THE ITALIAN STRATEGY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

http://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/doc/2017/11/rapporto-med-maeci-2017-eng.pdf

https://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/doc/2017/12/rapporto-med-maeci-ita.pdf

http://www.esteri.it/mae/en/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/approfondimenti/2017/11/la-strategia-italiana-nel-mediterraneo.html

http://www.ambamman.esteri.it/ambasciata_amman/it/ambasciata/news/dall_ambasciata/the-italian-strategy-in-the-mediterranean.html

http://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/italy-and-security-mediterranean

http://www.onuitalia.com/2017/11/28/rom-med-2017-co-development-rights-ten-words-italian-strategy-mediterranean/

https://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/doc/2017/12/rapporto-med-maeci-ita.pdf

https://www.esteri.it/mae/it/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/approfondimenti/programma-integrato-italia-culture.html

https://www.esteri.it/mae/doc/osservatorio_it.pdf

video

Watch the end:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVpFkho1HLM

Possible essay title

The EU – Where are we going? What are the challenges and opportunities for the future? 

(Try not to sound naive!)

See below, updated November 2018 

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R44249.pdf

and

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2018/614650/EPRS_IDA(2018)614650_EN.pdf

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/02/the-3-biggest-threats-to-the-eu-according-to-president-tusk/

https://www.thejournal.ie/eu-reforms-are-under-threat-3889795-Mar2018/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46020745

https://www.timesofisrael.com/frances-macron-eu-must-reform-to-fight-rising-nationalism/

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/01/world/europe/france-yellow-vests-protests-macron.html

https://www.thelocal.fr/20180620/germany-france-eurozone-reform-ideas

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-emmanuel-macron-eu-reform-nationalism-1.4622822

http://time.com/5426869/brexit-threat-ireland-uk-europe-us/

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/02/uks-brexit-proposals-threaten-future-of-eu-says-barnier

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/22/the-euro-and-its-threat-to-the-future-of-europe-joseph-stiglitz-review

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/world/europe/italy-european-union.html

For EU priorities you can start here:

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities_it

and then open documents in both languages, for example:

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities/migration_it

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities/migration_en

EU documents for translation

https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/eu-in-brief_it

https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/eu-in-brief_en

The links above include lots of other downloads in both languages or links to pages from which you can download. Have a look at:

The European Union - What it is and what it does

Europe in 12 lessons

The General Report on the Activities of the European Union

50 ways forward - Europe's best successes

60 good reasons for the EU - Why we need the European Union

The European story - 60 years of shared progress

and then, for example:

file:///D:/Downloads/NA0116996ITN.it%20(1).pdf

file:///D:/Downloads/NA0118045ENN.en.pdf

https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/5b4629d3-2655-11e7-ab65-01aa75ed71a1/language-it?WT.mc_id=Selectedpublications&WT.ria_c=677&WT.ria_f=1032&WT.ria_ev=search

https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/2bb5a651-2655-11e7-ab65-01aa75ed71a1/language-en?WT.mc_id=Selectedpublications&WT.ria_c=677&WT.ria_f=1032&WT.ria_ev=search

http://ec.europa.eu/assets/epsc/files/the-european-story_epsc_it_web.pdf

http://ec.europa.eu/assets/epsc/files/the-european-story_epsc_web.pdf

For EU priorities you can start here:

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities_it

and then open documents in both languages, for example:

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities/migration_it

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities/migration_en

The FAO in Italian and English to practise your translation skills

The articles listed on the FAO archive page here are also available in English. Click on the article you want to get it in Italian and then click on 'English' at the top to get the English version.

http://www.fao.org/news/archive/it/

There are also all the articles from previous years if you click on the year on the left.

