Game Over. The dangerous nexus between Gaming, the Metaverse and violent extremism - Part One
By Davide Lauretta and Sara Senno 1. Introduction. Gaming and Metaverse: a definition of the two phenomena Technological development has...
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Carmen Forlenza
- Dec 6, 2022
- 8 min
Nayib Bukele’s El Salvador among Twitter, bitcoin and pandillas
by Carmen Forlenza 1. Introduction What is happening in El Salvador? The small Central American country that is emerging from an internal...
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Carol Simonetti
- Nov 27, 2022
- 10 min
Non-international armed conflicts: Challenges for classification and the case of Syria
by Carol Simonetti 1. Defining non-international armed conflicts within the framework of IHL International Humanitarian Law (IHL) seeks...
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Lucas Asmelash
- Jul 26, 2022
- 6 min
Ethiopia’s black-market coffee
by Lucas Asmelash 1. Introduction According to the 2019 World Bank figures on raw coffee exports (whole-bean), the Federal Democratic...
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Carol Simonetti
- May 23, 2022
- 7 min
How close is Iran to getting a nuclear weapon?
by Carol Simonetti 1. The path towards the JCPOA Iranian nuclear ambitions were rooted in the 1980-1988 war with Iraq, in which chemical...
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Sara Senno
- Apr 26, 2022
- 14 min
The Metaverse, an opportunity for society or terrorism?
Challenges in the field of prevention by Sara Senno 1. Introduction Nowadays, the world is moving at an unprecedented speed. Information...
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Lucas Asmelash
- Apr 13, 2022
- 6 min
Russia’s gamble in Mali: PMCs and the New Scramble for Africa
by Lucas Asmelash 1. Introduction The latest announcement made by France’s President, Emmanuel Macron, of pulling national military...
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AMIStaDeS
- Mar 4, 2022
- 12 min
Ukraine – Ten Points To Understand The Crisis
Every war has deep roots, which can never be reduced to the latest events. Ukraine has always been a borderland, a land of Cossacks, a...
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F. Adele Casale
- Feb 10, 2022
- 10 min
Islamic feminism and the strategic framework Saudi Vision2030: deconstructing a stereotype
by F. Adele Casale Abstract In 2016 Chairman of the Council of Economic and Development Affairs Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud approved the...
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Giusy Musarò
- Feb 8, 2022
- 9 min
Kazakhstan: between protests and hopes in the Eurasian context
by Giusy Musarò 1. Introduction With 225 confirmed dead, more than 2,600 injured, and some 12,000 arrested, the initially peaceful...
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Giorgio Cardile
- Feb 3, 2022
- 11 min
Militarisation of space: terrestrial geopolitics or prevention strategy?
by Giorgio Cardile 1. Settore bellico e spazio Currently, space is unarmed. There are no weapons deployed in space or on the ground (in...
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Valentina Geraci
- Feb 2, 2022
- 13 min
A battle in the name of Najiba: a tale for Afghan women
by Valentina Geraci Hussain Rezai, founder and director of Najiba Foundation, has been an activist alongside Afghan women for years. Two...
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F. Adele Casale
- Jan 31, 2022
- 14 min
Yazidis, an ethno-cultural minority between myths and geopolitical interests
by Adele Casale Abstract The Yazidis are one of the most affected minority by recent ISIS’s abuses, war crimes and crimes against...
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Giorgio Cardile
- Dec 27, 2021
- 5 min
The Moon: commercial hub and first spaceport of the near future
by Giorgio Cardile 1. Investing on a temporary and then permanent basis of increasing size is economically sustainable The Moon, about...
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AMIStaDeS
- Nov 12, 2021
- 14 min
The Arab uprisings ten years after: between Islamist threats and authoritarian setbacks
What future lies ahead for North Africa? by Sara Senno and Davide Lauretta 1. Introduction Ten years after the Arab uprisings, the...
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Vittoria Paterno
- Oct 22, 2021
- 22 min
Complaints within International Organizations: Who is Competent to Decide?
by Vittoria Paterno Introduction Modulaw is an international law firm based in Vienna and Perth. Its core activity is providing legal...
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Giorgio Cardile
- Oct 14, 2021
- 5 min
Asteroid mining: the new frontier of eco-sustainability?
by Giorgio Cardile 1. What problems can space mining solve? The Kardashev scale measures the technological level of a civilization based...
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AMIStaDeS
- Oct 4, 2021
- 7 min
World Space Week 2021 - 7 Points to Understand
Since 1999, at the initiative of the United Nations General Assembly, World Space Week has been held from 4 to 10 October, defined as "an...
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AMIStaDeS
- Sep 15, 2021
- 3 min
Webinar "European sentiments: sovereignism and Europeanism" and European Project EAST, 24 September
Following the forth issue of L'orizzonte degli eventi. Quaderni geopolitici e analisi giuridiche (click here to download), the magazine...
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AMIStaDeS
- Aug 20, 2021
- 10 min