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2024

13 May 2024 – Middle East

War on Gaza: How the western 'rules-based order' is a sham

24 April 2024 – Middle East

Washington has lost touch with reality. If it doesn't adapt, the world will pay

24 March 2024 – Middle East

Giandomenico Picco: The forgotten art of Middle East diplomacy

29 March 2024 – Middle East

What is really behind the EU deal with Egypt?

22 March 2024 – Middle East

Victoria Nuland: Farewell to the queen of US foreign policy disasters

4 March 2024 – Middle East

Western foreign policy: 'For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law'

21 February 2024 – Middle East

War on Gaza: Is Europe finally turning up the heat on Israel?

30 January 2024 – Middle East

War on Gaza: Why the US refuses to learn the lessons from history

3 January 2024 – Middle East

Dark clouds are gathering over the Red Sea for 2024

2023

22 December 2023 – Middle East

War on Gaza: Invoking the Holocaust to justify Israeli war crimes dishonours its victims

24 November 2023 – Middle East

Israel-Palestine war: Biden doubles down on deeply flawed US narrative

13 November 2023 – Middle East

Israel-Palestine war: Is the US stretched too thin?

31 October 2023 – Middle East

Israel-Palestine war: Europe's shameful complicity in Israel's war on Gaza

24 October 2023 – Middle East

Israel-Palestine war: Washington has lost the plot

3 October 2023 – Middle East

Western foreign policy: 'For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law'

15 September 2023 – Middle East

US-China relations: Washington is still haunted by a Cold War mindset

30 August 2023 – Middle East

US elections 2024: Prosecuting Trump could backfire spectacularly

26 August 2023 – Middle East

US foreign policy: The four moves that could save Washington

26 August 2023 – Middle East

Could an expanded Brics make the G20 irrelevant?

23 August 2023 – Middle East

US foreign policy: The four moves that could save Washington

7 August 2023 – Middle East

Any proposed Saudi-Israel-US deal is a hoax to deny Palestinians their rights

13 July 2023 – Middle East

Why the West got the Wagner 'coup' wrong and what it can learn from it

30 May 2023 – Middle East

US declares death of neoliberalism and demands new global consensus

12 May 2023 – Middle East

US will struggle to get Europe on board the anti-China train

19 April 2023 – Middle East

Europe standing up to the US on Taiwan is common sense not heresy

31 March 2023 – Middle East

As China embraces Russia, the western narrative needs a rethink

21 March 2023 – Middle East

Iraq war: Twenty years on, the US has learned nothing

17 March 2023 – Middle East

Saudi-Iran pact: China's diplomatic coup puts US on notice in Middle East

27 February 2023 – Middle East

Russia-Ukraine war: One year on, neither side has a clear path to victory

23 February 2023 – Middle East

US-China: The balloon saga has been neither side's finest hour

1 February 2023 – Middle East

US-China: How to step back from the brink of conflict

19 January 2023 – Middle East

US-China: How 2022 saw the old world order start to crumble

2022

29 December 2022 – Middle East

Russia-Ukraine war: A conflict of huge miscalculations

9 December 2022 – Middle East

Russian resilience, US overconfidence and Chinese calm: The West versus the rest

2 December 2022 – Middle East

Russia-Ukraine war: Europe's energy policy is an act of self harm

28 October 2022 – Middle East

Opec+ oil cut: The birth pangs of a new world order

19 October 2022 – Middle East

How American culture wars and real wars have polarised the world

27 September 2022 – Middle East

Giorgia Meloni: What comes next after Italy's political earthquake?

21 September 2022 – Middle East

A new world order will arise from the ashes of US supremacy

17  August 2022 – Middle East

Cold War 2.0: Who will shape the new world order?

3 August 2022 – Middle East

US-China tensions: Who is the real threat?

18 July 2022 – Middle East

Why the US and China are on a collision course

7  July 2022 – Middle East

Russia-Ukraine war: How the West got it wrong

3 July 2022 – Middle East

Russia-Ukraine war: US quest to preserve global hegemony could be its downfall

25 May 2022 – Middle East

Lebanon: New opposition must seize this moment for change

11 May 2022 – Middle East

Has the Ukraine war become a runaway train for both Russia and Nato?

25 April 2022 – Middle East

Russia-Ukraine war: In the West’s response, emotion has overcome reason

13 April 2022 – Middle East

Is Europe sleepwalking towards the abyss in Ukraine?

22 March 2022 – Middle East

Russia-Ukraine war: The future of the world is being decided in Beijing

16 March 2022 – Middle East

Will the Ukraine war accelerate US withdrawal from Middle East?

2 March 2022 – Middle East

Russia-Ukraine war: The real prize is cutting Germany off from China’s Eurasia plan

21 February 2022 – Middle East

Ukraine and Taiwan: Biden has forgotten the lesson of Nixon in China

18 January 2022 – Middle East

Iran-Russia talks: Why Raisi’s meeting with Putin is crucial for Iran’s future

13 January 2022 – Middle East

Why Washington’s focus on ‘credibility’ is a recipe for war

11 January 2022 – Middle East

The enduring myths that continue to drive western foreign policy

3 January 2022 – Middle East

Qassem Soleimani’s assassination has backfired on the US and Israel

2021

21 December 2021 – Middle East

What does 2022 hold for the Middle East and the world? All bets are off

27 December 2021 – Middle East

America’s ‘Suez moment’: Another strategic mistake would be its last

22 December 2021 – Middle East

How to avert a global conflict between China, Russia and the West

14 December 2021 – Middle East

Why Biden’s ‘democracy summit’ got it all wrong

3 December 2021 – Middle East

Beirut port explosion: Disabled survivors fight for justice in face of government neglect

28 November 2021 – Middle East

Iran nuclear deal: Path to an agreement is fraught with obstacles

23 November 2021 – Middle East

Why Lebanon’s internal collapse seems unstoppable

15 November 2021 – Middle East

Iraq elections: What Muqtada al-Sadr might do next

22 October 2021 – Middle East

As Iran approaches nuclear threshold, US is running out of leverage

7 October 2021 – Middle East

Joe Biden pledges diplomacy over military might. But can he deliver?

