Opinions

We are back again to the usual routine of a too little too late approach in the EU, both for the Italian health spending and for the equally high one of the other countries affected by the epidemic. Creating debt to set the economy into motion again is of no use in the long run - if not as a stopgap measure. Direct interest-free financing from both the Bank of Italy and the ECB is needed

One of the primary goals of the Turkish Secret Service, the MIT, is penetration/control of the Kurdish PKK. Another target is Fethullah Gûlen’s organization, namely Hizmet. The MIT has had very sound relations with the CIA since the 1950s and has always had good relations with the intelligence agencies of Russia and Middle Eastern countries but has never had an effective and stable network of agents and collaborations with European intelligence services

In short, North Korea does not want to fall by the wayside and wants, above all, to resume negotiations with the United States both on nuclear issues and on economic sanctions. Inevitably North Korea must be reassured of its permanence as a state, as well as of its controlled and, probably, partial denuclearisation, and of a complete and rapid integration into the world market

We need to carefully consider the cultural, symbolic and historical problems emerging in China with regard to the Uyghur issue. The new phase of Uyghur jihadism will affect the whole Middle East and the Maghreb region, in addition to an increasing share of jihadists of Turkish origin who will be operating in South-East Asia