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Videos by Emanuele Farruggia

Nowadays nuclear threats: nuclear terrorism and the threat to international peace and security po... more Nowadays nuclear threats: nuclear terrorism and the threat to international peace and security posed by proliferating States such as North Korea and Iran. Nuclear Security: the role of the IAEA and the nuclear security summits. Interview released to Aracne TV Journalist Massimo Boddi on May 12, 2021.

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Books by Emanuele Farruggia

Research paper thumbnail of Storia al Cinema

Storia al Cinema, 2024

This is my new book, Storia al Cinema, available on Amazon as a paperback as welll as an e-book. ... more This is my new book, Storia al Cinema, available on Amazon as a paperback as welll as an e-book. The subject of the book is History seen on the silver screen. It includes reviews of films related to different historical periods, from Waterloo to the Cold War.

Theses by Emanuele Farruggia

Research paper thumbnail of Il Primo Esercito Italiano, 1987

The First Italian Army: Master's Degree thesis. The history of the Army of the Kigdom of Italy (... more The First Italian Army: Master's Degree thesis. The history of the Army of the Kigdom of Italy (1805-1814), 1987

Research paper thumbnail of "Grande Strategia italiana: l'attualità delle relazioni atlantiche ed europee."

What is Grand Strategy? Every State has always had a Grand Strategy, which is wider and more incl... more What is Grand Strategy? Every State has always had a Grand Strategy, which is wider and more inclusive than military strategy even if it has seldom been formalized in strategic documents. Some strategic documents of the past are nonetheless relevant and quite close to current grand strategic thinking.
An exemplary model is the making of US Grand Strategy during and after the Cold War up to the National Security Strategies of today. US Grand Strategy during the Cold War took shape from George Kennan’s containment strategy but its implementation required the establishment of the National Security Council in 1947. The introduction, towards the end of the Cold War, of a comprehensive strategic document such as the US National Security Strategy of 1987 prompted the adoption of National Security Strategy documents by other States. Britain led the way by introducing the concept of a comprehensive National Security Strategy, soon followed by France and, later, by the European Union. The UK and France updated their security policy decision making process by establishing coordinating bodies which took inspiration from the US National Security Council. Germany, in 2016 published a comprehensive security policy document but it has not yet established its own National Security Council. A step that Japan took in 2013, by creating its own National Security Council and publishing its National Security Strategy.
An Italian National Security Strategy cannot, however, ignore the evolution of NATO and European Union strategic documents. Therefore, a chapter is dedicated to an overview of the evolution of NATO’s and EU’s Strategic documents up to the “NATO 2030” Report and to the “Strategic Compass 2022” of the European Union. Time has come to draft an Italian National Security Strategy, to establish a National Security Council and to appoint a National Security Adviser. Such a reform would bring back security policy where it belongs: to the centre of Government.

Research paper thumbnail of "Grande Strategia italiana: l'attualità delle relazioni atlantiche ed europee"

Tesi 73^Sessione di Studio IASD, 2022

What is Grand Strategy? Every State has always had a Grand Strategy, which is wider and more incl... more What is Grand Strategy? Every State has always had a Grand Strategy, which is wider and more inclusive than military strategy even if it has seldom been formalized in strategic documents. Some strategic documents of the past are nonetheless relevant and quite close to current grand strategic thinking. An exemplary model is the making of US Grand Strategy during and after the Cold War up to the National Security Strategies of today. US Grand Strategy during the Cold War took shape from George Kennan’s containment strategy but its implementation required the establishment of the National Security Council in 1947. The introduction, towards the end of the Cold War, of a comprehensive strategic document such as the US National Security Strategy of 1987 prompted the adoption of National Security Strategy documents by other States. Britain led the way by introducing the concept of a comprehensive National Security Strategy, soon followed by France and, later, by the European Union. The UK and France updated their security policy decision making process by establishing coordinating bodies which took inspiration from the US National Security Council. Germany, in 2016 published a comprehensive security policy document but it has not yet established its own National Security Council. A step that Japan took in 2013, by creating its own National Security Council and publishing its National Security Strategy. An Italian National Security Strategy cannot, however, ignore the evolution of NATO and European Union strategic documents. Therefore, a chapter is dedicated to an overview of the evolution of NATO’s and EU’s Strategic documents up to the “NATO 2030” Report and to the “Strategic Compass 2022” of the European Union. Time has come to draft an Italian National Security Strategy, to establish a National Security Council and to appoint a National Security Adviser. Such a reform would bring back security policy where it belongs: to the centre of Government.

