by Editorial Staff The situation in Ukraine continues to deteriorate as Russia intensifies its military campaign. Ukraine last week suffered perhaps its heaviest and most destructive attack with 190 missiles, 140 drones and 700 aerial bombs. Russia thus demonstrates to the West that it is highly resilient and persistent in its uninterrupted military campaign that [...]

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The European Council underlines the "imperative" need for "strengthened and coordinated military-civilian preparedness" and "strategic crisis management in the context of the evolving threat landscape". It therefore invites the Council to continue the work and the Commission, together with the High Representative, to propose "actions to strengthen crisis preparedness and response [...]

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by Francesco Matera Is it rhetorical or is something terrible really brewing? The fact is that Putin's threatening proclamations, followed by a trail of counter-arguments from some Western leaders, mitigated by the Pope's hope to "hoist" the white flag of peace and dialogue, are inexorably raising the bar of tension , in […]

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The Swedish flag has been flying at NATO Headquarters in Brussels since yesterday: it was hoisted alongside those of the other members of the Alliance. After two hundred years, Sweden abandons its position of neutrality by fully entering the Transatlantic Organization, alongside the other member countries in a particularly delicate moment for world balances. […]

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by Andrea Pinto The Germans, precisely those who were among the forerunners of cryptographic systems with the Enigma system used in WWII, committed a naivety that will cost them dearly in terms of reliability in the presence of the Allies. In essence they embarrassed the Western military and intelligence structure due to a shocking "superficiality" of their [...]

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The attention these days is entirely focused on the feared Russian war capabilities in a space environment. Hypersonic missiles, nuclear-powered satellites equipped with electronic weapons are considered concrete threats to the security of states due to the damage they could cause to Western satellites dedicated to providing essential services such as those in the field of telecommunications and [...]

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by Editorial Staff Russia has stopped annual payments to the Arctic Council until it resumes “effective work” with the participation of all member countries, Russian state news agency RIA reported, citing the Foreign Ministry. Cooperation between the Western Arctic states of the intergovernmental body and Moscow has been suspended […]

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The Alliance has developed a new military force model with 300.000 soldiers with a high degree of readiness. 100.000 soldiers must be ready for transfer within a maximum of ten days and another 200.000 within 30 days. Furthermore, another 500.000 reinforcement forces are planned which can be transferred over a period of between 30 and […]

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NATO's commitment to supporting Ukraine and defending freedom and democracy marks a new era in collective defense, with a global approach that extends well beyond the defense of member countries' borders. by Editorial Staff The scope of NATO's Steadfast Defender 2024 exercises marks an "irrevocable return" of the Alliance to the patterns [...]

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The commitment of the Armed Forces continues unabated, even in this holiday period, with over 13.000 soldiers employed in operations, of which 7.500 are employed abroad in 34 different international missions, both under the aegis of the UN, NATO and the European Union and in 'scope of coalitions and bilateral missions, with tasks ranging from presence and deterrence along [...]

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The Turkish parliament has given an initial favorable opinion on Sweden's entry into NATO. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Ankara Assembly has given approval to the accession protocols for Stockholm, signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The approval process was not without obstacles; in November, the Foreign Affairs Commission had [...]

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by Editorial Staff While waiting to gain entry into NATO, Sweden and the United States have recently signed a significant bilateral cooperation agreement in the defense sector. The agreement provides for the availability to welcome 17 US military bases distributed throughout Sweden which will be used for various purposes, including the storage and maintenance of [...]

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by Massimiliano D'Elia The decision to join NATO was probably the best choice made by Turkey in foreign policy, considering its rich historical heritage, characterized by cultural, social and religious contradictions between West and East. Turkey was accepted into the Alliance in 1952 along with Greece, as the Truman administration believed that containing […]

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During the summit of Foreign Ministers of NATO countries held today in Brussels, representatives of the Baltic States emphasized three key priorities on which the Atlantic Alliance should focus: increased investments in the defense sector, support for Ukraine and a policy of containment towards Russia. The Estonian Foreign Minister, Margus Tsahkna, [...]

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by Paolo Giordani The drama of the Israeli hostages, the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, in short the river of violence flowing in the Holy Land poorly conceals a reality that is evident to anyone who observes the situation, without political or religious prejudices. What makes this war hopeless and despairing is the fact that none of the conflicting parties […]

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by Editorial Staff The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken in Tel Aviv, in Jordan to meet his counterparts from the Arab countries and then in Turkey to speak with Erdogan. Not only in Tel Aviv, the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken was also in Amman where he met his colleagues from Qatar, [...]

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The real protagonists of the Russian-Ukrainian war are drones, used in all environments: air, land surface, maritime and even underwater. Iran has delivered hundreds of Shahed-class drones to the Russian military, most notably the Shared-129, a Predator-style drone that can fly more than 1.000 miles, armable with missiles, and the Shahed-191, a [ …]

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(by Andrea Pinto) Vladimir Putin on the day of the celebrations for the annexation of the former People's Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk and the regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, through the Tass agency, congratulated the residents on this "truly decisive" annual anniversary , historic and fateful." Ukrainian President Zelensky, in response, participated in the International Forum [...]

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The Dynamic Messenger 23 exercise, which began on September 18 and ended today, focused on the integration of unmanned maritime systems into naval operations. The operation involved more than 2.000 civilians and military personnel both on land and on board ships and involved fourteen Alliance countries.

