other and together form the path that countries should follow for a peaceful future. They have a close internal logic and jointly pursue the value and purpose of the “person” placed in the development …

Giancarlo Elia Valori On the afternoon of December 11, 2020, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held the 26th Collective Study Session devoted to national security. On that occasion, the General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Xi Jinping, stressed …

Robert Kaplan   “Geography does not determine individual character, but it does matter.” – Robert D. Kaplan, Earning the Rockies: How Geography Shapes America’s Role in the World “It is the freedom to concentrate military equipment in key locations around the world that has preserved American military might.” …

Giancarlo Elia Valori The Covid-19 pandemic, which since the beginning of last year has affected the entire planet with tragic effects and, due to inertial pressure, seems destined to continue for most of the current year, has not only had very severe effects in terms of general mortality …

Digital transformation and renewed regional cooperation in Asia and the Pacific can spur the region’s equitable, sustainable, and resilient recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and deliver progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a new report. The report, Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Leaving …

Giancarlo Elia Valori In 2020 the world public opinion was rightly and understandably distracted by the tragedy of the Covid-19 pandemic. ..For this reason, many events of great geopolitical relevance which, in other times would have polarised the attention of media, analysts and the public, went almost unnoticed, …

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) partnered with the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) to lead a conversation on what the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on global tourism means for development across the Asia-Pacific region. Held as part of the World Trade Organization’s Aid-for-Trade Stocktaking Event, the special session brought …

Giancarlo Elia Valori On December 14, 2020, Russia signed an agreement with Sudan to establish its first naval outpost in Africa. A few days ago (precisely on February 28) a Russian warship, namely the frigate Admiral Grigorovič, entered Port Sudan. Pursuant to the agreement, the Russian Federation’s armed …