Thesis Chapters by Emanuele Farruggia

Research paper thumbnail of Russia, Artico

Russian Policy in the Arctic Region . Thesis Chapter from a group thesis of the 73rd IASD Course,... more Russian Policy in the Arctic Region . Thesis Chapter from a group thesis of the 73rd IASD Course, 2021 -2022

Papers by Emanuele Farruggia

Research paper thumbnail of Evoluzione del Concetto Strategico della NATO

Rivista di Studi Politici Internazionali, 2024

The Grand Strategy of NATO, seen as a Security Community, has been set over the years in the Str... more The Grand Strategy of NATO, seen as a Security Community, has been set over
the years in the Strategic Concepts. Since 1949 and up to the most recent update
in 2022, NATO adopted eight Strategic Concepts at every milestone of its
successful story. reading the Strategic Concepts is like recapping the history of
the alliance and the evolution of its fundamental strategic choices. From NATO’s
birth at the beginning of the Cold War through détente and up to the Strategic
Concept of 1991, which put an end to the 40 years confrontation with the Soviet
union and the Warsaw Treaty Organization, five Strategic Concepts have been
approved and implemented keeping a steady course in troubled waters. The
subsequent Strategic Concepts of 1999 and 2010 focused on crisis management,
stabilization operations and counterterrorism. The most recent update of the
Strategic Concept, approved by the Madrid Summit, seems to come full circle
after the Russian invasion of Ukraine with the return to NATO’s original mission:
deterrence and defence.

Research paper thumbnail of The Long Route to Egypt. From Saint Louis to Bonaparte

Nuova Antologia Militare , Jun 2024

Saint Louis’ failed crusade to Egypt has epitomized for centuries the high risks of conquering ... more Saint Louis’ failed crusade to Egypt has epitomized for centuries the
high risks of conquering Egypt. Leibniz’s suggestion to the Sun King to conquer
Egypt went unheeded. The key strategic value of Egypt for French interests re-
emerged in the course of the XVIII Century in several policy papers ignored by
French diplomacy, which kept to the alliance with the Ottoman Empire. Only after
the Revolution, the business interests of a merchant, the new colonial policy of a
Foreign Minister and the ambition of a young General combined into launching
the Egyptian expedition.

Research paper thumbnail of Dealing with the Nuclear Threat, Israeli Counterproliferation Strategy from the Begin Doctrine to the Shadow War with Iran

Strategic Leadership Journal, Mar 31, 2024

Starting from the first counterproliferation operation against the Egyptian rocket programme, the... more Starting from the first counterproliferation operation against the Egyptian rocket programme, the paper recaps the origins of the “Begin Doctrine” and its successful implementation in the -Iraqi and Syrian case. A mention is made of “Project Daniel”, a forward- looking strategy document of the early 2000’s, whose recommendations on nuclear issues are still relevant today. The analysis of the Iranian Nuclear issue and of the counterproliferation strategy formulated by Meir Dagan’s in 2003 may lead to the conclusion that Israel still pursues the policy goals of the “Begin Doctrine” although with different means.

Research paper thumbnail of RSPI- Le strategie di Sicurezza dell'UE

Rivista di Studi Politici Internazionali , Oct 2023

The first military alliance in Western Europe establishing a security organization was the Wester... more The first military alliance in Western Europe establishing a security organization
was the Western Union later renamed the Western European Union. Its founding
document, the Brussels Treaty, included a mutual defence clause that was later
reflected in Art. 42.7 of the Lisbon Treaty. However, it was only in 2003 that the
European Union adopted a strategic document, the European Security Strategy
(ESS), taking as a model the US Security Strategy. The 2016 EU Strategy, A
Global Strategy for the European Union Foreign and Security Policy, although
a bit vague in formulation, was updated to take into account the changed political
landscape. Pragmatic initiatives such as PESCO, CARD and EDA paved the way
to the 2022 Strategic Compass, whose adoption coincided with the Russian
invasion of Ukraine. Despite their value as a strategic communication documents,
EU Security Strategies can only point out to ends, ways and means to achieve
the goals of a Common Foreign and Security Policy, whose actual
implementation hinges on the Member States’ resolve.

