La rassegna di geopolitica di Radio Radicale
- Rassegna di geopolitica: lo status di Gerusalemme 6 August 2010
- Rassegna di Geopolitica: scontri a fuoco tra Israele e Libano 4 August 2010
- Rassegna di Geopolitica. La Birmania tra India e Cina 30 July 2010
- Rassegna di geopolitica. Tensioni tra Usa e Cina nel Pacifico 28 July 2010
- Rassegna di geopolitica: Le ambizioni nucleari dell'Arabia Saudita 22 July 2010
- Rassegna di geopolitica: le nuove prospettive della Cina 9 July 2010
- Rassegna di geopolitica - L'agricoltura globale 7 July 2010
- Rassegna di geopolitica: la politica Usa dello Spazio 2010 emanata da Barack Obama 1 July 2010
- Rassegna di geopolitica: per i Paesi Arabi il rischio di gravi crisi alimentari 9 June 2010
- Rassegna di geopolitica: le nuove Università in Asia 4 June 2010
L’ora di Cindia di Claudio Landi
- L'ora di Cindia 28 August 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 22 August 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 7 August 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 31 July 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 25 July 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 18 July 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 10 July 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 4 July 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 26 June 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 20 June 2010
Rapporti
World Investment Report 2010 – UNCTAD
Global foreign direct investment (FDI) witnessed a modest, but uneven recovery in the first half of 2010. This sparks some cautious optimism for FDI prospects in the short run and for a full recovery further on. UNCTAD expects global inflows to reach more than $1.2 trillion in 2010, rise further to $1.3–1.5 trillion in 2011,… »
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2010 – UNESCAP
Even at the height of this crisis, Asia and the Pacific displayed a new-found resilience. Its developing economies achieved an annual growth rate of 4.0%, making it the fastest-growing region in the world, thanks to growth in China and India at 8.7% and 7.2%, respectively. However, the rest of Asia-Pacific’s developing economies contracted in 2009… »
Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress – CRS
(PDF) – In recent years, U.S.-Mexican relations have grown stronger as the two countries have worked together to combat drug trafficking and secure their shared border. The 111th Congress has maintained an active interest in Mexico with counternarcotics, border, and trade issues dominating the agenda. To date, Congress has appropriated some $1.3 billion in assistance… »
The PLA at Home and Abroad: Assessing the Operational Capabilities of China’s Military – SSI
The chapters presented in this volume have demonstrated first, Chinese and PLA leaders have a strong sense of mission and concern for China’s security and well-being. Second, the PLA is committed to the transformation in military affairs with Chinese characteristics. Third, the PLA is eager to learn from the U.S. military to expand and improve… »
International Statistics on Crime and Justice – HEUNI/UNODC
HEUNI Report series contains a number of studies, seminar reports, and other material on developments in crime and criminal justice in Europe and North… »
Cyber ShockWave: Simulation Report and Findings – Bipartisan Policy Center
(PDF) On February 16, 2010, a bipartisan group of former senior administration and national security officials participated in a simulated cyber attack on the United States—Cyber ShockWave. The simulation, which was moderated by Wolf Blitzer and broadcast as a special on CNN, provided an unprecedented look at how the government would respond to a large-scale… »
Interactive Map: Leaders of Pakistan’s Militant Groups – Center for American Progress
Pakistan faces a formidable array of militant groups concentrated in the semi-governed Federally Administered Tribal Areas, or FATA, and Northwest Frontier Province, or NWFP, along the country’s Afghan border. This map, based on a survey of available, open-source reporting, displays major leaders of different militant groups and coalitions attacking into Afghanistan and… »
Land grab or development opportunity? Agricultural investment and international land deals in Africa – IIED
Large-scale acquisitions of farmland in Africa, Latin America, Central Asia and Southeast Asia are making headlines in a flurry of media reports across the world. Lands that only a short time ago seemed of little outside interest are now being sought by international investors by the tune of hundreds of thousands of hectares. And while… »
“I Saw It with My Own Eyes”. Abuses by Chinese Security Forces in Tibet, 2008-2010 – HRW
Eyewitness accounts confirm that Chinese security forces used disproportionate force and acted with deliberate brutality during and after unprecedented Tibetan protests beginning on March 10, 2008, Human Rights Watch said in a new report. Many violations continue today, including disappearances, wrongful convictions and imprisonment, persecution of families, and the targeting of Tibetans suspected of sympathizing… »
Asia’s Response to Climate Change and Natural Disasters – CSIS
This new report examines the politics of climate change in Asia, the region’s response to natural disasters, and the implications for the future geometry of Asia’s institutions and U.S. policy in the region. The assessment looks broadly at two areas of nontraditional security cooperation in Asia: (1) climate change, including the domestic political factors in… »
The Arab-Israeli Military Balance in 2010 – CSIS