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In Portugal – Troia Island – two NATO exercises focused on the integration of new maritime technologies into operations and the ability of autonomous underwater vehicles to operate together. The first exercise is Dynamic Messenger 23 (18-29 September) which focuses on the integration of unmanned maritime systems into naval operations. The operation involves more than […]

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(by Andrea Pinto) The war in Ukraine and the appeal repeatedly reiterated by NATO to bring the military expenditure of member countries to 2% of national GDP would be leading the EU to a historic decision that would give some breathing space to the economies of some countries that have suffered the most in the post-covid period under a push [...]

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(by Francesco Matera) Sub-Saharan migrations are closely linked to the crisis in Niger following the coup d'état of last July 26th. The Italian government is very concerned because a war in Niger could inflame the Sahel by increasing the flow of migrants in an unpredictable and uncontrolled way. Niger is important because it occupies a [...]

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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Finally, the Italian premier Giorgia Meloni will have a "one to one" conversation with US President Joe Biden, next Thursday and Friday the Italian delegation will leave Ciampino military airport for Washington DC, where it will land at Andrews military airport. After brief and fleeting meetings at the G7 and at the NATO summit in [...]

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(by Andrea Pinto) According to a military analyst and former Russian officer, Andrey Kartapolov, Russia wants to use its private militias to invade countries considered the "weakest links" of NATO. According to the former officer, the Wagner company could be used to conquer an area known as the Suwalki Corridor, a strip of land of 65 km [...]

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“We will not give up” in support for Ukraine, “Vladimir Putin made a wrong bet, namely that support for Kiev would end. We will defend freedom today, tomorrow and for as long as it takes". This is because the idea that the United States can "thrive without a secure Europe is not reasonable," Biden said at the entrance to Vilnius University in Lithuania at [...]

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Before the NATO summit in Vilnius in Lithuania, Joe Biden wanted to send a clear message to the allies on Ukraine's entry into the Alliance: "Kiev is not ready to join NATO ... it must meet other requirements", "there is no unanimity among the member countries" and doing it now "in the middle of a conflict would mean going to war with [...]

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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) On 11 and 12 July in Vilnius the 31 NATO countries will meet to try to relaunch the role of the Alliance, following the Russo-Ukrainian war. It is evident to everyone that by now the founding principles of the Atlantic Pact are no longer current because the threats do not come only from the East but also from […]

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Ukraine immediately into NATO with the creation of a Kiev-Alliance Council, to prepare the political and military bureaucratic practices when Ukraine will then become an effective member. So it was decided, with not a little mistrust, in recent days in Brussels at the defense ministerial. Confirmation of the line is expected at the next summit on 11 and 12 July [...]

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The Services Review Meeting (SRM) and the Joint Services Steering Committee (JSSC) of the NATO SATCOM Services 13th Generation program took place in Turin from 15 to 6 June at the unified Army circles. The choice of location for the important international meeting was not accidental but motivated by the fact that Piedmont boasts an important district in the […]

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Should a powerful response be given to Russia? NATO takes care of it, organizing an impressive air exercise from 12 to 24 June, the largest in its history, in which 24 nations will participate, involving ten thousand men and two hundred and twenty aircraft. The United States alone will field XNUMX US Air National Guard personnel and XNUMX aircraft. […]

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The Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni at the summit of the European Political Community in Moldova met the Serbian President, Alexander Vucic. The Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, at the meeting of NATO diplomats in Oslo, recalled the crisis in Kosovo: "Everyone has insisted that dialogue between Vucic and Kurti can prevail". […]

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The next few months will be fundamental for Italy within the Alliance and the EU to set some essential stakes in order to have a credible long-term vision. Dossier Tunisia and Africa in general and support for the Balkan countries wishing to join the EU are among the cornerstones of foreign policy repeatedly announced in the press [...]

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General Pasquale Preziosa, former head of the Air Force and today president of the Eurispes Security Observatory spoke this afternoon to TGCOM24 on the crisis in Ukraine. The general analyzed the recent "dense" and "intense" Russian missile activity, specifying that the Patriot defense system worked (according to reports from the Ukrainians) against the dreaded Khinzal [...]

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(by Andrea Pinto) Putin's propaganda in support of the special military operation in Ukraine is centered on historical reasons, dating back to the empire of Peter the Great and on the narrative of the dangerous enlargement of NATO to Russia's borders. of NATO towards Russia is a thesis studied by many international observers and analysts who, [...]

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The number two of the Press Office of the Pentagno Sabrina Singh thus commented in a note on the story of the dissemination of high-ranking documents and images via social networks and the interagency efforts to unwind the knot of the tangled skein: "The Department of Defense continues to examine and evaluate the validity of the photographed documents […]

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The 2% of GDP to be allocated to military spending will no longer be a possibility but a constraint for the countries that are part of NATO. The general secretary Stoltenberg did not say it clearly but the insiders are certain that at the next July summit in Vilnius the new posture will be made official which [...]

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(by Andrea Pinto) April 4, 2023 marks a historic date, Finland is officially a member of NATO, thus increasing the borders of the Alliance (another 1340 km) close to Russia. Even if NATO and Western countries celebrate the day by fueling the hopes of entry of Sweden and Ukraine, many believe that this [...]

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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) In the end what we have always avoided is happening. We probably or inevitably favored China's rapprochement with Russia, with unpredictable consequences for the West, with bitter tastes for the future of the economy and for the growth of tensions in the military field. The meeting in Moscow between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping sanctions, of [...]

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Fixed fighters and Ukrainian pilot training. Poland will deliver four Mig-29s to Kiev, tactically they have an irrelevant significance, but symbolically they can be disruptive because Poland is an EU and NATO nation. Slovakia, Finland and the Netherlands could also deliver air defense aircraft. Americans have […]

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After a year of war there is no peace. United Nations votes against Russia. Der Spiegel: China ready to sell drones to Russia. The US allocates another 2 billion. G7: ready to give more help. (by Massimiliano D'Elia) The war in Ukraine today enters its first year without being able to see any on the horizon [...]