Research paper thumbnail of Leibniz’s Last Crusade:The Philosopher as a Strategist Leibniz’s Consilium Aegyptiacum and its afterlife

Nuova Antologia Militare, 2023

Among the works of Leibniz, those written as a young advisor to thePrince Elector of Mainz reve... more Among the works of Leibniz, those written as a young advisor to thePrince Elector of Mainz reveal unusual political sensitivity. However, his suggestion to the Sun King to conquer Egypt instead of attacking the Netherlands went unheeded, without leaving any trace in the French archives. Actually, the British rediscovered Leibniz’s plan and used it as a tool of information warfare against France. Later,, during the 1840 Oriental Crisis, the
Consilium Aegyptiacum resurfaced in France in an anti-British pamphlet. The Prussian General von Minutoli and the US Navy officer Alfred T. Mahan assessed Leibniz’s paper from different strategic perspectives

Research paper thumbnail of "A farm too far". Maps at Waterloo.

Nuova Antologia Militare , 2020

In 1778 Austrian General de Ferraris produced a map of the Austrian Netherlands for sale to th... more In 1778 Austrian General de Ferraris produced a map of the Austrian Netherlands for sale to the public. The latter and its French copy were the maps mainly used by the three armies at Waterloo. According to Belgian historian Bernard Coppens, a printing error on both the “Ferraris” and “Capitaine” maps might have misled Napoleon. Wellington took the decision to fight near Waterloo over a Ferraris map but the map he used during the battle was the outcome of a recent survey by the Royal Engineers. In Blücher’s Army, the crucial decision by Lt Gen von Gneisenau to withdraw towards Wavre might have also been due to the scarcity of large-scale maps among staff officers.

Research paper thumbnail of Le navi di Sion. Il contributo italiano alla nascita delle forze navali di Israele.

SISM Italy on the Rimland, 2019

Zion's ships. Short essay on Italy's contribution to the creation of Israel's naval forces

Research paper thumbnail of After the Cold War: Multilateral Export Control Regimes in the Second Nuclear Age.

SISM Economic Warfare, 2017

The current multilateral export control regime is deeply rooted in the Cold War era. The export c... more The current multilateral export control regime is deeply rooted in
the Cold War era. The export control regimes, although established during the First N uclear Age, shaped by the global competition between the United States and the Soviet Union,are operating now in the geopolitical context of the Second Nuclear Age,
characterized by a multiplicity of powers in possession of- or striving to
- acquire weapons of mass destruction. Moreover, the potential threat of
WMD or CBRN terrorism, took a new dimension after the Twin Towers
attack of 9/11/2001 and the subsequent discovery, in Afghanistan, of plans
by Al Qaida to develop non-conventional weapons. Stemming the spread
of Weapons of Mass Destruction (Chemical, Biological, Radiological or
Nuclear) among States, remains the main challenge of the global non-proliferation regime but, increasingly, the focus is shifting on the threat posed
by non-state actors.

Research paper thumbnail of Pearl Harbor

Dissensi & Discordanze, 2016

Short addition to Mauro della Porta Raffo's essay: "La Provvidenza divina e gli Stati Uniti d'Am... more Short addition to Mauro della Porta Raffo's essay: "La Provvidenza divina e gli Stati Uniti d'America", on the circumstances of the Japanese surprise attack on the US Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor

Research paper thumbnail of Antoine-Henri de Jomini e Carl von Clausewitz

Dissensi & Discordanze, 2015

Jomini vs Clausewitz: joint Article with Mauro della Porta Raffo.

Research paper thumbnail of Il ragazzo di Waterloo, ovvero come un Professore americano inventò il Diritto Bellico moderno

Dissensi & Discordanze, 2015

Article on Franz Lieber, the German-American who wrote the "Lincoln Code", the first ever offic... more Article on Franz Lieber, the German-American who wrote the "Lincoln Code", the first ever official regulation of humanitarian law in wartime

Research paper thumbnail of Prospettive della questione nucleare iraniana

Dissensi & Discordanze, 2014

Article on the Iranian nuclear issue, soon after the preliminary agreement on the JPoA.

Research paper thumbnail of La bomba dei Kim

Dissensi & Discordanze, 2014

Article on the the failed diplomatic efforts to prevent North Korea from developing nuclear weapons

Research paper thumbnail of Cavour, il patriota liberale

Dissensi & Discordanze, 2013

Article dedicated to Camillo Benso Count of Cavour, Italy's greatest statesman

Nowadays nuclear threats: nuclear terrorism and the threat to international peace and security po... more Nowadays nuclear threats: nuclear terrorism and the threat to international peace and security posed by proliferating States such as North Korea and Iran. Nuclear Security: the role of the IAEA and the nuclear security summits. Interview released to Aracne TV Journalist Massimo Boddi on May 12, 2021.

