A war meant to bend Tehran now traps Washington The Iranian crisis now carries all the familiar features of recent Western wars: overwhelming technological superiority, deep-strike capabilities, enormous military spending and, at the same time, uncertain political results, sometimes opposite to the stated goals. The United States has…
OPIG
The war in Ukraine as a symptom of a global crisis The long exchange between John Mearsheimer and Sergey Karaganov is not merely a discussion about the war in Ukraine. It is, in reality, a confrontation between two schools of strategic thought which, despite starting from different assumptions,…
Eurodrone, Dassault and Airbus: the Economic War Behind Europe’s Defence Crisis When strategic autonomy becomes an industrial battlefield The Eurodrone affair is not merely a technical disagreement between Dassault Aviation and Airbus. It must be understood as an episode of economic warfare within the European camp itself. What…
When theory becomes an instrument of power again John Mearsheimer starts from a truth often forgotten: no foreign policy is born in a vacuum. Even governments that claim to be pragmatic, even leaders who despise intellectuals, even chancelleries that praise the primacy of facts, always act within a…
Iran, the Geography of Attrition and the New War of Corridors Why Tehran Is Weaker, but No Less Central The temptation is strong: to look at Iran today, observe sanctions, oil difficulties, American military pressure, the rise of Turkey, the energy reorganization of the Gulf, and conclude that…
Digital Sovereignty, Economic Intelligence and Europe’s Struggle to Regain Control European technological sovereignty can no longer be treated as a secondary chapter of industrial policy. It has become a question of power, security, freedom of action and economic survival. The postponement of the European plan on artificial intelligence…
The history of republican Italy is often summarized through a few essential references: the anti-fascist Resistance, Christian Democracy, the Italian Communist Party, the Years of Lead, the Moro case, and then the political and financial scandals of the late twentieth century. Yet behind this official chronology lies another…
The green transition that is devouring Southeast Asia There is a contradiction that the West prefers not to see. While the electric car is presented as a symbol of ecological modernity, a decisive part of its supply chain still rests on a mechanism of environmental and social devastation…
Europe’s retreat and the return of geoeconomics Critical raw materials have become the point where the energy transition, industrial competition and strategic sovereignty converge. And this is where Europe is discovering its weakness. Between 1984 and 2023, European mining output fell by 56%, while Oceania, Asia, Latin America…