venerdì 24 gennaio 2025

G-Zero

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlUbxa4xwmg

https://www.google.com/search?q=ian+bremner+top+ten+risks&oq=ian+bremner+top+ten+risks+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIJCAEQIRgKGKABMgkIAhAhGAoYoAHSAQoxNTA3NGowajE1qAIIsAIB&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:263ab264,vid:lG8CsMijr_k,st:0


Davos 2025

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/01/5-key-takeaways-davos-2025/

NATO and the failing global peace and security order

Following the conference yesterday

In 2025 the existing rules-based global peace and security framework is broken, characterized by fragmentation and confrontation rather than cooperation, and the rise of regional powers (Russia, China, Iran, Türkiye). The world order, which was bipolar and fairly predictable during the Cold War, is now multipolar, unstable and much less predictable.

Mondo Smontato https://www.libreriauniversitaria.it/mondo-smontato-sessa-riccardo-armando/libro/9791259847218?srsltid=AfmBOoo2cBqDF8Rf6d9KmEwQE6JFuyn7vWA2iC_4J0GXOaupHOLEvNof

https://rm.coe.int/as-pol-2024-27-draft-report-the-need-for-a-renewed-rules-based-interna/1680b2c73e

https://press.un.org/en/2024/sgsm22378.doc.htm

https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/eu-peace-security-and-defence_en

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/05/09/the-liberal-international-order-is-slowly-coming-apart

https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/challenges-to-a-rules-based-international-order/

https://www.gcsp.ch/publications/reforming-global-security-architecture

https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/2025/01/07/davos-wef-mckinsey-barometer/

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/01/global-cooperation-flatlined-how-reinvent-it/

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/from-russias-shadow-fleet-to-chinas-maritime-claims-the-freedom-of-the-seas-is-under-threat/

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/01/02/think-2024-was-wild-eight-global-forces-will-make-2025-even-more-turbulent/

https://www.ispionline.it/en/publication/to-watch-in-2025-european-defense-and-security-194905

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/ashoks-statecraft/turning-the-page-geopolitical-shifts-global-realignments-and-challenges-as-2024-fades-into-2025/

Growing competition for rare earths

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301420723005329#:~:text=For%20China%2C%20India%2C%20Russia%20and,gradual%20deterioration%20in%20recent%20years.

https://www.ispionline.it/en/publication/scramble-africas-rare-earths-china-not-alone-30725

https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/why-world-turning-to-greenlands-rare-earth-metals/32694/

Challenges in trying to build an effective European defence system:

its lack of an adequate command and control system, compared to NATO.

It lacks an adequate, autonomous satellite system, intelligence system and logistics.

'The European Union (EU) does not have a permanent military command structure along the lines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Allied Command Operations (ACO).'

from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_and_control_structure_of_the_European_Union#:~:text=The%20European%20Union%20(EU)%20does,of%20the%20EU's%20CSDP%20missions.

https://eda.europa.eu/webzine/issue11/interview/military-capabilities---europe-still-lacks-strategic-enablers

https://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/en/analyses/europe-at-war-and-european-defence-the-same-as-ever/

https://ip-quarterly.com/en/lost-space-europes-role-spatial-defense

https://eda.europa.eu/news-and-events/news/2025/01/22/commissioner-kubilius-calls-for-'big-bang'-in-eu-defence

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2024/762855/EPRS_STU(2024)762855_EN.pdf

https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/strategic-compass-security-and-defence-1_en

https://www.bruegel.org/first-glance/case-european-defence-compact

How many Italian military personnel  are there in missions abroad and where are they?

‘L’Italia vanta infatti all’attivo più di 40 missioni nel 2024, posizionandosi come gli Usa – quindi primo tra gli europei – e primo tra i contributori occidentali alle missioni delle Nazioni Unite.’

Military personnel: ‘NATO (5.170), ONU (2.764) e UE (742).’

