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oggi su #Repubblica, Stefano Stefanini,ex rappresentante dell'Italia alla #NATO, con Marta Dassù critica pesantemente il governo Conte per aver aderito alla #BeltAndRoadInitiative della Cina.
Nel 2016,rivelammo solo grazie a #WikiLeaks lo spionaggio #NSA contro Stefano Stefanini
Nel 2016,rivelammo solo grazie a #WikiLeaks lo spionaggio #NSA contro Stefano Stefanini
quello che accadde,dopo che rivelammo lo spionaggio #NSA contro #Berlusconi,#ValentinoValentini,#StefanoStefanini,#BrunoArchi, mi ha sempre colpito
fui contattata da un giornalista internazionale di un grande giornale: conosce Stefanini?, mi chiese. No, non lo conosco, io dissi. il giornalista mi rispose: io sì. Nel frattempo procura di Roma aprì un'inchiesta sullo spionaggio #NSA. L'inchiesta morì senza alcun esito
While I continue to hope for regime change in #Russia, I worry about what may come in the weeks ahead absent more Western military intervention. If it comes down to some form of a settlement, a #thread of #maps to contemplate in the days ahead / 1
First, #geopolitics of Russia. Southern and Eastern border protected by mountains. Ural mtns separate Moscow from inner lands. Hard to navigate Northern seas in the Artic. Historically, least protected on Western or S. Western border (Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Nazis) / 2
In thinking about historical Russian view of security on Western borders, consider a “line” from St. Petersburg to Rostov-on-Don during 4 periods: (1) the Russian empire in 1914 /3
NEW: @DrLeeJones and my book, Fractured China: How State Transformation is Shaping China's Rise, is now out! Here is a 🧵 to explain what it is about. 1/ cambridge.org/core/books/fra…
Fractured China intervenes in the International Relations (and foreign policy) debate over whether China's rise will be a threat to the international order. China's international behaviour is sometimes revisionist and sometimes preserving the status-quo. 2/
IR and foreign policy analysis approaches struggle to explain this inconsistency because they treat China as a unitary actor in international politics. The debate has stalled and become speculative, turning on to claims about China will do or become in the future. 3/
Amid some of the breathless #BeltandRoadForum coverage that we'll see over the next few days, a few things to keep in mind... #BeltandRoad #BeltandRoadInitiative
First, reminder of India's official objections at the last Belt and Road Forum in May 2017. Essentially, connectivity projects must be:
- financially sustainable
- transparent
- environmentally responsible
- locally beneficial
- respectful of sovereignty
mea.gov.in/media-briefing…
- financially sustainable
- transparent
- environmentally responsible
- locally beneficial
- respectful of sovereignty
mea.gov.in/media-briefing…
Some of those principles have begun to be reflected in other countries' official positions. See, for example, this: state.gov/secretary/rema…
Whether #AbdurehimHeyit is alive or not, whether reports of his death, his torture are true, or the video of him speaking on 9 Feb is real, there are several takeaways from the incident which resulted in Turkey calling for the end to Chinese mass internment of Uyghurs 1/x
First, PRC admitted that #AbdurehimHeyit has been arrested and "is being investigated" in (after two years in prison)--for, it appears, lyrics in his songs. The Chinese superpower is panicked about a man playing a lute with just two strings. (Not even an electric guitar!) 2/x
How loud can those two silk strings be? This is not an expression of Chinese strength. It is an admission of weakness to have to lock up a poet and a musician--along with hundreds of thousands of others. China's own poets (e.g. Qu Yuan, Li Bai) would not approve 3/x
