The BRICS plus - questions

1.      How long have the BRICS existed as a group?

2.      Which states form the BRICS? What does the acronym stand for?

3.      Are they all equal?

4.      How strong are they in economic terms? In terms of population?

5.     What internal and external challenges do they face?

6.    Which countries joined in January 2024? How much stronger is the ‘BRICS plus’ group as a result? How many other states have shown an interest in joining?

7.      What is the level of intra-BRICS’ trade?

8.      What is the role of the New Development Bank?

9.      What are the main stated aims that they agree on?

10.  What may some of them want to do?

11.  How do they vote at the UN?

12.  What kind of political systems do they have?

13.  What divisions are there between some of them and why?

14.  Are they a coherent group? Can they really change the world order and the way things are done?

15.  How should the West react to them?

16.  In your opinion, what are are the benefits and drawbacks to the emergence of the BRICS?

Definition

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What would a new Trump presidency mean for international relations?

https://www.italiaclima.org/elezioni-usa-5-promesse-di-trump-su-clima-ed-energia/

https://thinkfide.com/en/what-a-trump-presidency-could-mean-for-the-eu-and-nato/

https://www.politico.eu/article/what-another-trump-presidency-would-mean-for-nato/

https://www.thebanker.com/Three-things-a-second-Trump-presidency-could-bring-1706266090

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-01-10/what-a-2024-trump-win-would-mean-for-trade-china-policy-tax-rates

https://www.ispionline.it/en/publication/usa-2024-if-trump-is-back-157999

https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/usa-2024-se-torna-trump-157728

https://abcnews.go.com/US/donald-trump-escalate-us-trade-war-work-time/story?id=107448832

https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/02/15/trump-second-term-nato-impact/

https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/U.S.-elections-2024/Would-a-Trump-presidency-change-China-s-calculations-on-Taiwan

https://thinkfide.com/it/what-a-trump-presidency-could-mean-for-the-eu-and-nato/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/29/donald-trump-europe-ukraine-vladimir-putin-far-right

https://www.dw.com/en/what-trumps-reelection-could-mean-for-africa/a-68125142

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/17/trump-muslim-ban-gaza-refugees

https://www.editorialedomani.it/politica/mondo/trump-riapre-il-fronte-della-nato-e-nel-mirino-ce-anche-litalia-q5cj8z57

https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/02/24/trumps-election-will-herald-a-further-step-towards-a-multi-polar-world/

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/us/politics/trump-2025-immigration-agenda.html

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/15/world-bank-chief-predicts-climate-push-can-survive-trump-00135633

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/04/far-right-israel-minister-suggests-trump-would-be-better-for-israel-than-biden-00139522

https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/trump-2-0-uno-scenario-a-cui-prepararsi-161239

https://esthinktank.com/2024/01/29/the-end-of-strong-transatlantic-relations-how-trumpism-could-shape-the-eus-future-2/

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/trump-american-century-diplomacy/

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/middle-east-ready-another-trump-presidency-208436

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-2024-election-us-foreign-policy-by-joseph-s-nye-2023-05

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/13/trump-north-korea-nuclear-weapons-plan-00131469

https://www.ilfoglio.it/politica/2024/01/15/news/meloni-tra-trump-e-biden-c-eravamo-tanto-amati-ma-adesso--6101344/

EU News

This is a good site for EU news in Italian and sometimes in English too:

https://www.eunews.it/ for content, language and translation

https://www.eunews.it/2024/02/23/tredicesimo-pacchetto-sanzioni-ue-russia-2/

https://www.eunews.it/en/2024/02/23/the-13th-package-of-eu-sanctions-on-russia-is-official-china-and-north-korea-also-hit/

https://www.eunews.it/2024/02/19/mar-rosso-tajani-missione-aspides/

https://www.eunews.it/en/2024/02/19/red-sea-tajani-celebrates-launch-of-aspides-mission-an-italian-success/

Use the search box for any particular topic that you are interested in. For example , ‘EU enlargement’

I found

https://www.eunews.it/en/2024/02/20/eu-enlargement-and-the-cohesion-funds-conundrum-more-money-is-needed-for-the-future/

https://www.eunews.it/2024/02/20/allargamento-ue-e-rebus-coesione/

and

https://www.eunews.it/en/2024/02/15/eesc-eu-enlargement-initiative/

https://www.eunews.it/2024/02/15/allargamento-ue-iniziativa-cese/

Amnesty International, February 19, 2024, Russia: Surge in abuse of anti-terrorism laws to suppress dissent

https://www.amnesty.it/russia-leggi-anti-terrorismo-per-reprimere-i-dissidenti/?utm_source=DEM&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=DEM10090

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/02/russia-surge-in-abuse-of-anti-terrorism-laws-to-suppress-dissent/