‘primo contributore per le operazioni dell’Ue, secondo contributore della Nato dopo.’

From: https://www.affarinternazionali.it/le-missioni-internazionali-2024-quanti-e-dove-sono-i-militari-italiani/

See also:

https://www.analisidifesa.it/2024/04/le-missioni-militari-italiane-allestero-nel-2024/

https://www.difesa.it/operazionimilitari/index/26771.html

https://www.geopop.it/quante-e-quali-sono-le-missioni-e-le-basi-militari-italiane-allestero/

‘Operazioni Militari - L'Italia è impegnata in 39 missioni e operazioni internazionali, di cui 3 nazionali. Il contingente massimo autorizzato per le missioni internazionali è di circa 13.800 unità, mentre l'impiego medio all'estero è di circa 6.800 unità.’

From: https://www.difesa.it/operazionimilitari/index/26771.html#:~:text=L'Italia%20%C3%A8%20impegnata%20in,%C3%A8%20di%20circa%206.800%20unit%C3%A0.

Defence spending

https://www.intereconomics.eu/contents/year/2024/number/4/article/defence-spending-for-europe-s-security-how-much-is-enough.html

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2024/11/19/italian-defense-spending-rise-may-underwhelm-new-us-leader/


martedì 21 gennaio 2025

The Roma people

The Roma people in the EU

https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/policies/justice-and-fundamental-rights/combatting-discrimination/roma-eu/roma-equality-inclusion-and-participation-eu_it

I rom nell'UE

https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/policies/justice-and-fundamental-rights/combatting-discrimination/roma-eu/roma-equality-inclusion-and-participation-eu_en

Background

https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/the-roma-europe-forgotten-people

https://europa.sps.ed.ac.uk/2024/03/20/discrimination-social-exclusion-and-harassment-with-no-end-in-sight-why-eu-strategic-integration-frameworks-are-failing-to-protect-the-rights-of-roma-people/

https://www.enar-eu.org/about/antigypsyism/#:~:text=In%20several%20European%20countries%2C%20including,them%20vulnerable%20to%20forced%20evictions.

https://edoc.coe.int/en/roma-and-travellers/8508-council-of-europe-strategic-action-plan-for-roma-and-traveller-inclusion-2020-2025.html

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/it/article/20200918STO87401/cosa-sta-facendo-l-ue-per-contrastare-la-discriminazione-nei-confronti-dei-rom

https://www.agensir.it/quotidiano/2024/4/5/unione-europea-giornata-internazionale-e-celebrazione-di-diversita-cultura-e-arte-dei-rom-ancora-troppe-discriminazioni/

https://www.21luglio.org/giustizia-abitativa-leuropa-condanna-litalia-per-le-politiche-discriminatorie-contro-le-comunita-rom/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CL'Italia%20ha%20gravemente%20e,nota%20luned%C3%AC%2013%20maggio%202024.

https://www.amnesty.it/italia-decisione-europea-sullo-scandalo-delle-politiche-abitative-discriminatorie-contro-i-rom/

https://www.internazionale.it/magazine/jean-philipp-baeck/2024/04/11/i-rom-cercano-una-voce-nell-unione-europea

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/25/gypsy-roma-travellers-suffer-persistent-discrimination-uk

https://www.auschwitzinstitute.org/news/2024-international-roma-genocide-remembrance-day

https://neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/news/statement-president-von-der-leyen-vice-president-jourova-and-commissioner-dalli-european-roma-2024-08-01_en

https://www.ohchr.org/en/minorities/advancing-roma-inclusion#:~:text=During%20these%20days%2C%20more%20than,commemorations%20of%20the%20Roma%20Holocaust.

https://www.errc.org/press-releases/errc-files-complaints-over-death-of-6-year-old-romani-girl-in-giugliano-italy

https://www.errc.org/news/2024-errc-news-review-police-violence-against-roma

https://eeb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/roma-report-WEB-1.pdf

https://www.unicef.org/innocenti/media/8211/file/UNICEF-Innocenti-Roma-Children-Report-2024.pdf

