by Raffaele Crocco
It's been 15 months since Russia invaded Ukraine. The war continues. It's now time to take a closer look at these four crucial aspects of the war that are too often ignored as they may seem to...
by Raffaele Crocco
After 66 weeks of occupation, bombing and death in Ukraine, it is worth taking a closer look at the resurgent violence in Kosovo. Kosovo is a country with many of the same problems as Ukraine. It's been...
by Raffaele Crocco
It was 1 January. If the first day of the year marks the beginning of something, or at least that’s how it’s perceived, then the 1st of January 1994 really marked the beginning of an adventure. On...
by Raffaele Crocco
The 72nd week since the Russian invasion of Ukraine brings news of another Russian general who has been killed. He had two stars and his name was Oleg Tsokov. He died in Berdyansk on the Sea of...
by Raffaele Crocco
67 weeks have passed since the Russian invasion. Ukraine is once again the victim of devastation, with both sides blaming each other. We know what happened: the Russian-controlled Kakhovka dam, about 50 km as the crow flies...
Message from Chief Editor Raffaele Crocco
I wish people will refrain from referring to the ongoing events in Gaza as a “war”. War implies a conflict between armed forces vying for territory, power, wealth or a role. What is happening...
by Raffaele Crocco
The Azov Battalion is back. For the Ukrainians, the heroes of Mariupol are back, those who resisted the Russian invader and barricaded themselves in the Azovstal steelworks until May 2022. For the Russians, the worst representatives of...
by Raffaele Crocco
As Italians, we'll soon forget the way he treated women: remember Bunga Bunga, his private harem, his lies when he claimed that one of his “escort girls”, a minor, was Mubarak's niece. We'll forget the dirty jokes...
by Raffaele Crocco
The days pile up, as do the dead. Soldiers are dying - perhaps 300,000 by now, the losses of both armies - civilians are dying. In Lviv, Russian bombs hit a block of flats. Four dead, all...
by Raffaele Crocco
When even China and the Taliban are calling for restraint, well: we need to be worried. The Pakistani bombing of Iran, in response to the Iranian bombing of Pakistan the day before, is the latest in a...