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Research paper thumbnail of Storia al Cinema

Storia al Cinema, 2024

This is my new book, Storia al Cinema, available on Amazon as a paperback as welll as an e-book. ... more This is my new book, Storia al Cinema, available on Amazon as a paperback as welll as an e-book. The subject of the book is History seen on the silver screen. It includes reviews of films related to different historical periods, from Waterloo to the Cold War.

Research paper thumbnail of Il Primo Esercito Italiano, 1987

The First Italian Army: Master's Degree thesis. The history of the Army of the Kigdom of Italy (... more The First Italian Army: Master's Degree thesis. The history of the Army of the Kigdom of Italy (1805-1814), 1987

Research paper thumbnail of "Grande Strategia italiana: l'attualità delle relazioni atlantiche ed europee."

What is Grand Strategy? Every State has always had a Grand Strategy, which is wider and more incl... more What is Grand Strategy? Every State has always had a Grand Strategy, which is wider and more inclusive than military strategy even if it has seldom been formalized in strategic documents. Some strategic documents of the past are nonetheless relevant and quite close to current grand strategic thinking.
An exemplary model is the making of US Grand Strategy during and after the Cold War up to the National Security Strategies of today. US Grand Strategy during the Cold War took shape from George Kennan’s containment strategy but its implementation required the establishment of the National Security Council in 1947. The introduction, towards the end of the Cold War, of a comprehensive strategic document such as the US National Security Strategy of 1987 prompted the adoption of National Security Strategy documents by other States. Britain led the way by introducing the concept of a comprehensive National Security Strategy, soon followed by France and, later, by the European Union. The UK and France updated their security policy decision making process by establishing coordinating bodies which took inspiration from the US National Security Council. Germany, in 2016 published a comprehensive security policy document but it has not yet established its own National Security Council. A step that Japan took in 2013, by creating its own National Security Council and publishing its National Security Strategy.
An Italian National Security Strategy cannot, however, ignore the evolution of NATO and European Union strategic documents. Therefore, a chapter is dedicated to an overview of the evolution of NATO’s and EU’s Strategic documents up to the “NATO 2030” Report and to the “Strategic Compass 2022” of the European Union. Time has come to draft an Italian National Security Strategy, to establish a National Security Council and to appoint a National Security Adviser. Such a reform would bring back security policy where it belongs: to the centre of Government.

Research paper thumbnail of "Grande Strategia italiana: l'attualità delle relazioni atlantiche ed europee"

Tesi 73^Sessione di Studio IASD, 2022

What is Grand Strategy? Every State has always had a Grand Strategy, which is wider and more incl... more What is Grand Strategy? Every State has always had a Grand Strategy, which is wider and more inclusive than military strategy even if it has seldom been formalized in strategic documents. Some strategic documents of the past are nonetheless relevant and quite close to current grand strategic thinking. An exemplary model is the making of US Grand Strategy during and after the Cold War up to the National Security Strategies of today. US Grand Strategy during the Cold War took shape from George Kennan’s containment strategy but its implementation required the establishment of the National Security Council in 1947. The introduction, towards the end of the Cold War, of a comprehensive strategic document such as the US National Security Strategy of 1987 prompted the adoption of National Security Strategy documents by other States. Britain led the way by introducing the concept of a comprehensive National Security Strategy, soon followed by France and, later, by the European Union. The UK and France updated their security policy decision making process by establishing coordinating bodies which took inspiration from the US National Security Council. Germany, in 2016 published a comprehensive security policy document but it has not yet established its own National Security Council. A step that Japan took in 2013, by creating its own National Security Council and publishing its National Security Strategy. An Italian National Security Strategy cannot, however, ignore the evolution of NATO and European Union strategic documents. Therefore, a chapter is dedicated to an overview of the evolution of NATO’s and EU’s Strategic documents up to the “NATO 2030” Report and to the “Strategic Compass 2022” of the European Union. Time has come to draft an Italian National Security Strategy, to establish a National Security Council and to appoint a National Security Adviser. Such a reform would bring back security policy where it belongs: to the centre of Government.