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2021/690629/EPRS_BRI(2021)690629_EN.pdf

https://www.errc.org/press-releases/european-court-asks-if-czech-police-used-more-than-absolutely-necessary-force-in-the-death-of-stanislav-tomas

https://fra.europa.eu/en/project/2024/roma-survey-2024

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/roma-people-10-ways-europes-biggest-minority-faces-discrimination-idUSKCN1RK01X/

https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2022-roma-survey-2021-main-results2_en.pdf

Where we are in Europe on this question, September 2024

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52024DC0422

 

NATO- 3%?

https://decode39.com/9773/how-italy-views-nato-3-proposal/

venerdì 17 gennaio 2025

Cybersecurity and Digital Diplomacy for next week

Cybersecurity

See also Artificial Intelligence and international relations, trade and security - an update’ at

https://youngdip.blogspot.com/2024/10/artificial-intelligence-and.html

Italy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agenzia_per_la_Cybersicurezza_Nazionale

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Operations_Command_(Italy)

https://www.acn.gov.it/portale/w/cybersicurezza-italia-paese-modello-per-l-itu#:~:text=L'Italia%20%C3%A8%20un%20Paese,PDF%3A%20apre%20un%20link%20esterno.

https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/

https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/chi-siamo

https://www.cybersecurity360.it/cybersecurity-nazionale/cambio-al-vertice-dis-chi-e-vittorio-rizzi-esperto-di-tecnologie-e-di-criminologia/

https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/chi-siamo/organizzazione/dis

https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/chi-siamo/organizzazione/aise

https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/chi-siamo/organizzazione/aisi

https://www.acn.gov.it/portale/home

https://www.acn.gov.it/portale/strategia-nazionale-di-cybersicurezza

https://www.cybersecurity360.it/outlook/sviluppo-capacita-cyber-italia-a-che-punto-siamo/

https://www.acn.gov.it/portale/documents/20119/87708/ACN+Manuale+Operativo+implementazione+misura-82.pdf/ba48be5f-1e69-6b15-8fb9-2d48e52d0d74?t=1704460313679

https://www.acn.gov.it/portale/w/agenzia-per-la-cybersicurezza-nazionale-in-azione-contro-gli-attacchi-hacker-all-italia

https://www.acn.gov.it/portale/pnrr

https://www.esteri.it/it/politica-estera-e-cooperazione-allo-sviluppo/temi_globali/cybersicurezza/

https://www.esteri.it/en/politica-estera-e-cooperazione-allo-sviluppo/temi_globali/cybersecurity

/https://www.esteri.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Italian-Position-Paper-on-International-Law-and-Cyberspace.pdf

https://www.cybersecurity360.it/cybersecurity-nazionale/litalia-da-un-miliardo-di-euro-alla-cybersecurity-nuovi-fondi-nella-legge-di-bilancio-2023/

https://www.cybersecurity360.it/news/italia-cybersecurity-220-milioni-2024/

https://www.lokky.it/blog/news/cybersecurity-pnrr-legge-di-bilancio-2023

https://ntplusdiritto.ilsole24ore.com/art/cybersecurity-risorse-pnrr-e-legge-bilancio-2023-la-tutela-imprese-e-professionisti-AEHlqdbC?refresh_ce=1

https://www.innovationpost.it/attualita/confindustria-e-generali-presentano-lindice-dei-rischi-cyber-delle-pmi/

coming event: https://www.cybersecitalia.events/cybersec2025/en/home-en/#:~:text=CyberSEC2025%2C%20confirmed%20as%20the%20annual,in%20viale%20Tor%20di%20Quinto