Some examples from 2018:

http://www.fao.org/news/story/it/item/1172536/icode/

http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1172527/icode/

http://www.fao.org/news/story/it/item/1111788/icode/

http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1111495/icode/

http://www.fao.org/news/story/it/item/1172014/icode/

http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1171441/icode/

Some International Relations quizzes

Here are some links to some quizzes, most with answers. Some of them are old so check what the updated answer would be. However, they should give you some ideas about possible question areas and you can always find new quizzes by doing a search on Google for current affairs or international relations quizzes 2016-17-18-19.

in Italian
http://www.mininterno.net/concorsi.asp
http://quiz.concorsipubblici.com/attualita.htm
http://www.studenti.it/search/quiz

in English

https://www.cfr.org/quizzes

https://www.introtoglobalstudies.com/2012/04/international-studies-quiz/ https://inquiry.princetonreview.com/grad/internationalaffairsquiz/default.asp https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/quiz-donald-trump-questions https://www.afsusa.org/study-abroad/blog/article/?article_id=9947&utm_medium=post&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=sending+nh17&utm_content=3-28-17+intercultural+quiz+blog https://supchina.com/2018/04/26/the-supchina-foreign-relations-quiz/ https://supchina.com/tag/quiz/ https://www.mcqschain.com/50-international-current-affairs-quiz-2/ https://www.cfr.org/news-releases/test-your-knowledge-foreign-policy-new-quizzes-cfr http://www.wwnorton.com/college/polisci/essentials-of-international-relations5/ch/01/quiz.aspx http://www.funtrivia.com/newflash/trivia.cfm?qid=197543

http://www.sparknotes.com/us-government-and-politics/political-science/international-politics/quiz.html

http://www.britannica.com/quiz/browse

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=political-international-relations-concepts

http://quiz.thefullwiki.org/International_relations

http://www.flashcardexchange.com/cards/international-relations-quiz-1-1480137

https://inquiry.princetonreview.com/grad/internationalaffairsquiz/default.asp

http://quizlet.com/8677933/international-relations-quiz-5-flash-cards/

http://www.introtoglobalstudies.com/2012/04/international-studies-quiz/

https://apkpure.com/international-relations-quiz/com.professionalquizzes.internationalrelations

http://recruitmentresult.com/international-current-affairs/

http://www.wwnorton.com/college/polisci/essentials-of-international-relations5/

https://blog.oup.com/2015/11/foreign-affairs-quiz-2014/

http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz2657941e6e3f8.html

http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz197543169eb50.html

http://mcauleyhistory.edublogs.org/international-relations-revision-quiz/

the EU

http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/world/government/european_union.html

http://www.isabelperez.com/europe.htm (second half of page on the left)

http://www.isabelperez.com/lenguas.htm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/quiz/questions/0,5961,516289,00.html

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=test-your-knowledge-on-europe--european-union

http://www.toporopa.eu/en/

http://www.sporcle.com/games/Hejman/pay_your_union_dues

http://www.slideshare.net/EUintheUS/eu-quiz-for-europe-day-2012

http://www.quizfactor.com/quiz/european-union/127

the UN

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=united-nations

http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/world/organizations/united_nations.html

http://www.triviaplaza.com/united-nations-facts-quiz/

https://www.channelone.com/interact_post/united-nations-quiz/

http://www.actionquiz.com/united-nations-facts-quiz/

https://www.sporcle.com/games/tags/unitednations

http://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3199

http://www.123facts.com/play-quiz/United-Nations-1801.html

http://www.fao.org/zhc/detail-events/en/c/336648/

the IMF

http://www.globalization101.org/imquiz/

http://www.cnbc.com/id/44504678

http://quiz.thefullwiki.org/International_Monetary_Fund

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=international-monetary-fund

https://www.sporcle.com/games/SwedishViking/imf-non-member-countries

NATO

http://www.nato.int/docu/review/2012/Chicago/Quizz-Nato-summit/EN/index.htm

http://www.go4quiz.com/1510/nato-quiz/

http://www.123facts.com/play-quiz/NATO-4056.html

http://www.sporcle.com/games/Jam1/natoquiz

http://www.triviaplaza.com/nato-facts-quiz/

international law

http://www.funtrivia.com/newflash/trivia.cfm?qid=225157

http://www.globalization101.org/quiz-3/

https://blog.oup.com/2013/02/public-international-law-quiz-pil/

http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/world/the_law/international_law.html

https://www.sporcle.com/games/shoomy/international-law-trivia

https://www.sporcle.com/games/Max_J_Graham/intl-law-and-the-un-wk4

the environment

http://climate.nasa.gov/interactives/quizzes

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater/freshwater-quiz-climate-change/

http://www.factmonster.com/quizzes/environment/1.html

http://edugreen.teri.res.in/explore/quiz/quiz-climate/quiz01.htm

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2017/jan/19/understand-global-warming-climate-change-quiz

http://www.quizrevolution.com/ch/a114964/go/deforestation_quiz

http://www.factmonster.com/quizzes/global-warming/1.html

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/energy/great-energy-challenge/nuclear-power-quiz/

