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CURRICULUM

Posted by: Massimo Merlino in Varie

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WORLD MIRROR AT BIENNALE

Posted by: Massimo Merlino in Culture

Every city should have an exhibition representing main countries in the world. Can be an Expo like that normally done in one different place every year, or a more specialised one like Biennale in Venice. We talk about globalisation, but we don’t give concrete tools to people to document theirselves on the planet life in […] Read more

BRICS WORLD LEADERSHIP? WAIT A MINUTE.

Posted by: Massimo Merlino in geopolitic

Six new countries will join BRICS (Brazil,Russia,India,China,South Africa) from 2024/1/1, i.e. Argentina,Egypt,Ethiopia,Iran,Saudi Arabia, Emirates, and everyone is very impressed, growing total GDP from 25% to 36% of total world and being population about 4 billion, versus 800 million of G7, which produces about 46% of world GDP (105 trillion$). By the way I know personally […] Read more

GLOBAL SOUTH AFRICA

Posted by: Massimo Merlino in geopolitic

My personal relationship with South Africa has been of well being and peace, as soon I disembarked from the plane in Johannesburg at the middle of 80ties, having my clock the same time of Milan, and the same day. The special light, the dry climate always spring type, the flowers, the immensity of horizons, the […] Read more

Science for Latvia, Latvia for Science

Posted by: Massimo Merlino in Culture

‘Value through knowledge’ is the motto underlying the Congress of these days in Riga, where Latvian scientists have convened to discuss the status of Science in the country in a EU and worldwide perspective. The Baltic culture leadership in R&D areas in the EU is well known. Notwithstanding their size the three Baltic in only […] Read more

“STANS” GEOPOLITICAL ROLE AS A STRATEGIC KEY

Posted by: Massimo Merlino in geopolitic

Walking through the streets of Xian you walk in true historical context, as we European immagine about China. Enormous walls surrounding the big squared city, large like modern highways, very Chinese traditional urban structure, similar by the way to old Roman one, impressive stone doors with monster guardians, in a region of majestic king tombs, […] Read more

RUSSIAN FEDERATION: BREAKDOWN OR EURASIAN BRIDGE

Posted by: Massimo Merlino in geopolitic

Russian Federation, 17million square km (1,7 times USA), about 140 million inhabitants, is the largest State in the world, even after the dissolution of Soviet Union, which was quite bigger with 22 million square km and 286 million of inhabitants. Today the Federation has 21 states, versus 42 in SSSR, and being so large, with […] Read more

EURAFRICA OR AFREUROPE ?

Posted by: Massimo Merlino in geopolitic

Geopolitic proposed the Eurafrica concepts in the 20ties of last century, mainly through Germany’s geographer Haushofer, and French and English scientists. In Italy from the main geopolitical school of Trieste, Ernesto Massi and others. The basic idea was that America and Asia were markets for European export, but the best situation of complementarity between two […] Read more

ANTARCTICA PERSPECTIVE: SECOND RING

Posted by: Massimo Merlino in geopolitic

Continuing our upside-down vision of the world, Antarctic instead of Artic, we find a “second ring” of countries, acquiring now a primary role in the new order of world government: Brazil, Angola, Mozambico, Central Africa area, Indonesia, not so familiar to the mainstream newspapers and media. Brazil remember a famous joke: “Brazil has enormous future, […] Read more

Celtic Tiger is roaring again

Posted by: Massimo Merlino in geopolitic

Shannon river is stretching his blue-green waves in large curves in front of a door of God, the monastery of Clonmacnoise, Gaelic language for “The farm of Noah’s sons”. I will never forget that sense of peace and beauty of central Ireland, renovated in every trip to this green pearl of the world. First time […] Read more

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