The EU

https://www.enisa.europa.eu/publications/2024-report-on-the-state-of-the-cybersecurity-in-the-union

https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/cybersecurity-policies

https://www.enisa.europa.eu/events/cybersecurity_standardisation_2024/cybersecurity_standardisation_2024

https://www.enisa.europa.eu/events/cybersecurity_standardisation_2025

https://www.european-cyber-resilience-act.com/#:~:text=The%20European%20Cyber%20Resilience%20Act%20is%20a%20legal%20framework%20that,throughout%20a%20product's%20life%20cycle.

https://www.cybersecurity-review.com/articles/cyber-security-and-cyber-defence-in-the-european-union/

https://www.enisa.europa.eu/news/eus-first-ever-report-on-the-state-of-cybersecurity-in-the-union

https://www.enisa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2024-11/2024%20Report%20on%20the%20State%20of%20the%20Cybersecurity%20in%20the%20Union.pdf

https://www.enisa.europa.eu/topics/cyber-threats/threat-landscape

https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-and-eu-countries-simulate-large-scale-cyber-attacks-improve-preparedness

background: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/IT/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52020JC0018&from=EN

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52020JC0018&from=EN

NATO

https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_78170.htm

https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_219728.htm

background https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/official_texts_133177.htm

and https://www.esteri.it/it/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/comunicati/2022/11/nato-cyber-defense-pledge-conference-2022-roma-9-10-novembre-2022/

current https://www.act.nato.int/activities/cyber/

https://ccdcoe.org/

https://www.gmfus.org/news/eu-nato-cybersecurity-and-defense-cooperation-common-threats-common-solutions

Cyber Attacks

https://konbriefing.com/en-topics/cyber-attacks.html

https://www.enisa.europa.eu/publications/enisa-threat-landscape-2024

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2024/06/24/cyber-attacks-six-persons-added-to-eu-sanctions-list-for-malicious-cyber-activitiescyberattacks-against-eu-member-states-and-ukraine/

https://www.itgovernance.eu/blog/en/data-breaches-and-cyber-attacks-in-2024-in-europe

https://eurepoc.eu/

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/infographics/cyber-threats-eu/

https://www.europol.europa.eu/publication-events/main-reports/cyber-attacks-apex-of-crime-service-iocta-2023

file:///C:/Users/Pc/Downloads/ENISA%20Threat%20Landscape%202023.pdf

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/07/19/declaration-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-european-union-on-malicious-cyber-activities-conducted-by-hackers-and-hacker-groups-in-the-context-of-russia-s-aggression-against-ukraine/

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/07/19/declaration-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-eu-urging-china-to-take-action-against-malicious-cyber-activities-undertaken-from-its-territory/

https://www.politico.eu/article/european-union-china-ukraine-disinformation-cyberattacks-war-russia/

https://www.reuters.com/technology/italys-industry-ministry-reports-heavy-cyberattack-2023-05-26/

https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/02/06/italian-authorities-issue-warning-after-spate-of-large-scale-ransomware-hackings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberwarfare_by_Russia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberwarfare_by_China

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/criticality-of-chinese-cyber-threat-actors-has-increased-in-recent-years-mandiant/articleshow/103852768.cms

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/china-disrupt-us-infrastructure/

background https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-proposes-cyber-armed-forces-plans-amid-security-concerns-2022-11-10/#:~:text=BRUSSELS%2C%20Nov%2010%20(Reuters),faster%20and%20better%20across%20borders.