The EU and the UK post-Brexit

timeline of recent events:

http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/assembly-business/brexit-and-beyond/timeline-and-key-documents/

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/it/policies/eu-relations-with-the-united-kingdom/post-brexit-agreements/

https://www.esteri.it/en/politica-estera-e-cooperazione-allo-sviluppo/politica_europea/dossier/brexit/

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/eu-relations-with-the-united-kingdom/post-brexit-agreements/

the UK economy

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/14/brexit-has-sliced-5percent-off-uk-economic-growth-goldman-sachs-says.html

https://www.euronews.com/business/2024/01/12/brexit-here-is-how-much-it-has-cost-for-british-people

https://www.newslettereuropean.eu/the-impact-of-brexit-on-migrants-and-workers-in-the-eu/

and trade

https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/government-brexit-border-risks

polling

https://www.statista.com/statistics/987347/brexit-opinion-poll/

Northern Ireland

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9736/

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9548/

migration

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/bulletins/longterminternationalmigrationprovisional/yearendingjune2023

and generally

https://www.eunews.it/2024/02/23/frontex-regno-unito-accordo-migrazione/

https://www.eunews.it/en/2024/02/22/uk-eu-border-chaos-risk-lack-of-control-facilities-at-ports-and-stations/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/03/observer-view-list-of-brexit-wins-is-in-short-and-feeblehttps://www.eunews.it/2024/02/23/frontex-regno-unito-accordo-migrazione/

https://www.eunews.it/en/2024/02/22/uk-eu-border-chaos-risk-lack-of-control-facilities-at-ports-and-stations/

https://www.eunews.it/2024/02/05/referendum-irlanda-del-nord-regno-unito/

https://www.eunews.it/2023/09/18/brexit-leader-laburista-starmer-ue/

https://www.eunews.it/2023/09/07/regno-unito-brexit-ue-copernicus-horizon/

https://www.eunews.it/2023/07/04/ue-regno-unito-assemblea-parlamenti/

https://www.eunews.it/2023/02/27/ue-regno-unito-brexit-irlanda-del-nord/

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/12/29/brexit-draft-deal-first-of-many-hurdles-to-a-smooth-exit

https://www.eunews.it/2022/12/22/brexit-regno-unito-scioperi-economia/

https://www.eunews.it/2022/11/15/regno-unito-mobilita-militare-pesco/

https://www.euronews.com/business/2024/01/12/brexit-here-is-how-much-it-has-cost-for-british-people

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/12/29/brexit-draft-deal-first-of-many-hurdles-to-a-smooth-exit

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/bulletins/longterminternationalmigrationprovisional/yearendingjune2023#:~:text=1.-,Main%20points,)%20and%20British%20(84%2C000).

https://www.newslettereuropean.eu/the-impact-of-brexit-on-migrants-and-workers-in-the-eu/

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9548/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY2JaT28iIYhttps://www.eunews.it/2022/11/15/regno-unito-mobilita-militare-pesco/

https://www.euronews.com/business/2024/01/12/brexit-here-is-how-much-it-has-cost-for-british-people

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/14/brexit-has-sliced-5percent-off-uk-economic-growth-goldman-sachs-says.html

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/12/29/brexit-draft-deal-first-of-many-hurdles-to-a-smooth-exit

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/bulletins/longterminternationalmigrationprovisional/yearendingjune2023#:~:text=1.-,Main%20points,)%20and%20British%20(84%2C000).

https://www.newslettereuropean.eu/the-impact-of-brexit-on-migrants-and-workers-in-the-eu/

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9548/

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britain-retain-substantial-number-eu-laws-until-least-2026-2024-01-22/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKdqDcgVVI4

the effect on the EU

https://www.ilpost.it/2019/01/31/brexit-ue-forte/

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/12/29/brexit-draft-deal-first-of-many-hurdles-to-a-smooth-exit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_of_Brexit_on_the_European_Union#:~:text=Brexit%20resulted%20in%20the%20EU,increase%20over%20the%20same%20period.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2024/02/01/european-elections-four-years-later-brexit-stands-as-a-warning-to-europe_6484896_23.html

https://it.euronews.com/2016/07/05/stoltenberg-cooperazione-nato-ue-ancora-piu-forte-dopo-brexit

Public diplomacy and digital diplomacy

https://www.britannica.com/topic/public-diplomacy

https://www.diplomacy.edu/ufaq/what-is-the-difference-between-digital-diplomacy-and-public-diplomacy/#:~:text=Public%20diplomacy%20only%20covers%20one,geopolitical%20or%20geo%2Deconomic%20ENVIRONMENT.

https://www.exteriores.gob.es/en/PoliticaExterior/Paginas/DiplomaciaPublicaDigital.aspx

https://ec-europa-eu.libguides.com/cultural_diplomacy/digital

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