Somalia ranks amongst the for-eign policy priorities of Italy, since the colonial times. Italian interests in Somalia are motivated by piracy and by the threat of terrorism, but also by the strategic position Somalia has in the region.
The deadline for the mandate of the transitional federal institutions, which should have expired the coming August, offers a unique occasion to rethink Italy's interests and involvement in Somalia.
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15 luglio 2011
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Nearly a decade after the U.S. and NATO military engagement, Afghanistan remains a fragile state. Despite, involvement of foreign troops has increased, the Taliban insurgency remains the greatest threat to Afghanistan’s stability. As conflict continues, Nato leaders and the U.S. president Barack Obama announced a full military withdrawal by the end of 2014, due to begin in July 2011.
15 luglio 2011
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A dieci anni dall’intervento internazionale l’Afghanistan rimane un paese fragile e insicuro. Nonostante alcuni evidenti progressi compiuti grazie all’impegno internazionale a partire dal 2001, le condizioni del paese restano molto precarie per la tenuta dello stato.
13 luglio 2011
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La progressiva ascesa di importanza di potenze regionali nel mondo di oggi costituisce la conseguenza diretta della fine del bipolarismo ma anche della crescente globalizzazione di alcuni grandi elementi propulsivi della società contemporanea, come la finanza o l’innovazione tecnologica.
15 giugno 2011
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Il Corno d’Africa è da decenni considerato una delle regioni più instabili di tutta l’Africa sub-sahariana. A tensioni locali di livello etnico, religioso e politico, si sono aggiunti fattori di competizione tra gli stati dell’area per l’egemonia regionale. Negli anni della Guerra fredda, il Corno è stato il principale tra i teatri africani della guerra per procura condotta dalle superpotenze.
16 maggio 2011
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On March 13, Russia held the last local elections before the general elections scheduled for December 2011 and the March 2012 presidential elections. As was widely expected, the dominant political party United Russia has confirmed its leadership in the polls. Contrasted by the opposition’s criticism of the low democratic standards in Russia and accompanied by the modernization agenda promoted by President Medvedev, this victory prompts an analysis of the stability of the country’s political system.
15 maggio 2011
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China’s assertive international behavior during the recent global economic and financial crisis has raised an important question: has China abandoned its low profile foreign policy, adding a more assertive or indeed aggressive component to it?
This paper argues that while China is rising economically and militarily and increasing its global influence, it is still obsessed with defending what Beijing calls its “core interests” of direct relevance to regime survival, economic development and territorial integrity.
15 maggio 2011
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April 2011 elections in Kazakhstan have reinstated the long-running strongman Nursultan Nazarbayev in power. Nazarbayev enjoys genuine popularity in the country with a resource-rich economy, political and social stability and inter-ethnic peace.
15 maggio 2011
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As China’s economy has grown, so has its international presence in a variety of areas, among which the military and security dimension is particularly important. This paper examines China’s increasingly important role both within Asia and at the global level by examining rhetoric, reality and perceptions.
15 maggio 2011
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China is arguably in the process of “rising peacefully” and is not - as parts of the literature suggest - a revisionist state. Furthermore, we have no reason to believe that China will jeopardize the economic and social benefits it has gained by accepting and adopting international norms, in attempts to subvert and change international norms and rules. Admittedly China is not a standard status quo state now, nor will it be so in the foreseeable future.
15 maggio 2011