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The European Parliament approved a resolution calling for military aid to be provided to Kiev for as long as necessary. The Commission will now have to seriously consider the supply of fighter planes, helicopters, missile systems and an increase in munitions. The green light came with 444 votes in favour, 26 no and [...]

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The formal handover between Colonel Alaimo and Parigrad Fraticelli in the presence of the Operational Commander of the Joint Forces Summit The ceremony for the change in command of the NATO Multinational Battle Group was held at the Novo Selo Training Area (NSTA) between Colonel Francesco Alaimo , ceding commander, and the parigrade Andrea Fraticelli. The [...]

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was in Seoul to ask President Yoon Suk-yeol to increase military support for Ukraine. The request has become urgent because so much ammunition is needed in view of the Russian spring offensive. To date, Seoul has signed important agreements for the supply of tanks, aircraft and other weapons [...]

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Italy will send further aid when the sixth decree is approved. He's already done five. Let's say that both Ukraine and other countries are satisfied with the help that Italy has provided and will continue to provide".

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Europe and the United States have convinced Serbia to stop the protests in the north of Kosovo where minorities of Serbian origin live, softened by Aleksandar Vucic and invited to remove the barricades in Mitrovica and other northern towns. Vucic then revoked the state of alert for the Serbian armed forces and [...]

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KFOR, the NATO force in Kosovo, confirmed press reports of a shooting that took place in Zubin Potok, one of the four largest municipalities in the north with a Serb majority. The shots, Kfor reported, took place not far from a NATO force patrol, but no injuries or damage to property were reported. According to […]

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An article in The Times reports an interview with one of Britain's most distinguished retired generals. The general argues that NATO must "totally change mentality" and work on rearmament of Western European countries in view of a war with Russia. Richard Shirreff, former Deputy Supreme Commander of the allied forces in [...]

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(by Andrea Pinto) A long war is expected in Ukraine despite the Russian difficulties reported by the Western media. Yet Russia is increasingly present in the Middle East, Africa (Congo) South America (Venezuela in the lead) and the Balkans, but also in Iran and India not to mention China. Western sanctions, apparently, seem not to have [...]

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The 82nd Infantry Regiment "Torino" of the Army "Pinerolo" Brigade will be used in the next Enhanced Vigilance Activity on the East side of the Alliance With the embarkation, from the port of Bari, of the first tactical and logistic vehicles, as well as of the materials logistics, the deployment of the Italian contingent has begun which will shortly be deployed in Bulgaria as part of the Battle Group eVA (Enhanced [...]

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(by Giuseppe Paccione) A solution has finally been found to the age-old question concerning the entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO, after Turkey had vetoed their entry into the Atlantic Alliance. After hard diplomatic work between the three countries, which lasted a few weeks, before the high-level meeting of the Atlantic Council in Madrid, the [...]

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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The effects of the war in Ukraine are being felt globally. If in Africa we are close to collapse, with unpredictable developments of instability, due to the lack of wheat and cereals from Ukraine and Russia, for many other countries the effects of the sanctions imposed on Russia are unleashing a sort [...]

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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson announced that the country will ask to join NATO at the same time that Finland formalizes the acts of accession, probably next Sunday. Andersson specified that this is "a historic change in our security policy, we are entering a new era: the [...]

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(by Giuseppe Paccione) History is the archive of events that occurred in the past, which often reminds us of the errors already seen during war conflicts. The example can be taken from the Finnish story, where the territory of Finland was the object of invasion and hostile occupation by the Soviet Union, due to the refusal of the Helsinki government to [...]

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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday from Finland a historic decision by President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Sanna Marin who wrote about their opinion of membership of NATO: "Finland must apply for membership of NATO without delay". On Sunday, after the parliamentary confrontation, the decision will take the expected bureaucratic process of joining the Alliance. The two […]

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The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, on the eve of the great parade to celebrate the victory over Nazism, addressed the message of good wishes to all the countries of the former Soviet bloc, including Ukraine, and to the two separatist republics of Donetsk and Lugansk: "As in 1945, the victory will be ours ". "Today our military, like their ancestors, [...]

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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The British secret services are certain: the Russian military is one step away from humiliating defeat in Ukraine, they have already lost 25 percent of their war capacity. The findings from the bulletin published yesterday from London tell us that the Ukrainians, thanks to weapons and Western know-how, are [...]

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Changeover to the Command of the Air Task Force at the ceremony. General Figliuolo met the military personnel of the NATO mission of enhanced Vigilance Activity On May 5, at the Mihail Kogălniceanu airport in Constanta - Romania, the changeover to the command of the TFA "Black Storm" took place, engaged in the framework of the NATO mission of enhanced Vigilance Activity (eVA). The ceremony took place [...]

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(by Giovanni Ramunno) The Preamble of the UN Charter reports that the peoples of the United Nations, "determined to save future generations from the scourge of war which twice in the course of this generation has brought unspeakable afflictions to humanity", constituted the United Nations Organization. To do this, the United Nations Charter identified, in the ban [...]

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"Russian troops have started the battle for Donbass," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said last night. Many explosions were heard early in the night in Mykolaiv, east of Odessa. Bombings have also been reported in Kharkiv. A village in the Belgorod border region was reportedly bombed from the side [...]

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(by Giuseppe Paccione) For a month and more, the international community has been witnessing the overturning of the status quo of the international legal system since the beginning of the invasion of Russian troops, which have crossed the borders of Ukraine, a sovereign, independent and member of the United Nations. Clearly, there was no lack of broad condemnation by States and international organizations of the Russian aggressive conduct and [...]

