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The New World Order: the conspiracy theory and the power of the Internet

Giancarlo Valori “The Illuminati, a mysterious international organisation made up of the world’s top political and social elites, controls the workings of the entire world behind the scenes”. This is the world’s most famous conspiracy theory about the New World Order. For hundreds of years, legends about the …

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Reforms Key to Romania’s Resilient Recovery

Anna Bjerde Over the past decade, Romania has achieved a remarkable track record of high economic growth, sustained poverty reduction, and rising household incomes. An EU member since 2007, the country’s economic growth was one of the highest in the EU during the period 2010-2020. Like the rest …

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Quad Infrastructure Diplomacy: An Attempt to Resist the Belt and Road Initiative

Artyom Garin Over the years, the competition between the great powers in the dual space of the Indian and Pacific Oceans has been rapidly increasing. In the face of the aggravation of relations between the PRC and the United States, the defence dimension of the rivalry between the …

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Politics by Other Means: A Case Study of the 1991 Gulf War

Alan Cunningham War has been around since the dawn of man and is spawned by innate human characteristics. Often, when efforts at resolving conflicts fail diplomatically (be it at the nation or international level), war is what follows and seemingly the only other option. As Clausewitz, the famed …

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The stalemate in negotiations on Serbia’s accession to the European Union brings Serbia ever closer to Russia and China

Giancarlo Valori Serbia has been waiting since 2012 for the European Union to respond to its application to become a full member of the EU. In spite of exhausting negotiations, this response is slow in coming and the main cause of the stalemate has a clear name: Kosovo. …

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The new frontiers of hydrogen production and steps forward by Italy and China

Giancarlo Valori In the traditional hydrogen production industry, hydrogen is derived from fossil fuels. It is the most widely used method and there are mature technologies and industrial devices for this purpose. The methods mainly include hydrogen production by partial oxidation of heavy oil, by natural gas steam …

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Unmanned Aircraft Systems & The Annihilistic Future

Adyeta Mashweri The unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly known as drones were introduced as a useful means to military, commercial, civilian and humanitarian activities but yet it ends up in news for none of its original purposes. Drones have rather resulted as a means of mass destruction. The …

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Russia and the West: Are Values the Problem?

Ivan Timofeev The National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation approved by the President of Russia will go down in history as a document that sharpened the issue of the country’s traditional spiritual and moral values. Values were also featured in in its predecessor, Strategy 2015. However, Strategy …

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The stages and choices of energy production from hydrogen

Giancarlo Valori There are three main ways to use hydrogen energy: 1) internal combustion; 2) conversion to electricity using a fuel cell; 3) nuclear fusion. The basic principle of a hydrogen internal combustion engine is the same as that of a gasoline or diesel internal combustion engine. The …

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