IN VENEZUELA, TRUMP TARGETS CHINA, RUSSIA AND IRAN

The target audience Trump’s Maduro gambit extends well beyond Caracas. His message is calibrated for China, Russia and Iran, and arguably select others —states that have long treated Latin America as a low-risk arena for influence projection.

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ITALY’S MELONI MEMOIR: INDIA’S LEADER MODI WRITES FOREWORD

Marco Vicenzino is Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s agent Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently penned the foreword for the Indian edition of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s autobiography, titled I Am Giorgia: My Roots, My Principles. As Meloni’s agent, Marco Vicenzino secured her two-book contract and organized Modi’s foreword for Meloni’s book. Content of the Foreword…

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FINANCIAL TIMES ON TRUMP ENDORSING ITALY’S MELONI, AND HER BOOK

FINANCIAL TIMES ON TRUMP ENDORSING ITALY’S GIORGIA MELONI, AND HER BOOK Marco Vicenzino is Prime Minister Meloni‘s agent who spearheaded and concluded her two-book contract. (Financial Times) Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, now looks set for a boost after Trump urged his millions of social media followers to buy the US edition of her autobiography, writes Amy Kazmin. CONTEXT: Meloni’s book, I am Giorgia:…

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SYRIA: MIDDLE EAST OPPORTUNITY OR MISSED CHANCE?

9 December 2024 After more than 50 years of repressive autocratic rule, over 13 years of bloody civil war that displaced over 12 million people and a 12-day lighting offensive by opposition forces, the Assad family’s dominance of Syria has ended.  Initial elation is accompanied by deep uncertainty as to what comes next in Syria…

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