In un processo di progressiva espansione del concetto di sicurezza (Hirsch Ballin et al., 2020) – che in precedenza era eminentemente politica, mentre oggi si declina anche in senso economico – cominciato a partire dagli… Read More »Il tiro alla fune delle materie prime strategiche
Le trasformazioni del contesto globale negli ultimi anni hanno messo profondamente in discussione uno dei presupposti fondamentali dell’economia politica internazionale: l’idea che l’interdipendenza economica non solo sia auspicabile, bensì costituisca, di per sé, un fattore… Read More »Oltre le dipendenze settoriali: una prospettiva sistemica sulla vulnerabilità economica dell’Italia
The political debate on energy security at the European level has gained salience in recent years, given the latest geopolitical and macroeconomic upheavals in the energy sector. First the Covid pandemic, then the Ukraine war… Read More »EU R&D for the development of Small Modular Reactors: an energy security perspective
Europe is characterized by a markedly unequal distribution of wealth. According to the most recent wave of the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) conducted by the European Central Bank, the richest ten per cent… Read More »Intergenerational Wealth Inequality in Europe: Demographic Pressures and Inheritance Taxation in Italy and France
Tuscany’s Prato Textile District, standing as one of the largest textile hubs in Europe, has recently undergone an unprecedented demographic and industrial transformation, effectively becoming a unique intersection between traditional European manufacturing and contemporary Chinese… Read More »Europe’s Internal Frontier: The Prato Laboratory
For years, European common debt was misunderstood as a mechanism for mutualizing past liabilities. This debate is particularly relevant for countries such as Italy, whose high public debt has placed it at the center of… Read More »From Taboo to Strategy: European Common Debt and the Italian Question
Until the early 2000s, the liberal order – intended here as the political, economic, and institutional configuration underpinning liberal Western democracies and global economic integration – appeared to follow a stable and predictable path. Economic… Read More »Populism and protectionism in a changing global economic order
The financial stability of the United Nations (UN) is a critical factor in its ability to fulfill its global mission of promoting peace, security, and development. As an international organization reliant on the contributions of… Read More »“No money, no implementation”: the economic fragility of the UN in facing international crisis
Il salario minimo rappresenta uno degli strumenti più dibattuti a livello globale per combattere la povertà e ridurre le disuguaglianze economiche. Tuttavia, il suo impatto varia notevolmente in base al contesto socio-economico e alla capacità… Read More »Gli effetti del salario minimo a livello internazionale: focus sui paesi in via di sviluppo e le disparità di genere
Since 2023, military expenditure in Central and Western Europe has far surpassed the levels seen at the end of the Cold War. However, several countries struggle to meet the NATO military spending target of 2%… Read More »Why the EU fiscal reform is not solving national challenges in reaching NATO’s military spending target
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