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Big Meloni in Little Italy

Francesco Sisci / Director

- Italy -

15 May 2025

The Premier’s fortuna is that no one else is eager to move on to rearmament, the big transatlantic agenda. But this also makes the Belpaese small and ultimately a burden for the allies. The ancient Roman notion of fortuna was a mix of skill and fate—the ability to take advantage of what chance had bestowed. Ancient China […]

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Slumber into Total War

Francesco Sisci / Director

- America -

14 May 2025

BRI, BRICS, and the US retreat are fraying the old global order and kindling sudden flare-ups. China needs essential reforms to lead the world, but they are tricky. The US could make it, but its bets are high risk. Is everyone sleepwalking into destruction like before WWI? The recent brief but violent clash between […]

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The American Pope

Francesco Sisci / Director

- America -

10 May 2025

Pope Prevost shortens the distance between the Vatican and Washington, imparting a new, unprecedented dynamic to the USA and the world. China is left out, with still unclear consequences. (photo credit: Ninan Tan) As Italian political commentator Stefano Folli noted, the distance between the two banks of the Tiber, between political Rome and the Holy […]

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Wages of Betrayal

Marco Mayer /

- China -

4 May 2025

The CIA, openly fishing for informants in the Chinese Communist Party, pries open the contradictions of the system. It plants the seeds of a plague-like provocation that could infuriate Beijing and increase its entropy The following report results from Marco Mayer‘s conversation with Francesco Sisci in Rome last week. This week, all the main international […]

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Nuclear Fusion Race

Francesco Sisci / Director

- Articles -

3 May 2025

Nuclear Fusion Power plants promise to fulfill the dream of clean and unextinguishable energy. They would radically change how we view industry, production, and consumption, opening limitless opportunities for mankind. Yet because of this, they are the ultimate technological frontier and bitter power competition, exacerbated in the present climate. The practical application is still far […]

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Serbia’s Patriarch Backs Putin, Snubs Protesting Students

Lorenzo Prezzi /

- Russia -

3 May 2025

Religion as a political tool – The Russian Church is tying a knot with the Serbian Church to draw Belgrade closer to Moscow There is a moment during the triumphant visit of Patriarch Porfirije of Belgrade to Moscow (April 21-26) where any openness toward the “social revolution” sparked by Serbian students on November 1, 2024—following […]

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China’s New Revolution of Culture

Francesco Sisci / Director

- China -

1 May 2025

Unlike the messy attempt launched 60 years ago, a whole cycle of the Chinese zodiac, this is a serious, systematic effort. It is a Revolution of Culture and not a Cultural Revolution. However, whereas China was isolated then, now it is the world’s biggest trading power, and a domestic reset might ill coincide with national […]