Trump and Putin, Putin and Trump. The weird couple is making the entire world talk. The issues: NATO and Europe, the Middle East, but also China and Asia. Their speeches sound like a spartition of the world ‘Risico’ – style. Donald Trump has just sworn as 45th President of the USA. The protests worldwide have…
Geopolitics
Fragile Middle East Stability with Turkey in NATO
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•In the past few months Turkey, Iraq, all Middle East have been shaken by several attacks. They have been carried out by different array groups affiliated with Al Qaeda e Isis. To understand the set-ups of the never ending Middle East conflict, we must be aware of the more or less openly declared political and…
Society
The Arab-She Rebels
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•Not just hidden behind a veil, but covered up up like deep-sea divers, living hidden behind the shadows of a cloth, their freedom entangled within the fabric: this is the life of women in Saudi Arabia. The years go by, one after another. The few, very few concessions of the country’s rulers slowly follow one…
Geopolitics
Besieged Europe
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•In the past months, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the “Caliph” of the Islamic State, has constantly urged to commit attacks in Europe, by any means, also explicitly mentioning the use of cars or trucks into the crowd. In the heart of Berlin, just as had happened in Nice on July 14, a truck has invested the…
Society
Aleppo Is Dying While We Are Watching
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•The Syrian army has announced to be close to the total control of Aleppo. Day by day, the moment of the final showdown is approaching. The limited information that filters from Aleppo, once among the most important cities in Syria, tells of human and architectural wreckage occupying every living space. There still are people in…
Society
ISIS Younglings, the New Child Soldiers
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•Today, in a Damascus police station. A child, 7 year old, was used as suicide bombers. She wore a belt with an explosive charge. The Syrian government agency “Sana” writes. The terrorists let the child in a police station in the Midan district and used the remote device. The babe and two policemen died in the…
Society
Migrants’ Smuggling, a Business for Many
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•A total turnover of 60 million dollars a year. The criminal corporation that manages human trafficking is growing its business. While the number of dead migrants increases day by day, the investigations to destroy the criminal net that makes money out of the desperation of people and puts at risk the lives of tens of…
Arts and Cultures, Tech
Elections with Fake News
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•The analysis by Jonathan Albright, professor at Elon University, show how false data and information spread online and through the social networks are becoming an electoral propaganda mechanism which is difficult to control. This is what he calls #MPM, the “micro-propaganda machine” – a network used to influence popular opinions based on stimulating emotional responses…
Geopolitics
Why do people want Hillary Clinton to be president but chose Trump?
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•The Americans have not chosen Trump. Hillary Clinton’s defeat is due to a specific choice by the American electorate not to want her as President. It must have been tough for Hillary, since she has been holding on for a lifetime, accepting everything to reach the most desired result, to be the most powerful person…
Geopolitics
The Mosul attack won’t solve the conflict in Middle East
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•Anti-ISIS troops are 5km away from Mosul, second Iraqi city with 2 million inhabitants. There are about 7,000 jihadists in the city, besieged by an army of 30,000 soldiers of different cultures, religions and nationalities. The Kurdish Peshmerga, Sunni and Shia Iraqi soldiers, USA’s crack troops, Turkish air force and Italian soldiers are working together…