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The Ukrainian military intelligence agency yesterday published a list with the names, addresses and passport numbers of 600 Russian citizens, alleged agents of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). The FSB is the Russian internal security and counter-intelligence agency and its staff also operate in the former Soviet republics, including [...]

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Yesterday President Biden at the NATO summit said that if Russia uses chemical agents such as those launched in Syria "we will respond and the nature of the response will depend on the nature of their use". For the NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, "Russian rhetoric aims to look for pretexts to prepare for the use of arms [...]

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(by Giuseppe Paccione) Now that Moscow has launched an aggressive attack on a sovereign and independent state like Ukraine, a member of the United Nations, a subject of international law and with an international personality, the international community has found itself unprepared to confront with the consequences of the most serious crisis of the security architecture in old Europe since [...]

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Yesterday the US president, Joe Biden landed in Europe to participate in the summits of NATO, G7 and the EU Council. An event that has never happened before, that of concentrating the meetings of the major international cooperation fora in a few days. After the alarm raised by the American secret services of a probable use of chemical weapons by [...]

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According to Interfax reports, Moscow warns that it has used "another hypersonic missile against Ukrainian military targets". While 'The Kyiv independence' accuses the Russian military forces of having transferred "thousands of Ukrainian civilians" to "camps" where their cell phones and documents are "checked" and then "deported to remote cities of Russia". But on Telegram, the authorities [...]

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On Cusano Tv to 'The Entrepreneur and the Others', General Pasquale Preziosa, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force and today president of the Eurispes Security Observatory, treated the question of the war in Ukraine with disarming lucidity, giving a most studied version of the global situation. An analysis that differs from that written on [...]

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A condemnation of the Russian military intervention in Ukraine is contained in a letter signed by 4 teachers, academics, students, graduates and staff of the prestigious 'Lomonosov' Moscow State University, the oldest in Russia. 'We categorically condemn the war our country has waged in Ukraine', the document states. Meanwhile, Maria Ovsiannikova, the woman [...]

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(by Andrea Pinto) Many NATO countries, including Italy, are sending weapons to Poland in support of the Ukrainian resistance. From information, osint would be the Rzeszow Jasionka airport (100km from the Ukrainian border), the one used to send Western aid to Ukraine. The airport is located close to the E40 motorway which leads directly to Kiev. At the airport there are [...]

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The systems of the International Atomic Energy Agency monitoring the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia have stopped transmitting data; yesterday there was a similar interruption from the Chernobyl site: the IAEA says it is "worried". Meanwhile Zelensky believes "that the threat of nuclear war is a bluff" by Putin. "Bombing a children's hospital is proof [...]

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The European Parliament voted with a very large majority the resolution condemning the Russian aggression and proximity to Ukraine which also contains the commitment to grant the country the status of candidate country for EU membership. The text obtained 637 votes in favor, 26 abstentions and 13 against. Among the opponents, several MEPs of the de La group [...]

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Since darkness fell in Kiev, the sirens have continued to be activated repeatedly, warning the population of possible Russian bombings. The bloody war continues, although a faint hope can be nurtured today with the meeting between the delegations from Kiev and Moscow scheduled on the border with Belarus. Belarusian President Lukashenko [...]

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"This war will last a long time" and "we must prepare": French President Emmanuel Macron said today during a visit to the Agricultural Fair. Macron has ensured that weapons will be sent to Zelesky while Biden has sent 350 million dollars. Meanwhile, the Russian para are trying to leave Kiev without light, but they were [...]

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Strong explosions were reported in Ukrainian cities in Odessa, Kharvik, Mariupol, Lviv and in the capital Kiev, where the Russians attempted to take control of the airport. Navigation in the Sea of ​​Azov blocked. Russian tanks, with the 'Z' mark on the sides, would have entered Ukraine from numerous points along the border, including from Belarus and [...]

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24 Feb

Today at 04.00 the rhetoric of diplomacy was replaced by war, Vladimir Putin launched 'the special military operation in Ukraine. The announcement came during a live broadcast where Putin said his goal is to demilitarize but not occupy Ukraine. Then he turned to the West: "Anyone who tries to interfere or threaten us, he must [...]

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Once intelligence could predict the enemy's moves well in advance, now it apparently failed to read Russia's real intentions. You have often told of Putin's bluff. You started talking about the invasion of Ukraine only after the fact, that is when Moscow amassed over 150 thousand men [...]

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Last night Putin went to the facts, on live TV he recognized the independence of the two separatist republics of Lugansk and Donetsk, signing a decree and two collaboration treaties. Late at night the first Russian armored vehicles entered Donetsk, as a peacekeeping force, or to defend pro-Russian citizens from reprisals by the Ukrainians. Every […]

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The very latest on the crisis in the Donbass About 40 thousand refugees have fled the Donbass and arrived in the Russian region of Rostov. This was reported by the Interfax agency citing Alexander Chupriyan, interim minister for emergency situations. “More than 40 thousand people, who had to leave the neighboring regions, arrived in Russia. At this point […]

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The situation hangs by a thread, Moscow continues to move its troops to the eastern borders of Ukraine while Kremlin diplomacy is said to be working on a 10-page response to the US security proposal. Yesterday was the German Chancellor Scholz who facilitated dialogue between [...]

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While the CIA is almost certain, there will be an invasion on Wednesday, diplomacy is trying to avoid the irreparable. Unfortunately, from the conversation between the US and Russian presidents, Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, there was not the hoped-for turning point, both have firmly reaffirmed their positions. Biden was peremptory: "in the event of an attack, the West [...]