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/science/nuclear_power/quiz426.html

http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz3079852342500.html

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=nuclear-power

nuclear weapons

http://www.wmdawareness.org.uk/quiz/

http://www.sporcle.com/games/tags/nuclear

http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/World/Nuclear-Weapons-1-303346.html

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=atomic-bomb-quiz_1

http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz30334622ba678.html

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/2013/1225/How-much-do-you-know-about-nuclear-weapons-Take-our-quiz

https://www.sporcle.com/games/LTH/atomicbomb

http://www.hiroshima-spirit.jp/en/quiz/quizbox.html

http://old.seattletimes.com/special/trinity/supplement/quiz.html

http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz33113525e8890.html

world leaders

http://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/world-leaders-quiz.php

http://lizardpoint.com/people/world-leaders-quiz.php?test=g20x

https://www.sporcle.com/games/subcategory/worldleaders

https://www.sporcle.com/games/dudemanbearpig/worldleaders

history

http://www.paulsquiz.com/free-quiz-questions/history-quizzes

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/ap_world_history/economic_crisis_and_the_great_depression/quiz11139.html

geography

https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3007

see list of other quizzes below at the bottom of the page, for example

https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3069

http://www.triviaplaza.com/geography-world-quizzes/

http://world-geography-games.com/

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm

https://www.sporcle.com/games/g/world

http://www.jetpunk.com/tags/geography

http://www.paulsquiz.com/free-quiz-questions/geography-quizzes

world population

http://www.quibblo.com/quiz/fQ-Awdj/World-Population

https://www.sporcle.com/games/g/world_population_2050

https://freedomhouse.org/blog/quiz-freedom-world-2017

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/topic/world-population

the economic crisis in the US

https://educationforjustice.org/interact/EconQuiz/quiz.html

https://www.britannica.com/quiz/financial-crisis-of-2007-08

http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0070983992/student_view0/chapter23/multiple_choice_quiz.html

failed states

http://www.goodreads.com/quizzes/20972-failed-states-and-dictators

https://ww2.sporcle.com/games/jack_attack17/failed_states

Africa

http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/geography/africa.html

general

http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/history/20th__21st_centuries/2000s_history.html

http://www.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780195365634/student/chapter03/mcquiz/

http://www.paulsquiz.com/people-quizzes-mainmenu-348/free-quiz-questions/people-quizzes/world-leaders-quiz-2

http://currentaffairs.freejobalert.com/december-2012-current-affairs-online-test/4080/

http://currentaffairs.freejobalert.com/august-2012-current-affairs-online-test-2/2914/

http://c2w.com/quizzes/103869-World-Current-Affairs-Quiz-Questions-Answers-October-2012

http://www.historyteacher.net/GlobalStudies/Global9ReviewPage.htm

http://www.linkingsky.com/government-exams/bank/Bank-Exams-Preparation/Quizzes/International_Misc_Quiz-5.html

http://www.linkingsky.com/government-exams/bank/Bank-Exams-Preparation/Quizzes/index.html

http://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/twt/archive/view/188543 

http://c2w.com/quizzes/105053-International-Current-Affairs-Quiz-Questions-Answers-January-2013

http://www.funtrivia.com/newflash/trivia.cfm?qid=306474

http://www.123facts.com/play-quiz/Diplomatic-Terms-6373.html

http://www.quibblo.com/quiz/1N5A13N/Diplomacy

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/category/sub_section/quiz

http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Humanities/Classic-International-Relations-197543.html

http://worldsavvy.org/docs/2007_WAC-Quiz.pdf

http://www.quiz4fun.com/category/curr

http://introtoglobalstudies.com/2012/04/international-studies-quiz/

http://www.funtrivia.com/html5/index.cfm?qid=306474

http://www.quibblo.com/quiz/1N5A13N/Diplomacy

http://democracyctr.org/blogfrombolivia/an-international-diplomacy-quiz/

http://www.leadthecompetition.in/PTs/tests.html

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=current-affairs-quiz-jan-2013

