Today "naval blockade" must translate as "naval interdiction," embedded in a more complex approach to counter human trafficking. Salvini's reproposed security decrees can be seen as complementary to the naval interdiction operation.
Nel Dossier n. 37 Nicola De Felice discute le linee politico-strategica secondo cui l'Italia deve riorganizzare la propria Difesa, alla luce tanto della guerra russo-ucraina quanto del previsto aumento delle spese militari.
A new event format is unveiled. The general outline, for this first Defense Conference, will be the increase in military spending: the achievement of 2 percent of GDP, which has been demanded for years at the NATO level, must take place (according to the government and parliament) by 2028.
Nicola De Felice, Senior Fellow at Centro Studi Machiavelli, has been interviewed by Fabio Amendolara in "La Verità" newspaper about NGOs facilitating illegal immigration.
In its first Annual Defense Conference (July 13 in Rome), the Centro Studi Machiavelli wants to promote a debate on the theme, "Increasing Military Spending. Imagining the Defense of the Future."
Part of managing a crisis is preventing a conflict through political strategies of deterrence aimed at containing the confrontation itself. Only with this capability can Italy consider itself a free, independent, true nation.
Lessons learned from Ukraine for operations conducted by the Italian Armed Forces in an international theater of operations: the tasks that the Carabinieri Corps upholds for local security become essential.
What is needed is a flexible, versatile, highly projectable, high readiness, interoperable, and of high political value air force. The air force must pursue capabilities to train, exercise, and operate effectively in a joint force framework.
Based on the lessons learned from the current conflict, ground forces, in addition to ensuring a qualified presence in Italy in contributing to security and public order, must be able to deploy - outside the country - a force at least of Army Corps level.
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