Riccardo Cacelli’s International economic and political analysis

ECONOMIA

WHO CONTROLS EUROPE’S ENERGY INSURANCE?

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The G7 has agreed to release 100 million barrels from emergency reserves. The immediate question is whether this can stabilise the market. The strategic question is what happens…

Africa

The Mediterranean Is No Longer Just Mediterranean

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Algeria’s rupture with the United Arab Emirates reveals a Mediterranean increasingly shaped by the Gulf, the Sahel, Russia and Europe. Italy may already be sitting at the intersection…

BRICS

BRICS Wants Connected Payments. But Who Controls the Connection?

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As BRICS explores links between national payment systems and digital currencies, India’s caution over Alipay+ reveals the question hidden behind financial interoperability: who controls the data, the infrastructure…