Research paper thumbnail of Russia, Artico

Russian Policy in the Arctic Region . Thesis Chapter from a group thesis of the 73rd IASD Course,... more Russian Policy in the Arctic Region . Thesis Chapter from a group thesis of the 73rd IASD Course, 2021 -2022

Research paper thumbnail of Evoluzione del Concetto Strategico della NATO

Rivista di Studi Politici Internazionali, 2024

The Grand Strategy of NATO, seen as a Security Community, has been set over the years in the Str... more The Grand Strategy of NATO, seen as a Security Community, has been set over
the years in the Strategic Concepts. Since 1949 and up to the most recent update
in 2022, NATO adopted eight Strategic Concepts at every milestone of its
successful story. reading the Strategic Concepts is like recapping the history of
the alliance and the evolution of its fundamental strategic choices. From NATO’s
birth at the beginning of the Cold War through détente and up to the Strategic
Concept of 1991, which put an end to the 40 years confrontation with the Soviet
union and the Warsaw Treaty Organization, five Strategic Concepts have been
approved and implemented keeping a steady course in troubled waters. The
subsequent Strategic Concepts of 1999 and 2010 focused on crisis management,
stabilization operations and counterterrorism. The most recent update of the
Strategic Concept, approved by the Madrid Summit, seems to come full circle
after the Russian invasion of Ukraine with the return to NATO’s original mission:
deterrence and defence.

Research paper thumbnail of The Long Route to Egypt. From Saint Louis to Bonaparte

Nuova Antologia Militare , Jun 2024

Saint Louis’ failed crusade to Egypt has epitomized for centuries the high risks of conquering ... more Saint Louis’ failed crusade to Egypt has epitomized for centuries the
high risks of conquering Egypt. Leibniz’s suggestion to the Sun King to conquer
Egypt went unheeded. The key strategic value of Egypt for French interests re-
emerged in the course of the XVIII Century in several policy papers ignored by
French diplomacy, which kept to the alliance with the Ottoman Empire. Only after
the Revolution, the business interests of a merchant, the new colonial policy of a
Foreign Minister and the ambition of a young General combined into launching
the Egyptian expedition.

Research paper thumbnail of Dealing with the Nuclear Threat, Israeli Counterproliferation Strategy from the Begin Doctrine to the Shadow War with Iran

Strategic Leadership Journal, Mar 31, 2024

Starting from the first counterproliferation operation against the Egyptian rocket programme, the... more Starting from the first counterproliferation operation against the Egyptian rocket programme, the paper recaps the origins of the “Begin Doctrine” and its successful implementation in the -Iraqi and Syrian case. A mention is made of “Project Daniel”, a forward- looking strategy document of the early 2000’s, whose recommendations on nuclear issues are still relevant today. The analysis of the Iranian Nuclear issue and of the counterproliferation strategy formulated by Meir Dagan’s in 2003 may lead to the conclusion that Israel still pursues the policy goals of the “Begin Doctrine” although with different means.

Research paper thumbnail of RSPI- Le strategie di Sicurezza dell'UE

Rivista di Studi Politici Internazionali , Oct 2023

The first military alliance in Western Europe establishing a security organization was the Wester... more The first military alliance in Western Europe establishing a security organization
was the Western Union later renamed the Western European Union. Its founding
document, the Brussels Treaty, included a mutual defence clause that was later
reflected in Art. 42.7 of the Lisbon Treaty. However, it was only in 2003 that the
European Union adopted a strategic document, the European Security Strategy
(ESS), taking as a model the US Security Strategy. The 2016 EU Strategy, A
Global Strategy for the European Union Foreign and Security Policy, although
a bit vague in formulation, was updated to take into account the changed political
landscape. Pragmatic initiatives such as PESCO, CARD and EDA paved the way
to the 2022 Strategic Compass, whose adoption coincided with the Russian
invasion of Ukraine. Despite their value as a strategic communication documents,
EU Security Strategies can only point out to ends, ways and means to achieve
the goals of a Common Foreign and Security Policy, whose actual
implementation hinges on the Member States’ resolve.

Research paper thumbnail of Leibniz’s Last Crusade:The Philosopher as a Strategist Leibniz’s Consilium Aegyptiacum and its afterlife

Nuova Antologia Militare, 2023

Among the works of Leibniz, those written as a young advisor to thePrince Elector of Mainz reve... more Among the works of Leibniz, those written as a young advisor to thePrince Elector of Mainz reveal unusual political sensitivity. However, his suggestion to the Sun King to conquer Egypt instead of attacking the Netherlands went unheeded, without leaving any trace in the French archives. Actually, the British rediscovered Leibniz’s plan and used it as a tool of information warfare against France. Later,, during the 1840 Oriental Crisis, the
Consilium Aegyptiacum resurfaced in France in an anti-British pamphlet. The Prussian General von Minutoli and the US Navy officer Alfred T. Mahan assessed Leibniz’s paper from different strategic perspectives

Research paper thumbnail of "A farm too far". Maps at Waterloo.

