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Trade in Action

Sep 21, 2017

TRADE IN ACTION September 21, 2017

By Global Business & Economics Program

THIS WEEK IN TRADEToday, September 21, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada provisionally enters into force. It has been eight years since the start of negotiations and all chapters, except for the Investment Court System, are entering into force. What next? CETA needs to pass 42 national and regional […]

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Report

Sep 14, 2017

The Euro’s Difficult Future

By Luigi Bonatti

In The Euro’s Difficult Future – Competitiveness Imbalances and the Eurozone’s North-South Divide author Luigi Bonatti, a professor of economics at the University of Trento in Italy, stresses that the existing North-South competitiveness divide creates growing tensions between member countries and fuels hostility towards European Union institutions. The paper illustrates why this competitiveness divide is […]

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Defense Industrialist

Aug 30, 2017

An EU navy is impossible; Fortunately, it’s not necessary.

By James Hasik

To rebuild robust naval forces, Europeans should think less like Americans, and more like Russians. As I noted yesterday, Brexit has opened all sorts of talk about the future of British and European military activities. To continue the argument today, let’s tack towards naval matters. In “All the Queen’s Ships” (Proceedings of the US Naval Institute, January […]

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In the News

Aug 28, 2017

Braw Joins RAI to Discuss Italian Armed Forces Foreign Operations

By Elisabeth Braw

Watch the full discussion here.

Italy

In the News

Aug 28, 2017

Braw Joins RAI to Discuss the Italian Armed Forces

By Elisabeth Braw

Watch the full discussion here.

Italy

In the News

Aug 23, 2017

Braw in Politico: Europe’s Military Maestros: Italy

By Elisabeth Braw

Read the full article here.

Italy

In the News

Jul 2, 2017

Ellinas in in-Cyprus: Italy’s energy strategy

By Charles Ellinas

Read the full article here.

Italy

Defense Industrialist

Jun 7, 2017

What’s the real effect of America First on the arms trade?

By James Hasik

Volvo’s sale of Renault Trucks Defense won’t be a test of anything. The report in Defense News this week on how “Three bidders emerge in battle to buy Renault Trucks Defense” contains a prediction of just who won’t win that auction. For some time, Volvo has been aiming to sell RTD, and bids are now in from […]

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In the News

May 22, 2017

Montanino Joins CGTN to Discuss Italy’s Economy

By Andrea Montanino

Watch the full interview here.

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NATOSource

Apr 24, 2017

Trump Believes ‘Nobody Ever Criticized NATO’

By Donald Trump, AP

TRUMP: They had a quote from me that NATO’s obsolete. But they didn’t say why it was obsolete.

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