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
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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… »
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… »
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… »
After Revealing Afghan War Secrets, Wikileaks Prepares Document Dumps on Iraq and Diplomacy – Newsweek
Two sources familiar with material currently in the hands of Wikileaks, who asked for anonymity when discussing sensitive information, said on Monday that the next subject to be featured in media revelations based on documents leaked to Wikileaks was likely to be U.S. conduct of the Iraq War. The sources indicated the type of material… »
Afghanistan’s Other War: Army vs. Police – Mother Jones
Reading through the trove of documents released by WikiLeaks Sunday, one could come away with the impression that members of Afghanistan’s discipline-challenged security forces spend more time fighting each other than they do the Taliban. Among the 92,000 documents released by the group are dozens of reports detailing so-called “green-on-green” incidents, the military’s term for… »
Kabul War Diary – Wikileaks
WikiLeaks today released over 75,000 secret US military reports covering the war in Afghanistan.
The Afghan War Diary an extraordinary secret compendium of over 91,000 reports covering the war in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010. The reports describe the majority of lethal military actions involving the United States military. They include the number of persons… »
Mobile Firms in Africa Get Spotty Reception – BusinessWeek
Over the last few years the world’s major mobile operators have arrived on the continent. In March, India’s Bharti Airtel paid $9 billion to acquire Zain Africa’s assets in 15 countries. The U.K.’s Vodafone (VOD) has spent $3.4 billion on deals in Africa, and France Telecom (FTE) expects to spend as much as $8.8 billion… »
15 nations agree to start working together to reduce cyberwarfare threat – Washington Post
A group of nations — including the United States, China and Russia — have for the first time signaled a willingness to engage in reducing the threat of attacks on each others’ computer networks. Among other steps, the group recommended that the U.N. create norms of accepted behavior in cyberspace, exchange information on national legislation… »
U.S. Says Up to 24 Million Americans Lack Access to Broadband – BusinessWeek
As many as 24 million U.S. citizens have no access to broadband Internet service and are unlikely to get the higher-speed connection any time soon, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said. The FCC recommended several measures to move closer to its goal of universally available broadband: releasing more spectrum for mobile broadband, allowing for more… »
U.K., France To Launch ‘Ambitious’ Cooperation Study – Defense News
Britain and France have agreed to a joint effort to examine which defense capabilities the two countries might share and those for which they could depend on each other, in a bid to boost cooperation in Europe, French Defense Minister Hervé Morin told members of the parliament here. “The new British government wishes that we… »
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… »
Britain’s Foreign Policy in a Networked World – The Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, gave the following speech outlining the Government’s vision for UK foreign policy on 1 July… »
The Geopolitics of the iPhone – Fp
Five ways Apple’s new gadget and its cousins are transforming global politics – by Brian… »
China Puts Best Face Forward – the New York Times
The Xinhua News Agency, China’s dominant news service and the propaganda arm of the Communist Party, introduced a 24-hour English-language news channel and is preparing to open a prominent newsroom in Times Square, part of an expensive push to increase the reach and influence of the Chinese news media overseas. The announcement is the strongest… »
Public Sees a Future Full of Promise and Peril – Pew Research Center
Life in 2050: Amazing Science, Familiar Threats. Large majorities of Americans expect that computers will be able to carry on conversations (81% say this definitely or probably will happen) and that there will be a cure for cancer (71%). About two-thirds (66%) say that artificial arms and legs will outperform real limbs while 53% envision… »
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…. »
The Globalization of Crime: A Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessment – UNODC
A report released today by UNODC shows how organized crime has globalized and turned into one of the world’s foremost economic and armed powers. The Report looks at major trafficking flows of drugs (cocaine and heroin), firearms, counterfeit products, stolen natural resources and people (for sex and forced labour), as well as smuggled migrants…. »
U.S. Deploys Tech Firms to Win Syrian Allies – Wall Street Journal
The State Department has dispatched a high-level diplomatic and trade mission to Syria, according to senior U.S. officials, marking the latest bid by the Obama administration to woo President Bashar al-Assad away from his strategic alliance with Iran. The U.S. delegation comprises senior executives from some of America’s top technology companies, including Microsoft Corp., Dell… »
