English for Diplomacy
This blog is for students of English at the SIOI in Rome. However, the opinions expressed here are my own and should not be taken to represent those of the SIOI or anyone else.
martedì 19 novembre 2024
lunedì 18 novembre 2024
sabato 16 novembre 2024
Although, even though, though, despite, in spite of
Explanation
https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/in-spite-despite-and-although
https://www.learn-english-today.com/lessons/lesson_contents/grammar/although-despite.html
https://www.mobberley.cheshire.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Worksheet-14.pdf
Exercises
https://iuuk.mff.cuni.cz/~andrew/EAP/Murphy_p226-7.pdf
https://www.learn-english-today.com/lessons/lesson_contents/exercises/although-despite-quiz1.html
https://www.myenglishpages.com/grammar-exercise-although/
https://www.grammarbank.com/despite-although-exercise.html#google_vignette
https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1/clauses-contrast-purpose-reason/2/
https://test-english.com/grammar-points/a2/however-although-time-connectors/
https://www.myenglishpages.com/grammar-exercise-although/
https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/linking-words-contrast-exercise-1.html
https://agendaweb.org/grammar/conjunctions-connectors-exercises.html
venerdì 15 novembre 2024
Saudi Arabia and the BRICS+ group
https://www.google.com/search?q=saudi+arabia+hasnt+joined+BRICS&oq=saudi+arabia+hasnt+joined+BRICS&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIICAEQABgNGB4yCggCEAAYCBgNGB4yCggDEAAYCBgNGB4yCggEEAAYgAQYogQyCggFEAAYgAQYogTSAQoyNzQyMGowajE1qAIIsAIB&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:e76f2ce1,vid:JQVE1p6e1Iw,st:0 Saudi Arabia stays out but welcomes greater cooperation
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2576648/saudi-arabia
https://amwaj.media/article/deep-dive-saudi-arabia-and-brics-a-balancing-act
https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/se-un-brics-non-fa-primavera-143447
more on the BRICS+
https://www.claws.in/brics-vs-g7-can-they-truly-be-compared/
perhaps
the basis for an essay
also
good for an essay https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2024/10/brics-summit-emerging-middle-powers-g7-g20?lang=en
and
remember https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita
more
information
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2024/760368/EPRS_BRI(2024)760368_EN.pdf
https://www.statista.com/chart/33311/brics-share-of-global-gdp-and-population/
Task Force Caschi blu della cultura (Unite4Heritage) to save cultural heritage nationally and abroad
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_peacekeeping
https://art-crime.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-uns-blue-helmets-for-culture.html
https://italyun.esteri.it/en/news/dalla_rappresentanza/2016/02/italy-and-unesco-create-task-force-2/
https://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/iai1715.pdf
https://www.florencedailynews.com/2017/04/03/un-culture-blue-helmets-born/
https://www.usi.ch/en/feeds/17464
https://cultura.gov.it/unite4heritage
https://www.kermes-restauro.it/caschi-blu-della-cultura-iniziativa-unite4heritage/
giovedì 14 novembre 2024
Italy and the enlarged (or wider) Mediterranean
Background
https://www.affarinternazionali.it/mediterraneo-allargato-dalle-primavere-arabe-al-piano-mattei/
https://www.marina.difesa.it/EN/Conosciamoci/notizie/Documents/01_casardi_en_giugno.pdf
https://www.esteri.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ecfr-1-Crises-in-the-Mediterranean.pdf
https://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/doc/2017/12/rapporto-med-maeci-ita.pdf
also for translation
practice
https://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/doc/2017/12/rapporto-med-maeci-eng.pdf
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=342337479509757
Recently
See also https://youngdip.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-red-sea-and-maritime-security.html
for the Red Sea and maritime security
And https://youngdip.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-black-sea.html
for the Black Sea
https://www.ispionline.it/en/publication/rethinking-italys-enlarged-mediterranean-176932
https://www.esteri.it/en/politica-estera-e-cooperazione-allo-sviluppo/aree_geografiche/mediterr_mo/
https://www.esteri.it/en/uapsds/analisi-e-programmazione/rome-med-dialogues/
and all links
https://www.esteri.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Dialogo-Diplomatico-n%C2%B0-266.pdf
https://www.geopolitica.info/la-nato-nel-mediterraneo-allargato/
Italy
and the wider Mediterranean 2023-24 and earlier position papers
https://www.esteri.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Piano-Regione-Adriatico-Balcanica_DEF-2.pdf
https://eccoclimate.org/it/summit-italia-africa-opportunita-e-rischi-del-piano-mattei/
https://eccoclimate.org/the-italy-africa-summit-opportunities-and-risks-of-the-mattei-plan/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFMYw0qt6vc
https://www.ispionline.it/en/publication/italys-wider-mediterranean-is-it-just-about-energy-109073
https://www.geopolitica.info/strategia-sicurezza-difesa-mediterraneo/
https://formiche.net/2022/06/strategia-italia-difesa-mediterraneo/#content
https://www.internazionale.it/ultime-notizie/2023/10/04/riforma-migranti-unione-europea
https://www.governo.it/en/articolo/president-meloni-s-speech-rome-med-mediterranean-dialogues/21227
https://formiche.net/2023/01/algeria-turchia-libia-mediterraneo-mezran/
https://atalayar.com/en/content/meloni-resumes-draghis-agenda-algeria-we-will-be-gas-hub-europe
https://www.governo.it/it/media/visita-del-presidente-meloni-libia/21615
https://tg24.sky.it/mondo/2023/09/09/terremoto-marocco-reazioni
https://www.ilpost.it/2023/07/20/zaki-meloni-al-sisi/
https://consizmir.esteri.it/it/litalia-e-turchia/
https://www.ilfoglio.it/esteri/2023/07/19/news/al-sisi-concede-la-grazia-a-patrick-zaki-5515445/
https://www.fpri.org/article/2023/09/a-long-hot-summer-for-eastern-mediterranean-gas-politics/
https://decode39.com/5313/italy-nato-monitoring-russia-ships-med/
https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/food-energy-nexus-and-italy-morocco-cooperation
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/italy-wants-more-money-africa-curb-arrivals-europe-2023-02-06/
2022 and earlier
https://decode39.com/3569/italian-defence-strategy-mediterranean/
https://www.iai.it/it/pubblicazioni/re-discovering-italys-mediterranean-vocation
https://cepa.org/article/rome-alone-italys-mediterranean-defense-strategy/
https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/21/italys-mediterranean-belt-and-road/
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_426
Italy and Mediterranean cultures
https://iicalgeri.esteri.it/it/gli_eventi/calendario/italia-culture-mediterraneo/
https://iicalgeri.esteri.it/it/gli_eventi/calendario/slim-settimana-della-lingua-italiana-nel-mondo/
to watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W0kCXuMJX4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVGyY_at20Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx39dXlbmg8
martedì 12 novembre 2024
Luca Attanasio
https://it.gariwo.net/giusti/diplomatici-giusti/luca-attanasio-25172.html
https://en.gariwo.net/righteous/righteous-italian-diplomats/luca-attanasio-25217.html
https://www.raiplaysound.it/programmi/lambasciatorestraordinario
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKt7rXrujgg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg5y7rLiFyA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZCIeUkGsJ8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbD7omTG4FM