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Simone Zoppellaro

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The convergence between Russia and Azerbaijan that fuels the war

The convergence between Russia and Azerbaijan that fuels the war

16 April 2024

With an agreement made after the start of the war in Ukarine, Moscow has returned to supplying Russian gas to Azerbaijan's state-owned company Socar to compensate for the growing demands of its European partners. The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell stated that “the Commission is looking carefully” at this renewed cooperation. There is also great concern in Rome about the possibility of Russian gas reaching Italy through the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP). The real risk, then, is that the TAP now serves to feed not one but two of the most ruthless autocracies of our time, Russia and Azerbaijan.
Never again is now

Never again is now

14 November 2023

The cultural and political battle we are fighting in Germany for the safety of our fellow Jewish citizens is the same that is opposing islamophobia and racism. It is a major challenge for mutual respect and civil coexistence. For this, everyone’s commitment is needed. For this, those words projected on the Brandenburg Gate on November 9 – eighty-five years after the Night of Broken Glass – are nothing but the thin line separating German democracy from its failure: “Never again is now”. Now, it is time to choose your side.
Armenia: saving an isle of democracy in an ocean of autocracies is no longer just a moral question

Armenia: saving an isle of democracy in an ocean of autocracies is no longer just a moral question

6 November 2023

As expected, the media curtain has fallen on the South Caucasus. Soon forgotten is the ethnic cleansing of Karabakh Armenians. Saving these small islands in an ocean of autocracies is no longer just a moral question. It is a question of survival for the future of democracy in the post-Soviet space and, in perspective, in the heart of Europe itself. Because, if we are unable to reverse the trend of threats and pressures mounting from the continent's borders, soon – the danger is this – the curtain will fall on us.
The distorted usage of social media in wartime: a psychological weapon that makes us vulnerable

The distorted usage of social media in wartime: a psychological weapon that makes us vulnerable

16 October 2023

Following the attack perpetrated by Hamas on October 7, 2023, footage of torture, abuse and executions immediately flooded the net accompanied by fake videos – often artfully extrapolated from other conflicts – to feed a disinformation machine capable of exploiting the wide meshes left open by X, TikTok and Telegram. A mixture of the most brutal reality and artifice that is utterly alienating, and that risks leaving indelible traces. This is a usage of social media that has already occurred in other contexts of war or genocide, such as in the case of Karabakh or the Yazidis. A devastating weapon that no one has yet figured out how to defend against. Because the risk, in this age marked by victimization, removal of memory and hatred, is to see ourselves transformed into our borders, into our specters.
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