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In his latest Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change “multi-scientist” Jared Diamond redraws the history of seven countries that survived defining upheavals. Can today’s West learn from that story to move past the crisis which is threating its very political model?

International Affairs
Grief, Anger, Hopelessness: Iranians Come to Terms with the Downing of Flight PS752
Marina Forti 13 January 2020

The extraordinary national unity stemmed by General Soleimani’s assassination has suddenly turned into fresh, heated protests against Teheran’s regime. Will it cope?
International Affairs
A New President Was Sworn In. What Comes Next for Algeria?
Gianni Del Panta 20 December 2019

Among mass protests and low voter turnout rates, Abdelmadjid Tebboune emerges as the new Algerian president. The staggering influence of the generals in politics still makes a democratic transition the least likely scenario for Algeria. The future of this country still remains difficult to predict.
International Affairs, Migrations
The Citizenship Amendment Bill: A Pall Over India’s Democracy
Maria Tavernini 18 December 2019

The controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) is widely seen as a frontal attack on the secular character of the Indian Constitution, the principle of equality, and it openly discriminates against the Muslim minority. Is India turning into a Hindu’s nationalist state?
International Affairs
The End of “Merkelism”: What Future for Germany?
Lorenzo Monfregola 16 December 2019

The centrist extremism of Angela Merkel’s reign has reached its end and a new political course will soon emerge in Germany. The country must reach decisive conclusions on topics such as finance, defense, immigration, technological and energy autonomy. What future for the largest economy in Europe?
International Affairs
The Tunisian Marsh: Between Political and Moral Crisis
Federica Zoja 13 December 2019

Two months after the elections in Tunisia, Prime Minister Habib Jemli has to deal with a fragmented parliament. As no party achieved the necessary 109 seats to ensure the absolute majority, the risk of “ungovernability” remains high. An uphill start for the youngest Arab democracy.
International Affairs
When Gasoline Turns Political. Protests and Repression Dismay Iran
Marina Forti 10 December 2019

A wave of violent protests swept through Iran in the second half of November, many witness accounts and even some official statements indicate that it was the largest and most intense protest seen in Iran in the last 40 years. What sparked such protests and how is the government reacting to this wave of discontent?
International Affairs
India’s Historic Ayodhya Judgment: Legitimizing Hindu Fanatism?
Maria Tavernini 25 November 2019

A long-awaited verdict by India’s Supreme Court fails to punish the perpetrators of the most dreadful act of sectarian violence in the country. A new worrying page for India’s Muslim minority.
International Affairs
The Libyan Crisis and the Ineffectiveness of the International Community
Moncef Djaziri 22 November 2019

Two presidents of the Libyan Central Bank (each one printing its own bills), practically two national oil companies with two distinct policies for the management of oil resources, two governments, and two parliaments. Despite the UN’s efforts, the contending Libyan parties have no yeat reached an accord, isn’t the road of dialogue and diplomacy leading to a stalemate?
Religion, Sociology
Turkey’s Nationalist Drift, in the words of Hannah Arendt
Riccardo Cristiano 19 November 2019

Riccardo Cristiano interviews for Reset DOC political scientist Cengiz Aktar on the Turkish nationalist-authoritarian shift. A 360 degrees picture of Turkish society and its relationship with politics, religion and the Kurdish question.
International Affairs
Operation Syria: Erdoğan’s Victory, Putin’s Triumph
Mariano Giustino 13 November 2019

With the US completely out of the scene, the military operation against the Kurds consolidates the two clear protagonists of the new Great Game: Turkey and Russia. The Kurdish question remains, once again, unanswered.