The Arab-Israeli military balance has steadily evolved in recent years to put more and more emphasis on irregular or asymmetric warfare, and the use of military force for political and ideological leverage – both inside the countries involved and in dealing with their neighbors. At the same time, the conventional arms race has continued to… »
International Migration Outlook 2010 – OECD
Multilingual summaries:
International migration has fallen during the economic crisis, but as the recovery moves into gear migrants will once again be needed to fill labour and skill shortages, according to a new OECD report. The OECD’s International Migration Outlook 2010 says that the inflow of immigrants to OECD countries fell by about 6% in 2008… »
Report Exposes Irregularities of Obscure State Department-Funded Organization – Government Accountability Project
A report released by the Government Accountability Project (GAP), based on documents obtained through nearly three years’ of U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, exposes the highly irregular manner in which the Foundation for the Future (FFF) – an obscure project funded by the U.S. Department of State – was established and operated… »
One-third of Yemenis going hungry – IRIN
Water scarcity, rapid population growth and internal conflicts are some of the main factors causing an “alarming state of food insecurity” at national and local levels, a new report has warned. Rural areas are particularly affected with five times as many food-insecure people as in urban areas, it said. “If no action is taken, food… »
Department of Defense Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan: Background and Analysis – CRS
(PDF) – The Department of Defense (DOD) increasingly relies upon contractors to support operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, which has resulted in a DOD workforce that has 19% more contractor personnel (207,600) than uniformed personnel (175,000). Contractors make up 54% of DOD’s workforce in Iraq and Afghanistan. The critical role contractors play in supporting such… »
Economic Development in Africa Report 2010 – UNCTAD
The increasing role of large developing countries in global trade, finance, investment and governance, coupled with their rapid economic growth, has stimulated debate on the implications for Africa’s development. The Economic Development in Africa Report 2010 examines recent trends in the economic relationships of Africa with other developing countries and the new forms of partnership… »
Aiming for New Vigour: The UK in the Global Economy – Chatham House
The UK’s role in the world is inextricably linked to its economic strength and prosperity. Maintaining a vibrant economy and financial stability is vital to enable the UK to benefit from global growth and pursue its ambitions at home and abroad. Britain’s international influence, in turn, complements and supports its comparative advantages in global services… »
Improving Security Policy in Colombia – ICG
President Álvaro Uribe’s eight-year military campaign against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has taken a heavy toll on Colombia’s largest insurgent organisation. The government is now working to consolidate security gains by expanding state presence in several of the formerly most conflict-ridden regions. This strategy faces numerous challenges, not least because FARC’s command… »
Natural Disasters Economic Losses Index 2010 – Maplecroft
New research identifying Haiti and Mozambique as the countries most vulnerable to economic losses from natural disasters also classifies a number of industrialised economies, including Italy, Japan, China, USA, Spain and France, as “high risk” environments for investors, insurers and business. The Natural Disasters Economic Losses Index (NDELI), released by risk intelligence and ratings company,… »
Gulf of Mexico Fact Sheet – EIA
On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire occurred on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which had been drilling an exploratory well in approximately 5,000 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico, 52 miles southeast of Venice, Louisiana. The platform subsequently sank, with 11 crewmembers presumed dead, and the uncompleted well leaking oil…. »
Power Constrained: Sources of Mutual Strategic Suspicion in U.S.-China Relations – NBR
The U.S.-China relationship is fundamentally stable and will remain so for the foreseeable future. This is so because the relationship is anchored in the two societies’ respective preoccupations with their own domestic problems, the United States’ draining commitments elsewhere, and the requirement for cooperation on transnational issues such as proliferation, global production chain security, energy,… »
Guatemala: Squeezed between Crime and Impunity – ICG
The 1996 peace accords formally ended Guatemala’s civil war but failure to address the conflict’s root causes and dismantle clandestine security apparatuses has weakened its institutions and opened the door to skyrocketing violent crime. Guatemala is one of the world’s most dangerous countries, with some 6,500 murders in 2009, more than the average yearly killings… »
The Failed States Index 2010 – Fp/Found for Peace
This year’s index draws on 90,000 publicly available sources to analyze 177 countries and rate them on 12 metrics of state decay — from refugee flows to economic implosion, human rights violations to security threats. Taken together, a country’s performance on this battery of indicators tells us how stable — or unstable — it is…. »
The Evolution of News and the Internet – OECD
# After very profitable years, newspaper publishers in most OECD countries face declining advertising revenues, titles and circulation. The economic crisis has amplified this downward development.