Rare Earth Materials in the Defense Supply Chain – GAO
(PDF) – Rare earth elements are used in many applications for their magnetic and other unique properties. These include the 17 chemical elements beginning with lanthanum, element number 57
in the periodic table, up to and including lutetium, element number 71, as well as yttrium and scandium, which have similar properties. Rare earth materials—rare earth ores,… »
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… »
Cuba trains Venezuela in military, communications – Washington Times
No longer just doctors, nurses and teachers. Cuba now sends Venezuela troops to train its military, and computer specialists to work on its passport and identification-card systems. Cubans are involved in Venezuelan defense and communications systems to the point that they would know how to run both in a… »
African Economic Outlook 2010
The annual African Economic Outlook (AEO) is published jointly by the African Development Bank, the OECD Development Centre and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. he 2010 Outlook covers 50 African countries, up from 47 last year. The AEO presents a promising outlook for the continent with average growth rebounding to 4.5 per cent… »
How North Korea Policy Spread Misery – the New York Times
North Koreans are used to struggle and heartbreak. But the Nov. 30 currency devaluation, apparently an attempt to prop up a foundering state-run economy, was for some the worst disaster since a famine that killed hundreds of thousands in the mid-1990s. Interviews in the past month with eight North Koreans who recently left their country… »
China defends internet censorship – Bbc
China has defended its right to censor the internet in a document laying out the government’s attitude towards the web. It says the country has the right to govern the internet according to its own rules inside its borders. The white paper also reveals just how fast the internet has developed in China in the… »
Does Azerbaijan Have the Cash to Finance Its First Satellite? – EurasiaNet
A $203 million commercial satellite project could make energy-rich Azerbaijan the first South Caucasus country to venture into outer space, but some critics ask whether financial problems will interfere with the satellite’s launch and operation. The government sees the development of the space industry as part of its broader plans to transform Azerbaijan’s information communications… »
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… »
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… »
Lieberman Bill Gives Feds ‘Emergency’ Powers to Secure Civilian Nets – Wired
Joe Lieberman wants to give the federal government the power to take over civilian networks’ security, if there’s an “imminent cyber threat.” It’s part of a draft bill, co-sponsored by Senators Lieberman and Susan Collins, that provides the Department of Homeland Security broad authority to ensure that “critical infrastructure” stays up and running in the… »
What’s driving Africa’s growth – McKinsey Quarterly
Africa’s economic pulse has quickened, infusing the continent with a new commercial vibrancy. Real GDP rose by 4.9 percent a year from 2000 through 2008, more than twice its pace in the 1980s and ’90s. Telecommunications, banking, and retailing are flourishing. Construction is booming. Private-investment inflows are surging. Africa’s collective GDP, at $1.6 trillion in… »
Secure Border Initiative – GAO
Securing the nation’s borders from illegal entry of aliens and contraband, including terrorists and weapons of mass destruction, continues to be a major challenge. In November 2005, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the launch of the Secure Border Initiative (SBI)–a multiyear, multibillion dollar program aimed at securing U.S. borders and reducing illegal immigration…. »
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… »
2008 intrusion of networks spurred combined units – Washington Times
A foreign computer intrusion two years ago reached classified Pentagon computer networks, prompting a reorganization of offensive and defensive cyberwarfare efforts, the commander of the new U.S. Cyber Command… »
The price of freedom – the Economist
Since embracing full democracy 16 years ago, South Africa has made huge strides. But in reality South Africa is no more than a middle-income developing country with a GDP per person of around $10,000 (at purchasing-power parity), a quarter of the American figure. On a per-head basis, it is the seventh-richest country in Africa by… »
Un momento crucial en las relaciones UE-África – FRIDE
En Español and English
La Estrategia Conjunta África-UE, lanzada por los líderes europeos y africanos en la cumbre de Lisboa de 2007, ha sido incapaz de cumplir su promesa inicial de transformar las políticas de desarrollo y cooperación. Tres años de una aplicación confusa han puesto de manifiesto la amplia brecha que separa la retórica y… »
U.S. Cyber Command: Waging War In The World’s Fifth Battlespace – Global Research
On May 21 U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced the activation of the Pentagon’s first computer command. And the world’s first comprehensive, multi-service military cyber operation.
