Il 4 febbraio 2022, il Presidente della Federazione Russa Vladimir Putin e il suo omologo cinese, Xi Jinping, sancirono formalmente l’avvento di una nuova “amicizia senza limiti”, presentata come superiore alla logica delle alleanze tipica… Read More »Amicizia senza limiti? La cooperazione sino-russa all’ONU nel quadro della crisi ucraina
For decades, the international system has sought relief and protection through nuclear stability. Startingfrom the last phases of the Cold War, the two biggest nuclear weapons owners, Russia and the UnitedStates, have continuously provided the… Read More »From Bilateral Arms Control to Strategic Competition: The Transformation of Nuclear Stability after the New START
The ongoing high-level talks between Russia and the United States represent not a genuine intention to achieve lasting peace, but an effort to strike a transactional bargain driven by the geopolitical priorities of Moscow and… Read More »Over the Heads of Kyiv: The Flawed Peace Process in Ukraine
Il ritorno di Donald Trump alla presidenza degli Stati Uniti è stato accompagnato sul piano internazionale da importanti cambi di paradigmi, primo fra tutti quello nei confronti del conflitto tra Mosca e Kyiv. Coerentemente con… Read More »Contrattazione Durante la Guerra: Prospettive per il Conflitto Russo-ucraino
La nota espressione “guerra congelata” è stata coniata al fine di descrivere accuratamente una ricorrenza storica ripetuta svariate volte nei territori ex-sovietici. Essa descrive lo stato di stasi di alcuni conflitti che, pur essendosi conclusi… Read More »Guerra congelata in Ucraina: uno scenario credibile?
The Black Sea has long been one of the most strategically significant regions in Eastern Europe. As both a natural barrier and a conduit for trade and military power, it has historically played a dual… Read More »Shifting Tides: The Impact of Russian Naval Losses on Black Sea Geopolitics
In an age of changing allies, renewed competition, and new technologies, nuclear war has again become a frightening possibility. Evidence of the ongoing importance of nuclear weapons in maintaining global stability is the fact that… Read More »Mutual Assured Destruction in the 21st Century: Relevance in the Russo-Ukraine Conflict
The problem with today’s historiographical narrative is that it is punctually leadership-vision oriented. The eras, as we do study them today, whether in high school or college, tend to be studied as the product of… Read More »The Problem of the leader-oriented narrative of History
After the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin gambled on a swift victory, a gamble that may have ultimately contributed to the unraveling of Russian hegemony in the Caucasus and Central Asia—remnants of Soviet-era dominance… Read More »Russian Influence in the Caucasus and Central Asia Amid the War in Ukraine
Analizzando la storia delle relazioni internazionali post-Guerra Fredda, si possono identificare due fasi distinte: una antecedente e una successiva al 2008, quando il conflitto russo-georgiano ha rappresentato un punto di svolta cruciale non solo per… Read More »Il conflitto russo – georgiano quindici anni dopo. Un processo di pace mai decollato e nuove forme di ibridazione del conflitto
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