James M. Dorsey Huawei during its fourth annual Middle East Innovation Day during GITEX Technology Week at the Dubai World Trade Centre. (October 6-10, 2019) While much of the focus in recent weeks has been on Israel’s relations with China, the real litmus test of the United States’ …

Giancarlo Elia Valori The day of reckoning has now come for the Italian economic crisis, worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic and the related lockdown. As the Italian Statistical Institute (ISTAT) showed, 34% of Italian production has been negatively affected. The activity and operations of 2.2 million companies, accounting …

“Any way you could avoid Congress and neutralize its power was considered some sort of success.” Democratic lawmakers accused the Trump administration of treating Congress as “the real enemy” as they slammed arms sales to Saudi Arabia in a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing. Secretary of State Mike …

Giancarlo Elia Valori On May 12, 2020, the Polish government released its “National Security Strategy”, a Document that had been submitted to the Presidency of the Republic by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. It makes an in-depth analysis of all Defence and Strategy areas which, in the past, were …

In unleashing the Justice Department on Bolton, Donald Trump has done him a huge favor. Bolton’s book is now a best seller. National security adviser was the position President Donald Trump could never quite fill correctly. Conventional wisdom prior to this week held that his most calamitous selection …

America has inserted itself deeper into the China-India-Pakistan triangle, altering the shape of the regional order, pushing it toward a bipolar one with Beijing and Islamabad on one side and New Delhi and, to some extent, itself on the other. It isn’t entirely clear what is taking place …

By Vladimir Putin The Russian president offers a comprehensive assessment of the legacy of World War II, arguing that “Today, European politicians, and Polish leaders in particular, wish to sweep the Munich Betrayal under the carpet. The Munich Betrayal showed to the Soviet Union that the Western countries …

Farzad Ramezani Bonesh Senior Researcher and Analyst of International Affairs  South Asia makes up about 22% of the world’s population, but global water resources in the region have become as precious as new oil, so there is no alternative to water. The Tibetan Plateau will play a key …

Giancarlo Elia Valori As many people know, the Israeli government was supposed to be formed after the elections of April 9, 2019, but Netanyahu himself failed to do so and the Knesset was dissolved again to prepare for further elections, which took place on September 17, 2019. Even …