Pope Francis will be in the Central African Republic (CAR) at the end of November.
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Belgium is the main center of homegrown jihadism in Europe. Having been the base of the terrorist cell Sharia4Belgium, it witnesses a constant growth of foreign fighters coming back from Syria with strong and extremist ideology. It is not a case that this phenomenon regards mostly the 3rd generation of migrants: there are concrete problems of unemployment, discrimination and housing, that concern many neighbourhoods of the main cities in Belgium.
17 November 2015
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Il prossimo 10 novembre il gruppo terroristico noto come Wilayat Sinai* (WS, Provincia islamica del Sinai), la branca locale dello Stato Islamico, compirà un anno di attività. Dodici mesi nei quali il gruppo islamista ha definito nuovi livelli di intervento armato nell’intero Paese e, allo stesso tempo, ha messo a nudo le debolezze delle strutture di contro-terrorismo dell’intelligence egiziana.
06 November 2015
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Since the end of September, the French air force extended the scope of its operations to Syria. This is a true strategic inflection but Paris, as its allies, still demands the ousting of Bashar Al-Assad.
06 October 2015
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The two adjustment programmes that Greece accepted in 2010 and 2012 went off track for one main reason: the recession was much deeper than anticipated. The exceptional downturn of the Greek economy was attributable to two main reasons: the extraordinary fall in investment and the lack of export recovery.
18 September 2015
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In this summer of geopolitical realignments, Oman confirms to be the subtle centre of Middle Eastern diplomacy: in these days, Muscat has been hosting informal talks on the Yemeni crisis and seeks to find a minimum room for dialogue about Syria. Oman is the first Arab country that has received Damascus’ foreign minister since 2011.
25 August 2015
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Police infiltration of political groups posing a threat to the British State and society has been the subject of intensive coverage by national media outlets for the past four years. Central to media stories have been some unethical techniques employed, and several controversial activities carried out, by two units working for the Metropolitan Police Service, namely the Special Demonstration Squad (1968-2008) and the National Public Order Intelligence Unit (1999-2011).
29 July 2015
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Months into mediation efforts led by UN Special Representative Bernardino Léon, Libya is yet to show any viable way out of its ongoing crisis. Today, the Spanish diplomat stepped dangerously close to the cliff of mission failure, as his fourth agreement draft proposal was rejected by Tobruk’s parliament, opposed to Tripoli’s and key actor in the conflict.
12 June 2015
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Due to the Ukrainian crisis, relations between the EU and Russia hit rock bottom, the lowest point from the end of the Cold War. Indeed, it is crystal clear that today’s dispute is nothing but the latest chapter of a long story of misunderstandings and conflicting strategies on the post -Soviet states of Eastern Europe and South Caucasus. The further deepening of this cleavage would inflict serious damage on all interested parties: the EU, Russia and several post-Soviet states. Why is Ukraine so important both for EU and Russia? What are the real origins of the current crisis that...
08 June 2015
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The European Union has been the ghost at the feast during this British election campaign. Whilst discussions of the EU have hardly figured in the campaign, its outcome will decisively impact upon Britain relationship with the Union.
05 May 2015