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Since Myanmar’s military staged a coup on 1 February, Burmese civil society became synonymous with political opposition. Activists from different working sectors are engaging in a coordinated civil disobedience movement ravaging throughout the entire country, while leaders of local organizations are jointly calling on the international community to intervene. The root problem, however, remains reconciling ethnic clashes and interests in Myanmar’s fragmented political context.

New digital monies issued by the private sector and novel payment systems are rapidly spreading worldwide as technological change and financial innovation are ripe. The Covid-19 pandemic exposed their convenience amid social distancing policies and a mighty expansion of e-commerce. Benign neglect is no longer a (reasonable) option for central bankers. Denial was due, perhaps, when Bitcoin mining began in January 2009. Strong criticism had a reason when Bitcoin was proposed later as a superior alternative monetary regime to sovereign fiat currencies.

Nel corso dell’estate, l’Algeria è entrata in una nuova fase di incremento dei contagi da Covid-19, la più acuta dall’inizio della pandemia, con i casi accertati e i decessi che, ad oggi, hanno oltrepassato rispettivamente quota 46.000 e 1500.

After an uncertain political transition following the 2011 revolts, Egypt seems ready to reshape its geopolitical role in the Mediterranean area and fulfil its geostrategic goals, always maintaining their national security principle to be an essential objective of its domestic and foreign policy. The two main closely and interconnected scenarios, where the country’s strategic ambitions are projected, move from Libya to the contested waters of the Eastern Mediterranean.