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		<title>Has the &#8220;Revolution in Military Affairs&#8221; Misunderstood War Itself?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	&#8220;The essence of war is violence, and moderation in war is imbecility&#8221;, wrote Lord Macaulay in 1831.
Does the nature of war change? Or does only its character do?
In light of the recent deterioration of the Afghan situation, it&#8217;s worth reading this piece written by Stanley Kober in the Guardian. It&#8217;s called &#8220;Misunderstanding modern war&#8221;.
	America&#8217;s biggest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fbordo.blogsome.com/2009/11/06/has-the-revolution-in-military-affairs-misunderstood-war-itself/</link>
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		<title>Two Types of Historians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	There are two types of historians: the vivid historian or butterfly and the technical historian or caterpillar. The former believes that complete history is neither possible nor desirable. Selection is necessary, and proper selection distinguishes good historians from bad ones. Facts are unimportant in themselves but are used to find underlying principles. The latter puts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fbordo.blogsome.com/2009/11/06/two-types-of-historians/</link>
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		<title>Russia &#8217;simulates&#8217; nuclear attack on Poland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Apparently, classical geopolitical dynamics are active, even at times when cooperation and transparency prevail over conflict between historically rival nations.
Therefore, the following news reported by the Telegraph and by other world media are not so &#8220;incredible&#8221; as one may think at first sight. However, Europe should take into consideration that both the Baltic and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fbordo.blogsome.com/2009/11/02/russia-simulates-nuclear-attack-on-poland/</link>
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		<title>La geopolitica anglosassone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Disponibile online e in libreria.
	
	Questo volume presenta al lettore italiano i principali autori del pensiero geopolitico anglosassone dalle origini ai giorni nostri, attraverso l’analisi dei testi teorici e della loro influenza politico-culturale. Particolare attenzione è rivolta al pensiero dei classici (Mahan, Mackinder, Spykman) e a quello dei loro eredi nel periodo dalla Guerra Fredda. Infine, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fbordo.blogsome.com/2009/11/02/la-geopolitica-anglosassone/</link>
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		<title>The October 2009 Terrorist Attack in Italy and its Wider Implications</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Analysis written for the CTC Sentinel.  The October 2010 issue can be downloaded in PDF format here.
	
	[&#8230;] findings show that what initially appeared to be the work of a lone wolf or of a totally independent cell may instead be the act of a small unit linked to a wider network.
	[&#8230;] A possible conclusion [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fbordo.blogsome.com/2009/10/30/the-october-2009-terrorist-attack-in-italy-and-its-wider-implications/</link>
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		<title>Is Turkey&#8217;s Bid to Join the EU Fading Away?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Interesting commentary written by Reuters&#8217; analyst Paul Taylor:
	Turkey’s bid to join the European Union is fading away with surprisingly little drama because investors no longer see the prospect of accession as an essential policy anchor.
But EU leaders should keep Ankara’s entry negotiations alive on the back burner rather than trying to engage Ankara on alternatives [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fbordo.blogsome.com/2009/10/26/is-turkeys-bid-to-join-the-eu-fading-away/</link>
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		<title>Azerbaijan Could Scuttle Nabucco Over Turkey-Armenia Deal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Interview for RFERL quoted by Brian Whitmore in his article on the Azeri-Turkish gas row:
	Azerbaijan has apparently decided to play its energy card.
	As much of the world applauded Turkey&#8217;s historic rapprochement with Armenia last week, Azerbaijan felt left out in the cold and abandoned by its closest ally.
	Baku had argued strenuously that a deal to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fbordo.blogsome.com/2009/10/19/azerbaijan-could-scuttle-nabucco-over-turkey-armenia-deal/</link>
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		<title>La geopolitica anglosassone: dalle origini ai nostri giorni</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	E&#8217; in uscita per Guerini e Associati la mia monografia sulla geopolitica anglo-americana dalle origini ai nostri giorni.
	
	Dalla quarta di copertina:
	La disciplina geopolitica si occupa dell’influenza della geografia sul carattere politico degli Stati, sulla loro storia e sulle loro istituzioni, e soprattutto sulle loro relazioni politico-strategiche. È anche, però, il frutto di una cultura e [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fbordo.blogsome.com/2009/10/12/geopolitica-anglosassone-dalle-origini-ai-nostri-giorni/</link>
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		<title>The Limits to International Strategic Charity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Very interesting paragraph taken from the annual &#8220;Strategic Survey&#8221; published by London&#8217;s IISS. Every now and then, someone asserts that nation-states are dead and geopolitics obsolete. Now, almost in the year 2010, can we say that these fancy predictions were accurate? The answer is a resounding NO.
	Moving into 2010, many of the ambitious foreign-policy agendas [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fbordo.blogsome.com/2009/09/25/the-limits-to-international-strategic-charity/</link>
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		<title>Wider Black Sea Region: Are Moldovan-Russian Relations About to Change?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Moldova Urges Russian Troops to Quit Rebel Region 
	Moldova&#8217;s new Western-leaning leadership, in an early challenge to Moscow, said on Thursday it would press Russia to withdraw its soldiers from the country&#8217;s breakaway Transdniestria region.
	Russia has a peacekeeping force of around 1,200 soldiers stationed since 1992 in the rebel territory, a mainly Russian-speaking sliver of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fbordo.blogsome.com/2009/09/25/wider-black-sea-region-are-moldovan-russian-relations-about-to-change/</link>
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