The changing of the geopolitical balance requires, according to Antonio Badini, a rethinking of the dynamics and institutions for the global governance. Closer Western cooperation with Russia and China could shape a safer world, making implausible a new conflict among major powers
The international chessboard has dramatically changed in the last few years, which has altered its balance. In this new piece for the column “World Disorder”, Antonio Badini analyses how western powers (especially Europe and Italy) can tackle this new situation and gain advantage from it
The economic recovery seems to indicate a better future, but the perils of inequalities and populisms as well as the geo-political tensions (especially in the Middle East) still remain. A possible positive contribution may come from President Trump’s “grand bargain”
Antonio Badini, author of the book “Disordine mondiale” out now for LUISS University Press, discusses the role of Russia in the Middle East. Putin’s silence, as already happened before, preludes to his coming back as co-leader in the new configuration of the global geo-political order