Nuova Antologia Militare , 2020

In 1778 Austrian General de Ferraris produced a map of the Austrian Netherlands for sale to th... more In 1778 Austrian General de Ferraris produced a map of the Austrian Netherlands for sale to the public. The latter and its French copy were the maps mainly used by the three armies at Waterloo. According to Belgian historian Bernard Coppens, a printing error on both the “Ferraris” and “Capitaine” maps might have misled Napoleon. Wellington took the decision to fight near Waterloo over a Ferraris map but the map he used during the battle was the outcome of a recent survey by the Royal Engineers. In Blücher’s Army, the crucial decision by Lt Gen von Gneisenau to withdraw towards Wavre might have also been due to the scarcity of large-scale maps among staff officers.

Research paper thumbnail of Le navi di Sion. Il contributo italiano alla nascita delle forze navali di Israele.

SISM Italy on the Rimland, 2019

Zion's ships. Short essay on Italy's contribution to the creation of Israel's naval forces

Research paper thumbnail of After the Cold War: Multilateral Export Control Regimes in the Second Nuclear Age.

SISM Economic Warfare, 2017

The current multilateral export control regime is deeply rooted in the Cold War era. The export c... more The current multilateral export control regime is deeply rooted in
the Cold War era. The export control regimes, although established during the First N uclear Age, shaped by the global competition between the United States and the Soviet Union,are operating now in the geopolitical context of the Second Nuclear Age,
characterized by a multiplicity of powers in possession of- or striving to
- acquire weapons of mass destruction. Moreover, the potential threat of
WMD or CBRN terrorism, took a new dimension after the Twin Towers
attack of 9/11/2001 and the subsequent discovery, in Afghanistan, of plans
by Al Qaida to develop non-conventional weapons. Stemming the spread
of Weapons of Mass Destruction (Chemical, Biological, Radiological or
Nuclear) among States, remains the main challenge of the global non-proliferation regime but, increasingly, the focus is shifting on the threat posed
by non-state actors.

Research paper thumbnail of Pearl Harbor

Dissensi & Discordanze, 2016

Short addition to Mauro della Porta Raffo's essay: "La Provvidenza divina e gli Stati Uniti d'Am... more Short addition to Mauro della Porta Raffo's essay: "La Provvidenza divina e gli Stati Uniti d'America", on the circumstances of the Japanese surprise attack on the US Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor

Research paper thumbnail of Antoine-Henri de Jomini e Carl von Clausewitz

Dissensi & Discordanze, 2015

Jomini vs Clausewitz: joint Article with Mauro della Porta Raffo.

Research paper thumbnail of Il ragazzo di Waterloo, ovvero come un Professore americano inventò il Diritto Bellico moderno

Dissensi & Discordanze, 2015

Article on Franz Lieber, the German-American who wrote the "Lincoln Code", the first ever offic... more Article on Franz Lieber, the German-American who wrote the "Lincoln Code", the first ever official regulation of humanitarian law in wartime

Research paper thumbnail of Prospettive della questione nucleare iraniana

Dissensi & Discordanze, 2014

Article on the Iranian nuclear issue, soon after the preliminary agreement on the JPoA.

Research paper thumbnail of La bomba dei Kim

Dissensi & Discordanze, 2014

Article on the the failed diplomatic efforts to prevent North Korea from developing nuclear weapons

Research paper thumbnail of Cavour, il patriota liberale

Dissensi & Discordanze, 2013

Article dedicated to Camillo Benso Count of Cavour, Italy's greatest statesman

Research paper thumbnail of Israele e Siria una pace difficile

Affari Esteri, 1999

Article on the balance of power between Israel and Syria

Research paper thumbnail of La "Grande Gerusalemme" : gli insediamenti israeliani a Gerusalemme Est e nella sua area metropolitana

Relazioni Internazionali, 1998

Article on the Israeli settlements in the Great Jerusalem area

Research paper thumbnail of Gli insediamenti israeliani in Cisgiordania

Affari Esteri, 1998

Article on the Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

Research paper thumbnail of The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire, 1700–1866.  A Study In Interstitial Time Management by Aaron Wess Mitchell

Nuova Antologia Militare , 2021

The analogies between the American “empire“ and empires of the past have inspired, since the seve... more The analogies between the American “empire“ and empires of the past have inspired, since the seventies of the last century, a number of historical works, notably among them: “The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire” (1976) and of the “Byzantine Empire” (2009) by Edward Luttwak.

