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The end of Bashar al-Assad’s long and brutal dictatorship represents a historic turning point for Syria and the entire Middle East region. The statements of the European institutions, which have welcomed this development as an opportunity that is as much expected as it is fraught with risks, highlight the urgency of a comprehensive strategy to […]

The fall of Bashar al-Assad‘s regime in December 2024 marks a turning point in Syria’s history. After more than five decades of authoritarian rule by the Assad family, the country finds itself in a transition phase fraught with challenges. The end of the armed conflict does not coincide with peace: Syria will have to deal […]

Terje Helland, an External Advisor at the European Neighborhood Council in Brussels, is emerging as a prominent figure in Europe when it comes to Georgia’s political crisis. Through interviews with media outlets like Georgia Today and his outspoken observations on social networks, Helland has offered incisive critiques of the ruling Georgian Dream party, an assessment […]

In May 2024, a briefly published document by the Russian Ministry of Defence reignited tensions in the Baltic Sea. The proposal, which suggested a unilateral revision of maritime borders in the Gulf of Finland and areas adjacent to Kaliningrad, was withdrawn within hours, but not before generating alarm among the Baltic and Scandinavian countries. Officially […]

The Romanian Constitutional Court’s decision to annul the presidential elections hides a disturbing reality: yet another attempt by Russia to sabotage and infiltrate European democracy. This time, however, the attempt was so blatant and destabilising that it forced an entire nation to reset its democratic process. Can we really consider this just a hostile act? […]

Brutal arrests among opposition leaders Tensions in Georgia reached a new peak of political and social crisis. Today, the leader of the opposition party and former minister Nika Gvaramia was brutally beaten and arrested by security forces. The man was taken out of his home unconscious. At the same time, police raided the Girchi party […]

When one hears the great interpreters of geopolitical realism censure the internationalist naivety of a West captive to the dream of exporting democracy and eradicating autocracy in the Middle East – from Iraq to Libya – one should immediately interrupt their prosopopoeia with a simple: “So what about Syria?“ The realpolitical thesis according to which […]

An alert is shaking the West. Sources within the Atlantic Alliance confirm that NATO countries are under constant attack: a campaign of cyber attacks, hybrid operations and targeted sabotage is hitting critical infrastructures, with Russia and China in the forefront. The situation is so serious that the Alliance is preparing to immediately update its defence […]

“The desire and will of the Georgian people is to walk and walk on the roads of Europe. This is our historical choice, the only right choice, and it is unacceptable to deviate from this path‘ Kvicha Kvaratskhelia The words used by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia on Instagram are a reaction to the recent decision by the […]

The death of Miroslav Gerasymovych, Ukrainian poet and soldier, is a cry that resounds in the heart of our continent. Fallen on 29 November 2024 in the Donetsk region, a few days before his 57th birthday, Myroslav chose to embody the fate that poets often sing about, but rarely live. His is a story intertwined […]

Russia’s military and political choices under Vladimir Putin revolve around one central element: the fear of ‘derussification’. This fear, rooted in imperial and Soviet history, is key to understanding the conflict in Ukraine and the tensions in Russia’s geopolitical peripheries, from Siberia to the borders with China. Moscow’s policy is presented as a defensive reaction, […]

Donald Trump’s nominations for the next administration were recently at the centre of a cute little siparietto between Matteo Salvini and Carlo Calenda. The latter put the Lega leader and vice-prime minister on the spot, who was evidently expressing an aprioristically positive judgement on Trump’s choices without knowing them in detail. The episode provides an […]

“I believe that in 2024 we can absolutely say that World War III has begun. Because in 2024 Ukraine is no longer facing only Russia. In front of Ukraine there are North Korean soldiers. Let’s say it clearly: in Ukraine, Iranian Shahed drones are already killing civilians absolutely openly, without any shame.” Valerij Zaluzhny General […]