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Natura, peso e ruolo della classe media in Russia
No full textIl paper analizza il ruolo economico e politico della classe media in Russia
China as an emerging stakeholder in Eastern Europe
No full textThe paper looks at the economic penetration of China in the post-Soviet spac
Women in the Mediterranean: Still Discriminated Against?
No full textWhile in the EU’s Mediterranean countries inequality is mostly linked to the social
sphere, and in particular refers to labour market dynamics, in the Middle East and Northern
Africa (MENA) area the situation is more complicated as the social and private spheres
overlap and cultural and religious factors have a great impact on women’s autonomy and
opportunities beyond the family perimeter. The different challenges women are facing on
the two sides of the Mediterranean have sometimes led to incomprehension and misperceptions.
Western-supported policies devoted to closing the gap between men and women
in the Southern Mediterranean area have overlooked those countries’ peculiarities, simply
exporting models tailored for EU’s member states. The EU’s attempts to strengthen relations
with the Mediterranean countries on a multilevel basis have not rescued women from
marginalization. Nevertheless, during the 2011 awakening, women played an important
role in activating civil society and they are still to play a role in the modernization of their
countries
What the Economy can tell us about Politics in Russia
No full textThis analysis looks at how the deteriorating economic situation in Russia might affect the state's stabilit
The EU's Transformative Power Challenged in Ukraine
No full textMoving from the analysis of the EU’s actions in the Ukrainian crisis, this article aims at opening
a reflection on certain traditional taxonomies such as civilian, normative and transformative
power that have shaped the debate on both the EU ontology and its external manifestation.1
While the peculiarity of the development of European integration might have quite
spontaneously produced a normative power, on the external front the application of this power
requires a political drive. The recent policies – ENP, EaP – promulgated to stabilize and
restructure the EU’s neighbourhood through the diffusion of norms have undoubtedly geopolitical
implications. It is not yet clear whether these policies are simply replicating the enlargement
rationale (although not contemplating membership), or, rather, they are part of a power politics
project dissimulated under a normative veil.The EU responded to Russia’s aggressiveness in an
‘unreflective’ way, a procession of ‘patterned actions’ with limited efficacy.The EU’s performance
in Ukraine reveals both a lack of analytical capacity in the elaboration of policies directed to the
neighbourhood and of tactical planning for facing up to the consequences of those policies
The EU-Russia Relations: Better to reengage
No full textThe analysis looks at the future of the EU-Russia relations after the Ukrainian crisis and it offers some suggestions on how to improve it
Russia da potenza regionale a potenza multi-regionale
No full textLa politica estera della Federazione russa è stata profondamente marcata dal trauma della fine dell’Unione Sovietica e dalla perdita del rango di potenza. Dopo una fase di normalizzazione nei primi anni Novanta, con l’ascesa al potere di Putin ha avuto inizio una politica sempre più assertiva volta a riportare la Russia tra le potenze post-bipolari. Il comportamento russo in politica estera non soggiace a vincoli ideologici o valoriali ma è dettato dal pragmatismo: la tessitura di una variegata rete relazionale coesiste senza difficoltà con il ricorso all’hard power (ricatto energetico e utilizzo della forza militare). La capacità russa di essere presente su molti scenari simultaneamente con obiettivi chiari le consente di massimizzare le risorse a disposizione, contrariamente ad altri ben più dotati attori incapaci però di agire in maniera coerente ed efficac
Quali Scenari per la crisi in Ucraina?
No full textIl paper scritto per la Camera dei Deputati - Servizio Studi Dipartimento Affari Esteri analizza le conseguenze per l'Italia e l'Europa della Crisi in Ucraina e fornici alcune indicazioni policy-oriente
Nuova Ucraina o vassallo russo? I dilemmi della Bielorussia
No full textL'articolo prende in considerazione il caso della Bielorussia, paese con un regime autocratico ed una forte dipendenza da Mosca anche se si registra un ammorbidimento delle relazioni con la UE
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