More surprising but no less interesting are the strategic lessons that Aaron Wess Mitchell draws upon the history of the Habsburg empire, between the War of the Spanish Succession (1700-1714) and the “War of the Seven Weeks” (1866).
The author is a renowned US scholar, co-Founder of the Center for European Policy Analysis, who served as Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs between 2017 and 2019. The Secretary General of NATO has recently appointed Wess Mitchel as Co-Chairman of the High Level Reflection Group. Among his previous works, it is notable: “The Unquiet Frontier, rising rivals, vulnerable allies and the crisis of American Power”, an essay co-written with Jakub Grygiel in 2016. The essay stresses the crucial value of traditional alliances in dealing with the challenges posed by Russia, China and Iran. “Great-Power Competition” is the name of the game after 15 years of “Long War “ on terrorism and the book by Wess Mitchell and Grygiel is said to have been taken as a reference in the formulation of the 2017 National Security Strategy by General Mc Master.

Research paper thumbnail of Clausewitz in Italia e altri scritti di storia militare (Clausewitz in Italy and other essays of military history)

Nuova Antologia Militare, 2020

This collection of essays published, over the last nine years, by Virgilio Ilari, is the first bo... more This collection of essays published, over the last nine years, by Virgilio
Ilari, is the first book of a new series “La Fucina di Marte” (“The
Forge of Mars”) taking his name from a collection of military essays
published in Venice in 1641. The book is not only a collection of insightful
and highly interesting essays of military history but is also a testimony to
Virgilio Ilari’s longstanding struggle, as chairman of the Italian Society of
Military History, to raise the dignity and quality of Military History in Italy
(“Combat pour l’histoire militaire dans un pays réfractaire”).

Research paper thumbnail of European Military Rivalry, 1500-1750:  Fierce Pageant.

Nuova Antologia Militare, 2020

Great Power Competition is back in the current political and strategic debate and mentioned in o... more Great Power Competition is back in the current political and strategic debate and mentioned in official policy documents such as the US National Security Strategy of 2017 : Therefore, Gregory Hanlon's book "European Military Rivalry, 1500-1750: Fierce Pageant" is a reminder of the fact that, according to the NSS, "A Central continuity in history is the contest for power".

Research paper thumbnail of 2020 Military History of Geography. Quaderno Sism 2020 edited by Simonetta Conti

Research paper thumbnail of NAM Book Reviews 2020. Supplemento Recensioni Nuova Antologia Militare

by Virgilio Ilari, Emiliano Beri, Alessia Orlandi, Luca Domizio, Vito Castagna, Tommaso Pistoni, Dario Ridolfo, Emanuele Farruggia, marco leofrigio, Vincenzo Micaletti, Claudio Vacanti, Roberto Sconfienza, Leandro Martínez Peñas, and Stathis Birtachas

NAM Nuova Antologia Militare. Supplemento Recensioni 20209 , 2020

NAM Supplementary issue 2020 containing 37 reviews of military history books. Out of the 32 Auth... more NAM Supplementary issue 2020 containing 37 reviews of military history books. Out of the 32 Authors, ten are members of the Padua and Bologna Universities self-organized groups for studying military history (Ars Militaris and Casus Belli groups). They are Daniele Cal, Vito Castagna, Luca Domizio, Vincenzo Micaletti, Alessia Orlandi, Tommaso Pistoni, Carlo Alberto Rebottini, Dario Ridolfo, Andrea Tomassini, Alessandro Trabucco. The others are: Emiliano Beri, Stathis Birtachas, Jeremy Martin Black, Guido Candiani, Flavio Carbone, Paolo Ceola, Giovanni Cecini, Piero Crociani, Emanuele Farruggia, Manuela Fernandez Rodriguez, Paolo Formiconi, Marco Leofrigio, Jean-Baptiste Manchon, Leandro Martinez Penas, Matteo Mazziotti di Celso, Andrea Polegato, Paolo Pozzato, Martin Samuels, Roberto Sconfienza..
The authors reviewed are the following forty:
Pier Paolo Battistelli, Paola Bianchi, Jeremy Martin Black, Lee L. Brice, Giancarlo Boeri, François Cadiou, Guido Candiani, Filippo Cappellano, Domenico Carro, Song-Suan Chen, Jamie H. Cockfield, William Dalrymple, Piero Del Negro, Fabio De Ninno, Basilio Di Martino, Gianna Christine Fenaroli, Larrie D. Ferreiro, John Lewis Gaddis, Paolo Gaspari, Paolo Grillo, John Haldon, Gregory Hanlon, Virgilio Ilari, David L. Lupher, Sinclair McKay, Aleksander Mikaberidze, Benny Morris, Christian Th. Muller, Antonio Musarra, Levon Nordiguan, Gerassimos Pagratis, Carlos Perez Fernandez Turegano, Christopher Philips, Carmine Pinto, Paolo Pozzato, Roberto Sconfienza, Aldo A. Settia, Jim Storr, Jean-Claude Voisin, Daniel Whittingham.