http://currentaffairs.freejobalert.com/

http://www.economist.com/economist-quiz

Some more international affairs quizzes 2016

https://inquiry.princetonreview.com/grad/internationalaffairsquiz/default.asp

http://introtoglobalstudies.com/2012/04/international-studies-quiz/

http://www.lowyinstitute.org/quiz/how-well-do-you-know-foreign-policy

http://www.sheir.org/current-affairs-quiz.html (lots of pages, lots of questions, some odd language)

http://lizardpoint.com/people/world-leaders-quiz.php?test=g20x

http://www.competitiveexamsonline.com/current-affairs-online-test-series-2015/

http://www.examguruadda.in/2015/12/current-affairs-quiz-of-1-2-december.html

http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k104561&pageid=icb.page678054

http://global.oup.com/uk/orc/politics/intro/baylis6e/student/mcqs/

https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/twt/quiz-year

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/resources/edc/2015_Quiz_Questions.pdf

http://one-europe.info/euroquiz

http://carleton.ca/ces/eulearning/politics/government/activity-7-eu-and-government-web-quiz/

https://www.channelone.com/interact_post/united-nations-quiz/

https://quizlet.com/7443280/united-nations-quiz-flash-cards/

https://quizlet.com/7443280/united-nations-quiz-flash-cards/

http://www.historyteacher.net/GlobalStudies/Global9ReviewPage.htm

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=international-studies-exam-preparation

and more quizzes

http://blog.oup.com/2015/11/foreign-affairs-quiz-2014/

http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Humanities/Classic-International-Relations-197543.html

http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Humanities/International-Relations-Theory-265794.html

http://www.lowyinstitute.org/quiz/how-well-do-you-know-foreign-policy

http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/the-news-iq-quiz/

https://inquiry.princetonreview.com/grad/internationalaffairsquiz/default.asp

http://www.one.org/us/2014/04/23/quiz-are-you-smarter-on-foreign-policy-than-a-high-school-student/

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=international-studies-exam-preparation

http://www.wwnorton.com/college/polisci/essentials-of-international-relations5/ch/01/quiz.aspx

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/09/14/quiz-20-questions-about-the-world-a-future-u-s-president-should-get-right/

plus anything else you find by doing a search on google for:

'international relations quiz'

I just got: http://blog.oup.com/2015/11/foreign-affairs-quiz-2014/

and https://inquiry.princetonreview.com/grad/internationalaffairsquiz/default.asp

or try adding a topic or institution. For example:

'international relations middle east quiz' gave me:

http://www.aish.com/jw/me/Quiz-Political-Change-in-the-Middle-East.html

or geography? 'European geography quiz' gave me:

http://lizardpoint.com/geography/europe-quiz.php

or history? 'Modern European history' quiz gave me this:

http://www.raleighcharterhs.org/faculty/bnewmark/euroquizzes.html#WWI

I found this: http://www.raleighcharterhs.org/faculty/bnewmark/euroquizzes.html

which gave these:

http://www.raleighcharterhs.org/faculty/bnewmark/Euro%20Quizzes/WWIRnRev.htm

http://www.raleighcharterhs.org/faculty/bnewmark/Euro%20Quizzes/PostwarWorldII.htm

Some basic preparation for the concorso

‘Il concorso per segretario di legazione, Edizione 2018’:

https://www.simone.it/catalogo/v333_1.htm

https://www.ibs.it/concorso-per-segretario-di-legazione-libro-vari/e/9788891416438?lgw_code=1122-B9788891416438&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxoDR8sXs3gIV2OFRCh25yAn5EAQYASABEgKeLvD_BwE

Oil prices falling

https://www.dailyfx.com/crude-oil

https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cmjpj223708t/oil

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1409651/business-economy

https://nation.com.pk/23-Nov-2018/oil-falls-to-lowest-since-late-2017-on-emerging-supply-glut-opec-expected-to-cut

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/nov/23/oil-price-falls-brent-crude-cost-barrel-oversupply-concerns