22 September 2021 – Middle East

America’s exceptionalism will ultimately be its downfall

13 September 2021 – Middle East

Qassem Soleimani’s assassination has backfired on the US and Israel

24 August 2021 – Middle East

The Great Game in central Asia is over – and America lost

3 August 2021 – Middle East

Threaten Iran with Israeli bombs: How Washington’s dystopian foreign policy cabal thinks

26 July 2021 – Middle East

Why a reduced US military footprint abroad might be in its best interests

16 July 2021 – Middle East

Lebanon is a failed state. When will the world step in?

24 July 2021 – Middle East

How will US disengagement shape the Middle East?

9 July 2021 – Middle East

CG7 fails to take responsibility for West’s role in global crises

1 July 2021 – Middle East

Lebanon is a ticking time bomb the world cannot afford to ignore

5 May 2021 – Middle East

Green energy revolution could unite the Middle East – and the world

19 April 2021 – Middle East

Iran-China deal: Is a new grand strategy brewing in Washington?

9 April 2021 – Middle East

Jordan coup allegations: The Israel and Saudi Arabia factor

12 March 2021 – Middle East

Iran nuclear deal: The world can’t fool Tehran again

23 February 2021 – Middle East

Reviving Iran deal is ‘most urgent’ priority, says EU’s Josep Borrell

3 February 2021 – Middle East

Canada declares far-right Proud Boys group a ‘terrorist’ organisation

3 February 2021 – Middle East

Time is running out for US to rejoin Iran nuclear deal

7 January 2021 – Middle East

US Capitol riots: The biggest threat to America is at home

1 January 2021 – Middle East

Has the US developed an immunity to critical thinking?

2020

24 December 2020 – Middle East

Biden inherits a troubled Middle East. He must move to reduce tensions

23 November 2020 – Middle East

Iran nuclear deal: Trump is leaving a poisoned legacy for Biden

13 November 2020 – Middle East

If US sanctions on Lebanon are about corruption, Saad Hariri should be top of list

1 November 2020 – Middle East

Can Joe Biden avoid creating a Trump on steroids in 2024?

19 October 2020 – Middle East

Pope Francis delivers a moral blueprint for our troubled times

28 September 2020 – Middle East

How to save Lebanon

10 September 2020 – Middle East

A new Great Game has begun in the Eastern Mediterranean

25 August 2020 – Middle East

What does UAE stand to gain from peace with Israel?

7 August 2020 – Middle East

Beirut explosion: The battle now is between the people and the vultures

24 July 2020 – Middle East

Russia report: UK’s dance with the Kremlin comes home to roost

16 July 2020 – Middle East

US presidential election: Is an October surprise in the offing?

29 July 2020 – Middle East

American exceptionalism is no longer acceptable

19 July 2020 – Middle East

Trump is hoping for an Iranian miracle. Tehran will not give him one

8 July 2020 – Middle East

From 9/11 to 2008 to coronavirus, the US repeats the same mistakes

8 May 2020 – Diplomazia Italiana

La collocazione internazionale dell’Italia, attenzione a dibattiti mediatici fuorvianti

21 April 2020 – Diplomazia Italiana

Italia, Cina e interessi nazionali

25 March 2020 – Diplomazia Italiana

Cui prodest Coronavirus? La replica dell’Ambasciatore Carnelos

11 March 2020 – Middle East

A Biden presidency would perpetuate US mistakes in the Middle East

2019

23 September 2019 – Diplomazia Italiana

Attacco agli impianti petroliferi dell’Arabia Saudita: game-changer negli equilibri regionali

12 September 2019 – Diplomazia Italiana

Stati Uniti, il licenziamento di John Bolton spia di un malessere più profondo

6 July 2019 – Limesonline

Stati Uniti contro Cina, la guerra degli eccezionalismi

7 January 2019 – Diplomazia Italiana

La quarta rifondazione dell’ordine liberale internazionale

2018

17 December 2018 – Diplomazia Italiana

Cyber guerra, l’Occidente di fronte a Russia e Cina

30 November 2018 – Diplomazia Italiana

Omicidio Khashoggi, cosa insegna la reazione Usa

11 October 2018 – Limes

L’Italia sta con Israele perché pensa che sia più forte dei Palestinesi

28 September 2018 – La Stampa

Londra, le accuse di antisemitismo sono il punto debole di Corbyn

2 September 2018 – Diplomazia Italiana

Yemen, il silenzio dei colpevoli e il massacro degli innocenti

7 August 2018 – Limes

Siria, la vittoria di Assad impone nuovi equilibri

18 July 2018 – La Stampa

E’ il dollaro stupido!

8 July 2018 – Diplomazia Italiana

Dilemma d’Europa. Il vecchio continente al bivio

27 April 2018 – Limes

Le tre fasce della potenza in quel che resta del Medio Oriente

25 April 2018 – La Stampa

Perché le classi dirigenti si fanno sorprendere dai cigni neri?

9 April 2018 – Diplomazia Italiana

Il governo dei peggiori? Ci siamo dentro

2017

15 August 2017 – Diplomazia Italiana

È in tre fasce il nuovo assetto del Medio Oriente