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A collection of 13 articles and 10 book-reviews. 1 Venetia rules the Rivers. La geo-strategia ... more A collection of 13 articles and 10 book-reviews.
1 Venetia rules the Rivers. La geo-strategia fluviale veneziana (1431-1509),
di FEDERICO MORO
2 Razmysl, il misterioso “ingegnere” di Ivan il Terribile,
di MARIO CORTI
3 The Military Status of the Ionian Islands in 1589 based on the Report by
Giovanni Battista del Monte, by KOSTAS G. TSIKNAKIS
4 Letteratura di viaggio e osservazioni militari a cavallo fra Cinque e Seicento.
Gli scritti di Filippo Pigafetta, Leonardo Donà e Silvestro Querini
di TONI VENERI
5 La pensée militaire du duc Charles V de Lorraine et ses sources,
par FERENC TOTH
6 Defending the Regno di Morea. Antonio Jansic and the Fortress of Modon,
by ERIC G. L. PINZELLI
7 Fortificazione campale e ordini di battaglia. Un esempio piemontese del 1743,
di ROBERTO SCONFIENZA
8 Metamorfosi di un condottiero. Castruccio Castracani da Machiavelli ad Algarotti,
di DENISE ARICÒ
9 Les ressources de l'Europe contre les ressources du monde? La marine de
Napoléon contre la Royal Navy, par NICOLA TODOROV
10 Milano città militare in età napoleonica (1800-1814),
di EMANUELE PAGANO
11 L’esercito dissolto: la IV Divisione Val di Noto e il suo sventurato comandante nella
rivoluzione siciliana del 1820-21, di GIACOMO PACE GRAVINA
12 “Italianissimo but not simpatico”. Hugh Forbes nella Rivoluzione
Italiana del 1848-49, di VIVIANA CASTELLI e VIRGILIO ILARI
13 Paolo Solaroli di Briona. Un sarto novarese tra India e Risorgimento,
di TOMASO VIALARDI DI SANDIGLIANO

Recensioni / Reviews
1 VIRGILIO ILARI, Scrittori Militari Italiani dell’età moderna.
Dizionario bio-bibliografico 1410-1799 [di DENISE ARICÒ]
2 MICHEL PRETALLI, Penser et dire la ruse de guerre. De l’Antiquité à la
Renaissance [di WILLIAM BONACINA]
3 IOANNA IORDANOU, Venice’s Secret Service. Organizing Intelligence in the
Renaissance [di FRANCESCO BIASI]
4 FRÉDÉRIC CHAUVIRÉ, The New Knights: The Development of Cavalry
in Western Europe, 1562-1700 [di LUCA DOMIZIO]
5 ILYA BERCOVICH, Motivation in War The Experience of Common Soldiers
in Old-Regime Europe [ROBERTO SCONFIENZA]
6 LUCA GIANGOLINI, L’esercito del papa. Istituzione militare,
burocrazia curiale e nobiltà nello Stato della Chiesa (1692-1740)
[di GIAMPIERO BRUNELLI]
7 ELINA GUGLIUZZO e GIUSEPPE RESTIFO, Una battaglia europea.
Francavilla di Sicilia 20 giugno 1719 [di MARIAGRAZIA ROSSI]
8 ARON WEISS MITCHELL, The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire,
1700-1866. A Study In Interstitial Time Management
[di EMANUELE FARRUGGIA]
9 MARIO CORTI, Italiani d’arme in Russia. Artigiani, ingegneri, ufficiali
in un esercito straniero (1400-1800) [di VIRGILIO ILARI]
10 CRISTIANO BETTINI, Come progettavano i velieri. Alle origini
dell’architettura moderna di navi e yacht [di MARIO ROMEO]

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