# About 20 out of 30 OECD countries face declining newspaper readership, with significant decreases in some OECD countries. Newspaper readership is usually lower among younger people who tend to… »
Restraint Recalibrating American Strategy – CNAS
The United States needs a sustainable and strategic approach to foreign and defense policy that
recognizes the deepening mismatch between ends and means. Driven by a realist impulse to be the
global enforcer and a moral imperative to act as global savior, the United States remains disproportionately invested in managing international security relative to its limited resources…. »
Energy Company strategies in the Dynamic EU energy market (1995-2007) – Clingendael Institute
Changes in the external environment, like market saturation and security of supply concerns, were insufficiently taken into account when the new market rules were designed. Furthermore, the new market rules were designed as ‘one-size-fits-all’ solutions and as such neglected different starting points between member states. This resulted in a number of inconsistencies between what the… »
Return of the Blood Diamond – Global Witness
Zimbabwe’s Zanu PF political and military elite are seeking to capture the country’s diamond wealth through a combination of state-sponsored violence and the legally questionable introduction of opaque joint-venture companies, a new report from Global Witness reveals. The Report criticises the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, set up to end the trade in conflict diamonds, for… »
Scarcity of Minerals – HCSS
(PDF) – China is securing its supply of not only oil and gas, but also of minerals, through multi-billion dollar deals with countries worldwide. For some African countries, Chinese investments in mining and mineral extraction are the biggest foreign investments in the country. Among the primary products purchased by China from Latin America are iron… »
Developing countries set to account for nearly 60% of world GDP by 2030 – OECD
The rapid growth of emerging economies has led to a shift in economic power: forecasts based on analysis by late economist Angus Maddison suggest that the aggregate economic weight of developing and emerging economies is about to surpass that of the countries that currently make up the advanced world. According to the new publication from… »
U.S. Policy Toward the Korean Peninsula – CFR
The challenge posed by North Korea’s nuclear development effort has global, regional, and bilateral dimensions. An internationally coordinated response must take all facets of the challenge into account. This Task Force report identifies three essential elements: first, denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and an approach that attempts to resolve rather than simply manage the issue;… »
The Race Against Drug Resistance – CGD
In an increasingly interconnected world, drug resistance does not stop at a patient’s bedside—it threatens global health. It has slowed gains against the fatal ravages of childhood dysentery and pneumonia, drastically increased the costs of fighting tuberculosis and malaria, and imperiled efforts to effectively treat people living with HIV/AIDS. Tens of millions of lives are… »
Our Common Strategic Interests Africa’s Role in the Post-G8 World – Chatham House
African countries are playing a more strategic role in international affairs. Global players that understand this and develop greater diplomatic and trade relations with African states will be greatly advantaged. For many countries, particularly those that have framed their relations with
Africa largely in humanitarian terms, this will require an uncomfortable shift in public and policy… »
Think Tanks and Public Policies in Latin America – Fundación Siena/CIPPEC
(PDF) – It is not true that democracy and technocracy are necessarily opposite principles. An
active and growing civic participation is not incompatible with the incorporation of expert knowledge
in public policies. Actually, it is not difficult to grasp that democracy fragility grows when
elected Governments fail to solve, efficiently and effectively, the complex problems of economic
and social… »
Vers un nouveau régime politique en Afrique subsaharienne – IFRI
En français et English.