U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM), initially approved on June 23, 2009, attained the status of what the Pentagon calls initial operations capability eleven months afterward. It is to be… »
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… »
15 Million MENA Facebook Users – SPOT ON
Facebook has become a force to be reckoned with in the Middle East and North Africa and the platform can now claim 15 million users as of May 2010. Whilst Facebook saw strong early growth in 2008/2009 from English and French speaking users across the region, Facebook’s decision to add an Arabic interface in March… »
Offsetting China in the Pacific – ISN
China’s People’s Liberation Army is building up anti-access and area-denial capabilities with the apparent goal of extending their power to the western half of the Pacific Ocean. Chinese military and political doctrine holds that China should rule the waves out to the second island chain of the western Pacific, which extends as far as Guam… »
Time to Defriend China – Fp
The idea of a “G-2″ was first introduced by C. Fred Bergsten, director of Peterson Institute for International Economic, as a mechanism for promoting agreement between the two sides primarily to address international economic issues. However, it migrated to strategic issues, championed by old Washington hands like Henry Kissinger and Zbigniew Brzezinski. The idea resonated… »
Internet Is Helping Al-Qaeda Centralize Fundraising, UN Says – Bloomberg
Al-Qaeda may be able to use the Internet and mobile phones to centralize its fundraising within three to five years, a United Nations official… »
World Telecommunication/ ICT Development Report 2010 – ITU
About 26 percent of the world’s population were online at the end of 2009, and mobile telephony is booming with the number of mobile subscribers likely to reach the 5 billion mark this year, according to a report released Tuesday by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
The number of Internet users has doubled between 2003 to… »
Getting Ready for Tomorrow’s Space Wars – FOXNews
A U.S. Air Force space plane and a failed hypersonic glider tested by the Pentagon represent the latest space missions to raise concerns about weapons in space. But while their exact purpose remains murky, they join a host of new space technology tests that could eventually bring the battlefield into space. Some space technology demonstrations… »
National Security Strategy 2010 – The White House
(PDF) – At the dawn of the 21st century, the United States of America faces a broad and complex array of challenges to our national security. Just as America helped to determine the course of the 20th century, we must now build the sources of American strength and influence, and shape an international order capable… »
NATO 2020: Assured security; Dynamic engagement
(PDF) – Analysis and recommendations of the group of experts on a new strategic concept for NATO chaired by Madeleine K. Albright. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) enters the second decade of the twenty-first century as an essential source of stability in an uncertain and unpredictable world. NATO needs a new Strategic Concept because… »
Evaluating a potential US-China bilateral investment treaty – US-China Economic and Security Review Commission
(PDF) – This paper, prepared by the Economist Intelligence Unit for the US-China Economic
and Security Council, summarises the context, current discussions and implications of a potential US-China bilateral investment treaty (BIT). Simply defined, a BIT is a treaty between two countries designed to promote and protect investments between the two signatory states. A BIT provides… »
Gli Usa nominano cyber-generale – la Repubblica
Il Pentagono si prepara al futuro e Obama non ha dubbi, la sicurezza informatica “una delle sfide più serie che gli Stati Uniti devono affrontare sia in termini economici sia in termini di sicurezza nazionale”. Per questo il Pentagono ha nominato il primo cyber-generale della sua storia: il generale a quattro stelle Keith Alexander è… »