Giancarlo Elia Valori “Artificial Intelligence” is a terminology specifically invented in 1956 by John McCarthy and concerns the ability to make appropriate generalizations quickly, but based on an inevitably limited set of data. The wider the scope and the faster conclusions are drawn, and with minimal information, the …

Yang Yizhong and Luo Yusen* The United States has hundreds of military bases across the globe. It set bases in several countries such as Italy, Japan, Honduras, Burkina Faso, Iraq, Thailand, and Philippines. The  military presence secures US interest and regional stability. Yet the US faces obstacles to …

 Giancarlo Elia Valori As is well known, Kim Jong-Un imposed precise time and political limits on negotiations with the USA by the end of 2019. Moreover, at that stage, the US intelligence community was discussing North Korea’s adoption of a new short-range missile, which would make its appearance …

Farzad Ramezani Bonesh Senior Researcher and Political Analyst The history of relations between Iran and Oman dates back to the history of the two countries. Iran and Oman have different potentials for growth due to their geographical and neighborhood proximity and also having common religious, cultural and other …

Giancarlo Elia Valori Nowadays all coastal countries are taking action at maritime level by creating Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) and this happens also in the already crowded Mediterranean, thus redesigning power projections, possible future agreements and future alliances. It is Turkey, however, which has currently allied with al-Sarraj’s …

Russia laid down two gas pipelines from its territory, one from the topmost northern hemisphere, famously named as “Nord Stream” and the most advanced, latest with all rights “Turk Stream”; that passes through Turkey, a nation that now finds pride in being able to connect Russia with the …

On January 31, the United Kingdom left the European Union, after three years of exhausting negotiations in which the terms of the “divorce” were postponed several times. Now, Britain is setting sail free. A staunch supporter of the exit, Prime Minister Boris Johnson claims that breaking away from …

Giancarlo Elia Valori Strategy and geopolitics are like Aristotelian physics: there is no vacuum. In fact, just as Italy is leaving the fundamental Libyan area to its destiny and hence to the other powers, Turkey is inaugurating its new African and Mediterranean geopolitics. The Treaty signed on November …

Athens is becoming a crucial pro-American player at the center of important security issues in the Eastern Mediterranean. The United States must take advantage of this budding relationship, as part of a renewed strategic focus on the region. In his recent White House meeting with President Donald Trump, …