L’Afrique subsaharienne est revenue sur les espoirs de démocratisation qu’avait suscités la fin de la guerre froide et des régimes de parti unique. L’heure est à la désillusion. Même les pôles de stabilité qu’étaient le Sénégal (depuis l’indépendance en 1960) et l’Afrique du Sud (depuis 1994) sont aujourd’hui menacés d’une dérive autoritaire…. »
Natural Gas and Israel’s Energy Future – RAND
Israel’s electric-power system needs new capacity to meet the demands of its growing economy. Because of long lead times, Israel will need to make expensive, momentous decisions on investing in new base-load generating capacity in the near future. Those charged with planning as well as those who determine and implement policy need to consider likely… »
Afghanistan: A View from Moscow – CEIP
(PDF) – Russia remains cautious about becoming too involved in the conflict, but Moscow fears the prospect of instability in Central Asia and drug trafficking from Afghanistan. Russia wants to prevent an outright Taliban victory fearing that if the Taliban regain control they could export radicalism and support rebel activity in Russia’s near abroad. Stem… »
The Cost of Defence: ASPI Defence Budget Brief 2010-2011
Despite the dramatic improvement in the government’s economic and fiscal outlook, there was little joy to be found for Defence in this year’s budget. Aside from $1.6 billion in routine supplementation to cover the cost of overseas deployments over the next four years, there were no substantive new funding measures in the budget. Moreover, Defence… »
Sustainable Energy Security – Chatham House
The report looks at short-term (one to five years) and medium-term (five to ten years) risks to general business. It also considers longer-term (ten years plus) issues, particularly as they impact on technological and investment choices for the energy sector. Today, the majority of our heating, power and mobility rely on extractive energy resources. Oil,… »
Detection of Nuclear Weapons and Materials – CRS
(PDF) – Detection of nuclear weapons and special nuclear material (SNM, plutonium, and certain types of uranium) is crucial to thwarting nuclear proliferation and terrorism and to securing weapons and materials worldwide. Congress has funded a portfolio of detection R&D and acquisition programs, and has mandated inspection at foreign ports of all U.S.-bound cargo containers… »
Global peace Index 2010
The Global Peace Index is a project of the Institute for Economics and Peace. It is the first time that an Index has been created that ranks the nations of the world by their peacefulness and identifies some of the drivers of peace. The Institute for Economics and Peace, in conjunction with the Economist Intelligence… »
America’s Extended Hand: Assessing the Obama Administration’s Global Engagement Strategy – CNAS
This paper assesses the administration’s global public engagement strategy and its implementation
to date. Though the administration’s commitment to engagement has encompassed a range of efforts such as negotiating with adversaries as well as allies, working through multilateral institutions, and a stronger commitment to diplomacy, the authors focus on just one key dimension of the president’s… »
Minimizing Threat Convergence Risks in East Africa and the Horn of Africa – 1540 HUB
(PDF) – This report examines the potential for security challenges in East Africa and the Horn of
Africa to enable illicit trafficking in, or the possible use of, nuclear or radiological materials. These challenges include porous borders, weak governance, failed or fragile states, and the activities of extremist and/or criminal groups. The geographic focus of this… »
Third OIC Observatory Report on Islamophobia
(PDF) – The third Annual Report covers the period from May 2009 to April 2010. It was a most turbulent period during which steady rise of Islamophobia, threatening global as well as regional peace and security, continued to be a source of concern particularly in the Western Europe and North America. Fundamental rights of Muslims… »
Paradigm Lost: The Euro in Crisis – CEIP
(PDF) – While ballooning public debt may be the clearest manifestation of the Euro crisis, its roots go much deeper—to the secular loss of competitiveness that has been associated with euro adoption in countries including Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Spain (GIIPS) – by Uri… »
South Ossetia: The Burden of Recognition – ICG
The war dealt a heavy physical, economic, demographic and political blow to South Ossetia. The permanent population had been shrinking since the early 1990s and now is unlikely to be much more than 30,000. The $840 million Russia has contributed in rehabilitation assistance and budgetary support has not significantly improved local conditions. With its traditional… »
Evolving Aerospace Trends in the Asia-Pacific Region – PROJECT 2049
(PDF) – Aerospace power is unquestionably defining the future strategic environment in a region whose vast distances place a premium on speed and agility that defy the laws of gravity. This monograph addresses trends in China’s force modernization, strategy, and doctrine; development of conventional air force, air and missile defense, and long range precision strike… »
International Energy Outlook 2010 – EIA
The global economic recession that began in 2007 and continued into 2009 has had a profound impact on world energy demand in the near term. Total world marketed energy consumption contracted by 1.2 percent in 2008 and by an estimated 2.2 percent in 2009, as manufacturing and consumer demand for goods and services declined. Although… »
Asian Development Outlook 2010 – ADB
Developing Asia can look ahead to a robust recovery in the next 2 years. Growth is forecast to rise to 7.5% in 2010 and moderate to 7.3% in 2011, marking a healthy rebound from the 2009 slowdown. Shifting the drivers of growth from the support of monetary and fiscal expansion to robust private sources is… »
Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Africa – CGD
Sub-Saharan Africa has some of the lowest levels of infrastructure investment in the world.
Merely 29 percent of roads are paved, barely a quarter of the population has access to electricity, and there are fewer than three landlines available per 100 people (ITU, 2009; World Bank, 2009). Yet access to and use of mobile telephony in… »
Maritime Surveillance in suppor of CSDP – The Wise Pen Team
(PDF) – Despite the recession, the long term expansion, scale and importance of maritime trade remain clear. Seaborne trade has doubled every decade since 1945. International shipping infrastructure is massive: shipbuilding tonnage has doubled since 1990; 93,000 vessels are manned by 1.25 million seafarers trading between 8000 ports. As trade has increased so has the… »