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Analyses

For decades, Latin America’s authoritarian regimes were seen as a right-wing phenomenon, with Cuba as the lone exception — a dictatorship born not from a betrayal of democracy, but of revolution. As Washington’s embargo returns to the headlines, this piece asks what that framing has long obscured: that Cuba has never had just one embargo, but two.

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.
International Affairs
Thirty Years Later, Europe has Lost its Bearings
Simone Disegni 8 November 2019

An “adult” Europe was born on the night of November 9th 1989, or at least it tried. As a new leadership takes over the destinies of the European Union, it faces a number of unanswered questions on its very raison d’etre. Will the answer lie on that very founding moment of its history?
Society
That Bygone Obstinate Communist Faith
Siegmund Ginzberg 7 November 2019

The “special mould” of PCI leaders: truth or illusion? Siegmund Ginzberg looks back at some of the protagonists ot Italy’s Left
International Affairs, Society
When Hungary Dreamed of the West
Marta Facchini 6 November 2019

Marta Facchini takes us to the streets of Budapest presenting the voices of those opposing Orban’s “illiberal democracy”. An analysis that bases its roots in the memories and the hopes of freedom of the Hungarian people in 1989.
International Affairs, Religion
Karol Wojtyla, the Pope Who Spoke Truth to Poland
Riccardo Cristiano 5 November 2019

The latest investigation of Riccardo Cristiano on the pivotal role of Pope John Paul II during the cold war. A multifaceted analysis on the man standing between two superpowers during years of uncertainty and incomprehension.
Society
Ruins, Memories, Mass tourism: All That Remains of the Wall
Lorenzo Monfregola 4 November 2019

Lorenzo Monfregola provides us with a detailed reportage on the stories that lie behind the most significant locations of the Berlin Wall. With the upcoming 30th anniversary of its fall, the Wall keeps talking about itself in the words of the locals and the chats of tourists full of curiosity and enthusiasm.
International Affairs
Russians vs the ultra-Orthodox. Israel’s Secular–Religious Divide Gets Political
Claudia De Martino 31 October 2019

The divide between state and religion is back at the center of Israel’s politics, and promises to remain so for a long time. A headache for any government that will come out of political negotiations, or an unprecedent third election round.
Books, Philosophy, Political Theory
«Nations or individuals: out of crisis, strength». A talk with Jared Diamond
Giancarlo Bosetti 28 October 2019

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, Migrations
Assam, India’s Disturbing “Muslim-Free” Laboratory
Maria Tavernini 18 October 2019

As Kashmir simmers under military siege, ruling BJP are experiencing a different, bureaucratic way to crack down on unwanted religious minorities. Turning towards red-handed violation of Indian Constitution’s secular spirit.
International Affairs
Ruthless Repression, Decreasing Legitimacy: Why Al Sisi’s Regime Risks Collapsing
Gianni Del Panta 16 October 2019

On September 20, thousands of Egyptians took to the street in Cairo and other cities of the country in a rare show of anti-government protests. Whilst it is certainly true that corruption, illegal practices, and private enrichment thanks to high-level connections with state officials are particularly hateful aspects in a country in which one-third of the population lives under the threshold of absolute poverty, the actual reasons of protests lie somewhere else.