We cannot think that Italy can compete in Africa with China, Russia, or the Gulf. Rome’s strategy in the continent must be integrated with Europe’s, and this seems to be Tajani’s idea as well.
Arturo Varvelli on the Italian role in Africa and the Mattei Plan for Africa launched by the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
Russia is now noticing the effect of these sanctions
The common objective is clear: we need to lay down initiatives that respond to geopolitical problems – from energetic and economical security to the near-shoring of supply chains
Using trade restriction as a geopolitical instrument is a huge policy shift
In this op-ed, Agathe Demarais explains how UK-EU collaboration can make sanctions against Russia more effective
China has been pushing for the enlargement of BRICS for some time now to increase its own influence
In her book Backfire, Agathe Demarais argues that Western politicians have become overly reliant on sanctions
In other words, a US-EU free-trade agreement on critical raw materials is moot by design – both sides are not key players in the field
Agathe Demarais comments on the geopolitics of CRMs and the global competition between the Western bloc and China