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(by Andrea Pinto) Conventional attack with aviation bombing and invasion with armored vehicles or simply massive cyber attacks, followed by a coup? The hybrid war has probably already begun, thousands would be fake social accounts that have been making propaganda for the Russian separatists of the Donbass for months. It would therefore be [...]

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(Di Marinella Pacifico, member of the Senate Foreign Commission ”) Focusing exclusively on the military crisis in Ukraine is an exercise which, if not read with the right lens, risks stalemate in the heart of Europe. In the rest of the globe equally important games are being played, such as to determine the geopolitical assets for the spheres of [...]

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The crisis in Ukraine keeps the international community in suspense with Putin who seems to be screwing up on his own propaganda. While on the one hand NATO, the US and the EU are determined to maintain their position, the various European countries, in no particular order, speak with Putin trying to lead him to take, with conviction, the only path [...]

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Ukrainian security forces arrested alleged Russian operatives who were preparing a riot in the capital to destabilize the situation. On Monday 14 February the Duma will instead decide on the recognition of the republics of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states. Meanwhile, six Russian warships, which left in January from the ports of Severomorsk, on the Sea of ​​[...]

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Winds of war are in the air in Eastern Europe with Washington and Moscow tightening up their positions by the hour. "Russia cannot ignore the activity of NATO and the risk that the Ukrainian armed forces will stage provocations in the Donbass is now higher", thundered Vladimir Putin's spokesman, [...]

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Russia is really ready to invade and the first city to fall could Mariupol, halfway between Crimea and Donbass, a territory occupied by pro-Russians since 2014. In addition to US intelligence, the number one of the White House, Biden, also announced it during a press conference when he talked about a minor raid by the Russians. [...]

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(by Andrea Pinto) A message appeared on most Ukrainian institutional computers: “Ukrainians, all your personal data has been deleted and it will not be possible to get them back. Be afraid, and expect the worst ". Thus the servers of important ministries such as that of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Education were violated. Late yesterday [...]

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On 17 December, on the occasion of the celebrations of the 63rd anniversary of the birth of the Federal Republic of Niger, President Mohamed Bazoum gave a long speech to the nation, highlighting the economic efforts to fight the pandemic and the scourge of terrorism. For the first time, Italy was counted among the contributing countries [...]

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Yesterday, the Russian state aviation authority - Rosaviatsia - reported that a Russian Aeroflot airliner flying from Tel Aviv to Moscow was forced to change altitude over the Black Sea because a NATO CL-600 reconnaissance plane flew crossed its route. The state airline said that [...]

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According to a report, released last Sunday by the Wall Street Journal, the Taliban managed to seize power in a very short time last summer, according to a well-studied plan that involved the use of a vast network of intelligence agents and agents sleepers located in the main Afghan cities. Such personnel, loyal to the Taliban, were wisely infiltrated [...]

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Yesterday, the head of foreign policy of the European Union, Josep Borrel warned member countries that an ambitious doctrine must be agreed as soon as possible to enable joint military actions to be activated, through a military force of rapid reaction, always ready and deployable (Eu Rapid Deployment Capacity). Borrel then remarked to the press: "The EU is [...]

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In Slovenia, in an informal meeting, EU leaders talk about common defense, strategic autonomy and energy dossier. No concrete decision emerged from the meeting, but a calendar which, in March 2022, could lead to the approval of a common defense plan. "There are scenarios in which we do not see NATO" and "it could be [...]

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The "serious crisis" opened by Australia, with the cancellation of a 66 billion dollar contract for the purchase of French submarines in favor of US supplies, opens a "serious crisis" that "will affect the future of NATO". The French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, rejects the idea of ​​the United States, which expressed the [...]

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Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini, on a visit to London, met with UK Secretary of State for Defense Ben Wallace. The meeting, after the one that took place on 11 June last aboard the Nave Cavour of our Navy, allowed the two defense chiefs to discuss the international situation "at 360 degrees" [...]

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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Turkey and Qatar today have become the referents of the Western world in Afghanistan, their diplomatic and intelligence network is growing day by day within the country. Main objective: to counter, as far as possible, competition from China and Russia, the only countries, together with Pakistan, which have kept open the [...]

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The Ministry of Defense has announced the approval of the Defense Multiannual Planning Document (DPP) for the three-year period 2021-2023. The DPP is an important programmatic reference used by the head of the Dicastery to illustrate to Parliament the expenditure forecasts for the next three years. Thus the minister, Lorenzo Guerini commented on the approval of the important document: "The Programs of [...]

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The Spanish newspaper EL Pais reported the news of two Russian aircraft that flew in the skies of Lithuania, not far from the NATO air base in Šiauliai. By coincidence, the joint press conference between Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was taking place at that moment. The conference […]

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The negotiation session at expert level held yesterday in Brussels as part of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina started uphill and confirmed the great distance between the two positions. This was reported by the head of the Serbian delegation Petar Petkovic at the end of the meeting, chaired by EU special envoy Miroslav Lajcak. In the three hours and [...]

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(by Andrea Pinto) In the Sahel the jihadists, harnessed by international military operations, are evolving their offensive strategy using low-cost and much more impactful methodologies. In particular, they are taking care, with knowing mastery, of external communication to recover consensus at the local level and to undermine the credibility of military operations such as the French one [...]

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"I swear to be loyal to the Italian Republic, to observe its Constitution and laws and to fulfill with discipline and honor all the duties of my state for the defense of the homeland and the safeguarding of free institutions". Thus says article 575 of the Military Code, with reference to the formula of Oath of men and [...]

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The Russian security service arrested the media adviser at the space agency on suspicion of providing military secrets to an intelligence agency in a western country. A former journalist, Safronov was the military correspondent for the Russian newspaper Kommersant, which some describe as the Russian equivalent of the British Financial Times. He then worked as [...]

