Collection of policy notes addressing the major issues driving international debate at the global level

T.notes

T.wai's T.notes are 2-page texts that address the major issues of international debate at the global and regional level, building a broad involvement in the high levels of politics and experts of the major teams of research centers at the international level.
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T.note n.24

China’s belt and road initiative and the new centrality of the Mediterranean

Martina Poletti
Global China T.notes

Last November, Beijing's Pangoal Institute hosted a delegation from the Torino World Affairs Institute to discuss the Belt and Road Initiative and its broader implications for Sino-Italian relations.

Feb 10, 2017
T.note n.23 - HS series #2

Human (In)Security in Africa and Climate Change

Charles Geisler
Violence & Security T.notes

Africa can teach humanity a lesson on resilience and recovery from global climate change trauma and warfare, writes Cornell University Professor Charles Geisler.

Nov 16, 2016
china
T.note n.22

Xi Jinping: comrade and core leader

Giovanni B. Andornino
Global China T.notes

The 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party conferred Xi Jinping the title of 'core leader' at the end of the 6th Plenum last week; yet, "the political significance of this latest development in the Chinese semantics of power appears to be overstated", T.wai Vice President Giovanni Andornino writes.

Nov 2, 2016
T.note n.21 - HS series #1

Working from the ground up – Everyday peace indicators

Roger Mac Ginty
Violence & Security T.notes

Roger Mac Ginty and Pamina Firchow elaborate on the Everyday Peace Indicators project, illustrating what do terms like “peace” and “security” mean to post-conflict societies.

Oct 24, 2016
T.note n.19

The Silk Road in the Balkans: Context and Prospects

Anastas Vangeli
Global China T.notes

Anastas Vangeli evaluates the success of China’s Belt and Road Initiative by looking at the promises Beijing seeks to deliver across the Balkans

Sep 14, 2016

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