Cyber/Digital Diplomacy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_diplomacy

https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/digital-diplomacy_en

https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/our-stakes-digital-diplomacy_en

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/power-potential-digital-diplomacy-global-diplomatic-forum

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/digital-diplomacy-vital-competency-diplomats-21st

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_cyber-diplomacy

https://www.affarinternazionali.it/diplomazia-genere-e-diversita-nel-cyberspazio/

http://rjea.ier.gov.ro/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Art.-5_Digital-diplomacy_Frey_2024_final.pdf

https://www.diplomacy.edu/topics/digital-diplomacy/

an Italian initiative– watch the videos

Digital Diplomacy at the Italian Embassy in Washington DC

http://www.twiplomacy.it/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-yG-to-RpA&t=10s

http://www.twiplomacy.it/highlight.html or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DffaLQLu7Bk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws6w6-N4zXY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DffaLQLu7Bk

https://www.google.com/search?q=italian+digital+diplomacy&sca_esv=204cf606c36776c7&ei=cpmKZ6zSPMKWi-gP15u7yAE&ved=0ahUKEwis08vfqf2KAxVCywIHHdfNDhkQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=italian+digital+diplomacy&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiGWl0YWxpYW4gZGlnaXRhbCBkaXBsb21hY3kyCBAhGKABGMMEMggQIRigARjDBEimWVCAM1jvU3AGeACQAQCYAV2gAcwJqgECMTa4AQPIAQD4AQGYAg-gAp0GwgIKEAAYsAMY1gQYR8ICCBAAGBMYBxgewgIKEAAYExgHGAgYHsICCBAAGIAEGKIEwgIKEAAYgAQYQxiKBcICBhAAGAcYHsICBRAAGIAEwgIIEAAYBxgKGB7CAggQABgHGAgYHsICCBAAGAUYBxgewgIIEAAYogQYiQXCAgoQIRigARjDBBgKmAMAiAYBkAYDkgcCMTWgB7tV&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:a762a796,vid:FGGtWYo7ANw,st:0

https://ambwashingtondc.esteri.it/en/news/dall_ambasciata/2024/12/social-media-e-disinformazione-nelle-campagne-elettorali-al-centro-dellultimo-appuntamento-della-digital-diplomacy-series-dellambasciata-ditalia-a-washington/

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/news_from_embassies/2024/12/11/embassy-in-washington-hosts-event-on-social-and-elections_5649282c-0117-4a49-bbe3-5c924cc91433.html

 

 

giovedì 9 gennaio 2025

Gender Equality – progress?

https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/gender-snapshot/2023/#:~:text=The%20Gender%20Snapshot%202023%20underscores,empowerment%20across%20key%20global%20goals.

https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/2024-09/progress-on-the-sustainable-development-goals-the-gender-snapshot-2024-en.pdf 

The global order

The Bretton Woods institutions

https://carnegieendowment.org/posts/2014/09/the-decline-of-the-bretton-woods-institutions?lang=en

https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2024/07/the-bretton-woods-momentand-its-necessary-replacement?lang=en

Global order and governance

https://press.un.org/en/2024/sgsm22109.doc.htm

https://press.un.org/en/2024/ga12630.doc.htm

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/un-new-league-nations-organization-facing-decline-its-agostini-u5hpe

https://www.sei.org/perspectives/transitioning-to-a-new-global-order/

Syrian transitional government

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_transitional_government

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/01/1158836

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/08/inclusive-transition-best-path-to-lifting-of-syria-sanctions-says-un-special-envoy

https://www.voanews.com/a/un-way-forward-for-syria-s-political-transition-remains-unclear/7930097.html 

Trump, Greenland and Canada

The EU and Greenland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_and_the_European_Union#:~:text=Greenland%2C%20an%20autonomous%20territory%20within,associated%20to%20the%20European%20Union.

The EU and Canada

https://www.eeas.europa.eu/canada/european-union-and-canada_en?s=220

https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/international_relations-relations_internationales/eu-ue/index.aspx?lang=eng

Response to Trump

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/canadian-leaders-trumps-talk-canada-becoming-51st-state-117472753

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canada-could-impose-tariffs-on-u-s-steel-orange-juice-in-response-to-trump-threat-1.7169470

https://globalnews.ca/news/10947034/donald-trump-greenland-not-for-sale/

https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/europe-reacts-to-trumps-threat-to-greenland/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/europe-pushes-back-trump-greenland-military-threat-rcna186744