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Four men were arrested by Turkish authorities in Istanbul, believed to be members of a spy cell run by an agent who collected information on extremist groups in favor of French intelligence. The arrests were reported on Tuesday by a newspaper linked to the Turkish government. However, the news of the arrests was not confirmed by [...]

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The Spanish government said they had switched to "war economy". The Spanish Ministry of Defense has asked NATO to provide adequate support to fight the pandemic. The term war economy is used to describe the rapid reorganization of a nation's production and distribution capacity in response to a military threat [...]

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Peace, social serenity and security are the founding values ​​of civil society. The geopolitics of security rests its studies on many sectors, but that of disasters is by election. Only by mitigating the effects of disasters are those of national security also mitigated. Thus stated in a statement the former head of state [...]

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In order not to compromise military readiness, military forces around the world are taking all possible measures to try to contain the spread of COVID-19 among defense personnel. The virus continues to infect troops and commanders at an alarming rate. On Tuesday, the Polish government announced that General Jaroslaw Mika is […]

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UNSMIL in a note: “deep concern over current efforts to stop or compromise oil production in Libya. This move would have devastating consequences first and foremost for the Libyan people who depend on the free flow of oil for their well-being. It will also have terrible knock-on effects for the already deteriorated economic and financial situation [...]

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(by Pasquale Preziosa) Who will defend the Europe of tomorrow? There is no answer to this question, none of the European countries has a precise idea and any innovative initiative triggers, in European countries, the spring of conservatism, creating stagnation of thought. According to the founding fathers, European countries will have to live together to avoid further disasters after two [...]

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Apparently Italy, but also Europe, are less and less influential in Libya. For months, General Kalifa Haftar's troops have had support on the ground from Russian contractors of the private company Wagner Group (former Russian military), very close to the Kremlin. It is no coincidence that Haftar's militias have become more [...]

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In these days in London the NATO summit to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the signing that sanctioned the constitution. A summit that promised to be red-hot due to the recent utterances of French President Macron: "NATO is in a kind of brain death" and due to the fierce attitude of Donald Trump who [...]

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The Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte from London, in the middle of the NATO summit, was interviewed by the press: "On the Mes I reconstructed what happened, and until a signature is signed there is always room for improving a Treaty, I don't care if other countries consider the deal closed. Not even for [...]

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On 3-4 December the celebrations in London of the 70th anniversary of NATO and tensions between the leaders of the 29 member states do not subside. US President Donald Trump no longer wants to "subsidize" Europe. Trump wants EU countries to spend at least 2024% of GDP on defense by 2 (Italy is [...]

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We are close to the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of NATO and the tensions between the leaders of the 29 member states who will meet in London on 3-4 December are not abating. US President Donald Trump no longer wants to "subsidize" Europe. He wants it to spend at least 2014 per cent of GDP by 2 on [...]

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Yesterday a bolt from the blue. French President Emmanuel Macron used very harsh words about NATO: "he is in a state of brain death". The criticisms leveled at NATO by French President Emmanuel Macron are "an unnecessary broadside". This is what Chancellor Angela Merkel declared during the press conference with the NATO secretary general, [...]

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La Stampa interviewed NATO Secretary General Jean Stoltenberg who illustrated the situation of the International Organization in the face of emerging and future challenges, with a detailed focus on Russia and China. Prudent about the Turkish intervention in Syria but determined to denounce Russian interference in Europe and to ask the allies for greater efforts to deal with [...]

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Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio on the escalation of Turkey in Syria said: “I hope that the European Union can take measures. Italy will ask for international law to be respected, not to put the lives of civilians at risk and an end to all military action ”. Di Maio also hinted that he wanted to [...]

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NATO secretary general Jean Stoltenberg was in Italy where he met Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio. Stoltenberg spoke with concern of the military escalation in Syria at the hands of Turkey, because ISIS could be reinvigorated in that area. On the sidelines of the meeting with Giuseppe Conte, Stoltenberg said: [...]

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With a solemn flag-raising at the military airport of Keflavik in Iceland, the NATO operation of Interim Air Policing called Northern Ligtning officially began. For the first time, a fifth generation fighter will be deployed on an Air Policing mission, giving Italy the privilege of being the first Alliance country to use the F-35 aircraft in a NATO operation. They will in fact be [...]

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The news was reported by NATO's Allied Air Command Public Affair Office. For the first time, fifth-generation aircraft will be deployed in NATO's Air Policing mission to protect Icelandic airspace for three weeks in October. Italy will be the first of the allies to deploy [...]

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According to Reuters, NATO officials will designate space as a defense priority by the end of 2019. The decision formally recognizes the possibility of a war in space, in addition to existing conflicts that are already recognized in the air, on land, on the seas and in cyberspace. According to Reuters, the decision is expected [...]

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Over 2700 soldiers from six #Nato countries - including those from North Macedonia, which is preparing to become the 30th member state - will participate in the #Decisive Strike exercise, which will take place from tomorrow to 9 July in the Macedonian training center in Krivolak. What starts tomorrow will be the largest military exercise ever organized by [...]

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Two Eurofighter fighters of the 36 ° Stormo of the Italian Air Force, in NATO alarm service, took off this morning from the Gioia del Colle (BA) air base to intercept an aircraft of the German airline TUI Fly flying over the skies of the Montenegro, bound for Hurghada (Egypt), which had lost radio contact with [...]

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In his speech for NATO's 70th anniversary, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg recalled “the fight against terrorism” which “also requires our collective effort”. In this regard, the attacks of 11 September 2001 proved it. “NATO's response to those attacks was swift. Within 24 hours, and for [...]

