Author: Edoardo Barca
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High North and “La Dolcevita”
The 2026 Italian Arctic Policy responds to the end of Arctic exceptionalism by defining Italy as a “Near-Arctic State”. Through the concept of “teleconnections,” Italy links Arctic stability to Mediterranean security. It employs science diplomacy and the Navy’s “High North” operation to protect interests. Despite Russia’s isolation, Italy views functional dialogue as a “creative necessity”…
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Reflexive Control: Russian AI and Hybrid Warfare
How does Russia leverage AI and the digital domain to destabilise Eastern Europe’s security architecture? Moscow utilises an automated ecosystem of generative AI, cyber-kinetic attacks, and domestic proxies to exploit societal fractures, inducing strategic paralysis in “in-between” states. To counter this, nations must move beyond technical fixes toward context-specific reforms that protect electoral integrity and…