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Game Over. The dangerous nexus between Gaming, the Metaverse and violent extremism - Part Two
by Davide Lauretta and Sara Senno Introduction This analysis describes more in detail and practices how violent extremist groups exploit...


An introduction to the main Intelligence Collection Disciplines
by Carol Simonetti 1. Defining Intelligence The word intelligence comes from the Latin “intus” (inside) + “lego” (to read, understand,...


Mafias and drug trafficking: the ‘Ndrangheta in Latin America
by Carmen Forlenza 1. Introduction Matteo Messina Denaro from Trapani was probably one of the first mafia bosses to establish links with...


Interinstitutional conflicts, a self-coup, protests, and repression in Peru
by Carmen Forlenza 1. Introduction On December 7, Pedro Castillo, President-in-Office for just over 16 months, attempted to dissolve the...


Threat and risk assessment: an overview for beginners
by Carol Simonetti 1. Nature and types of threat A threat is anything that, after gathering information from a range of sources, is seen...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


Afghanistan - 10 Points for Understanding the Crisis
Following the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan, the analysts of the AMIStaDeS Study Center produced a ten-point compendium...


Continuing to divide after Berlin
by Laura Santilli If we look at the course of history, at the past of certain events, we have probably thought: "never again". "Never...


Adapting to a complex context: between responsibilities and obligations of Libyan militias
by Laura Santilli After the end of forty-two years of dictatorship, the Arab Spring of 2011, the civil war that broke out in 2014 and the...


Urban warfare. Where all security ends
by Laura Santilli “The worst choice is to attack cities." Sun Tzu, The Art of War Attacks on a city or urban fighting are not a recent...


Violence. The language of security during demonstrations
by Laura Santilli If the right to publicly demonstrate is one of the highest expressions of the degree of freedom and health of a...
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