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NATO celebrates its 70th anniversary this week in Washington amid tensions with US President Donald Trump, who recently questioned the future and usefulness of the Atlantic Alliance. The Spanish newspaper "El Pais" writes it, explaining that the anniversary of the signing of the Atlantic Treaty of [...]

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US Ambassador Lewis Eisenberg in “Il Corriere della Sera” talks about NATO, Italy and the importance of having countries with mature democracies together in a strategic, defensive alliance. “The strength of NATO lies in its unity and in its being faithful to the principles and objectives for which it was created. Our commitment to defense [...]

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The Chief of Defense Staff, General Enzo Vecciarelli, in his speech today in Cesano for the inauguration of Nato Sfa Coe said: "The NATO Center of Excellence for Assistance to the Security Forces (Nato Sfa Coe) ago part of a broader effort to support all three core tasks [...]

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(by Pasquale Preziosa) According to some American analysts, Afghanistan's National Security has deteriorated further since NATO, in 2014, reduced its presence on the ground and did not allow the Afghan security forces to reach the training levels required by the US plans. This is not the case, this is just a little "superfine" way [...]

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The NATO-Georgia 2019 exercise begins today at the Alliance's Joint Training and Assessment Center. Over 350 soldiers from 21 NATO member states (Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States) and […]

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The Pentagon's request for the 2020 budget (Fiscal Year 2020) includes $ 545 billion in basic defense spending, $ 164 billion for overseas contingents and $ 9 billion in "emergency funding", such as Trump's request to finance a wall on the southern border. On Defense News [...]

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Stoltenberg, in an interview with a group of journalists from international newspapers, including ANSA, anticipating some of the results of the annual report to be published on March 14, praised Italy and Spain for the contributions made to the missions and military operations, but asked the two countries to increase spending for [...]

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A growing number of people are in pre-trial detention in Lithuania: "the Baltic state is continuing to investigate an alleged Russian espionage association, very active in the country". On Tuesday, government prosecutors asked for an eight-year prison sentence for Roman Sheshel, accused of giving confidential information [...]

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Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan in Brussels said US plans to reduce the number of forces in Afghanistan will be coordinated with allies. In recent months, some US officials have suggested to the Trump administration that half of the 14.000 US troops in Afghanistan should return home soon. The decision […]

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Leonardo has signed a contract with the NATO agency “NCIA” (NATO Communication and Information Agency) for the extension of the information protection services for the Alliance for a further 18 months. The new agreement, called "NCIRC - CSSS" (NATO Security Incident Response Capability - Cyber ​​Security Support Services), ensures the continuity of the cyber security activities provided by [...]

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Leonardo has signed a contract worth approximately 180 million euros to provide NATO with training systems for electronic protection. The order was awarded by the UK Ministry of Defense, host nation of the NATO agency "Joint Electronic Warfare Core Staff" (JEWCS), which is based at the Royal Air Base [...]

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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) While the Transatlantic Alliance is preparing for its 70th anniversary in April 2019, the Organization born to guarantee lasting world peace is losing its specific weight, under the combined weight of Trump, the division of strategic interests in the countries of the Southeast and due to the bivalent politics of Turkey. After two [...]

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Russia takes center stage in NATO. Allied foreign ministers met to discuss ways to dissuade Moscow from its stance against Ukraine and encourage it to abide by the important nuclear treaty that stands in the Cold War era. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and partners [...]

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Finland has convened the Russian ambassador about the alleged blocking by the Russian military of GPS signals of vehicles during the great NATO military exercise - Trident Juncture - which was held from 25 October to 7 November in Norway, in the North Atlantic and in the Baltic Sea, as well as in the skies [...]

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The Russian military managed to block some GPS signals of vehicles interested in the important NATO military exercise in Norway which involved thousands of US and NATO soldiers. Reuter reported this after a statement from the Norwegian government. The NATO exercise, Trident Juncture, ended Sunday and involved around 50.000 military personnel. It was […]

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But Arndt von Loringhoven, NATO's assistant secretary general of intelligence for intelligence and security, spoke at a security conference hosted by the Israeli college IDC Herzliya said that while the Islamic state loses ground, Al Qaeda is trying to regain its primacy over international militancy, thus foreseeing a potential increase in risk [...]

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A high-tension NATO summit in Brussels, Trump threatens to leave NATO and pushes to get all alliance members to spend at least 2% of domestic GDP on military spending under the 2015 agreements. The Guardian reports that Bulgarian President Rumen Radev reportedly told the press that Trump will push [...]

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Everything is ready for the awaited NATO summit. US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania landed last night around 21pm, aboard Air Foce One in Brussels. Shortly before landing, the American president wanders allies who do not pay the required contributions. "The EU prevents us from doing business and we pay [...]

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Very troubled waters ahead of the next NATO summit. US President Trump sent letters to allies sensitizing them to increase the percentage of GDP to devote to military spending, as determined at the NATO summit in Wales in 2014, that is, to spend at least 2% of GDP on national defense. This is a fundamental step [...]

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Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta at the joint meeting of EU Foreign and Defense Ministers spoke of the fight against terrorism, stating in her speech that, "the fight against terrorism for the EU must be a priority issue, that's why the pivotal role that the 'Nato Regional Hub for the South' can play in coordinating [...]

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While the verbal clash between Macron and the two Italian deputy ministers, Di Maio and Salvini continues, Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO, through an interview with Repubblica, declares that NATO is ready to help Italy in the Migrants emergency by covering a role in the stabilization of Libya. "As requested by the government of that country, the [...]

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Yesterday's meeting at Palazzo Chigi between Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gave rise to an initial exchange of views. Stoltemberg's conversation with the premier seemed motivated above all by the desire to understand the intentions of the new Italian government. Various issues addressed: International missions: (Libya, [...]

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(by Pasquale Preziosa) The recent elections in Italy have rekindled the lights on two of the five pillars of Italian foreign policy: Europe and NATO. It is a consolidated practice that this happens not only in Italy but also among the main Alliance countries. In the recent US elections, President Trump raised the question of [...]

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Despite the excitement of the first exit as defense minister in an international context of the highest level, at the ministerial in Brussels, the new head of Italian defense immediately indicated the priorities for Italy, in full agreement with the indications enshrined in the government branded M5S- Lega. It is "a question of solidarity", said Trenta [...]

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Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta at the Alliance ministerial, after Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, during his speech to the Chamber of Deputies, had words of appreciation for the Atlantic Alliance with a wink to Russia. The remarriage was prompt, both NATO and the United States who immediately wanted to dictate the line [...]

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According to security experts, the German armed forces are too weak to meet their obligations towards their allies, not least because next year they will take command of NATO's rapid response force for crises. The pressure on Berlin is mounting after a series of revelations revealed the German army [...]

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NATO's cyber blue team won Locked Shields 2018, the world's largest cyber-attack exercise, in Tallin, Estonia, last week. Organized by NATO's Center of Excellence for Cyber ​​Defense Cooperation (CCD COE), the exercise engaged participants to respond to and counter high-intensity attacks [...]

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Angela Merkel in a press conference with Donald Trump said that Germany will commit 1,3% of GDP to military spending in 2019. "We have not yet reached the goal but we are getting closer", he added. For his part, Trump reiterated that US allies must increase their financial contribution to NATO, even [...]

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During the recording of 'Eight and a half' on La7, Luigi Di Maio, leader of the 5 Star Movement, reiterated the country's loyalty to NATO allies. “Italy, as stated in article 11 of the Constitution, must always pursue peace. Gentiloni did well in the Syrian crisis, but nobody takes the pretext for [...]

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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The apparent American lack of interest in the Middle East has for some time been favoring new processes of strategic influence of new / old international players. Syria is an area that in this regard is demonstrating how the triumvirate Russia, Turkey, Iran is doing good and bad weather in a perspective that is anything but pacifying, to the detriment, above all, of the civilian population [...]

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In an interview with the BBC last week, General John Nicholson reported that Russia, despite common interests in the fight against terrorism and narcotics, has acted to undermine U.S. efforts in Afghanistan and would do so by providing support. financial and even weapons to the Afghan Taliban. "There have been […]

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The British prime minister said yesterday in parliament that it is "highly likely" that the nerve agent used to attack the former Kremlin 007 in England last week was developed by Russia. But sources in London told the BBC that the British government will not invoke Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization […]

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On the Baltic Sea, during the "truth and justice" forum in the north-west of Russia in Kaliningrad, Vladimir Putin, after announcing yesterday the existence of the super missile, talks about a new mission for Russia. The message to the nation was not simply an election campaign announcement, but a further turning point in foreign policy. After, the interview with [...]

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The Islamic State (IS) was able to carry out "4.600 terrorist attacks in 2017" and despite the military defeat, the jihadist threat remains a "valid cause for concern". This was stated to "Agenzia Nova" by a NATO official in Brussels who asked to remain anonymous. "The fight against terrorism occupies [...]

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(by Franco Iacch) The United States and Germany will host the two new NATO commands that will be activated in the event of war with Russia. This is what emerges from Brussels where a meeting of NATO defense ministers is underway. With the two new headquarters, as established last November, the commands [...]

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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discussed security issues with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki today, NATO upgrade and Nord Stream 2 pipeline among the main issues discussed during the meeting. "Poland is a very strong ally," Tillerson said at the post-meeting press conference. It was also [...]

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According to Nova, the value of the contract for the supply of Russian S-400s to Turkey is more than 2 billion dollars. This was stated by the general manager of the state company Rostekh, Sergej Cemezov. "The value of the S-400 agreement with Turkey is more than 2 billion dollars", said the director [...]

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According to what Nova has learned, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha today signed a new individual partnership and cooperation program: the South Korean Foreign Ministry announced in a press release, according to to which the document, which will replace the previous agreement dating back [...]

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British sources, and more in detail information in the possession of the newspaper "The Times", launch a heavy accusation against Russia that, according to what emerged from the confidences released to the English newspaper by alleged "members of the Islamist group" and "Afghan officials", undermining NATO efforts to stabilize Afghanistan. Moscow would be financing the movement [...]

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NATO is a political-military alliance, whose soft-power is increasingly important. This was stated by the president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Paolo Alli, during the “Transatlantic Forum on Russia” conference, held today at the Center for American Studies. Alli recalled how the 2014 agreement on defense spending set at 2 percent [...]

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Since the tension between the countries of the Persian Gulf has risen in an anti-Doha sense, Turkey and Iran, like two hawks, have thrown themselves on Qatar to increase their influence in the region and to increase trade flows. It would have been unimaginable long ago to see a Shiite country like Iran supporting the cause [...]

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Putin will meet Erdogan in Ankara on September 28, focus on Syria and S-400 It is learned from Agenzia Nova that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, will meet his Turkish counterpart, Erdogan, next Thursday. Erdogan announced this in a speech at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York, adding that before the meeting in Ankara he will have a telephone conversation [...]

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The move to the new NATO headquarters in Brussels, originally scheduled for the end of 2017, was once again delayed by technical problems. "The transition to the new headquarters has begun and we expect to complete it in the first half of 2018," reads a statement released today by the North Atlantic defense organization. "I [...]

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