Making long term forecasts is always difficult. However, at a first glimpse, the New Silk Road has very good perspectives of being successfully implemented, for a series of simple reasons. First of all, the core areas of world civilisations have always been localised alongside the land and maritime Silk Road: China, India, the Middle East, … Leggi tutto
I am the founder of the Alpina Publishing company, as well as of the Cultural association Diàlexis, both operating in Italy, and aiming at the promotion of the cultures of Europe and at the connection between Torino and the world. We promote books and initiatives, and provide consultancy, on several interconnected areas: linguistic, M&A, cultural … Leggi tutto
In present days, everything in Europe, and especially in my town, Torino, reveals a sense of contingency and decadence. Our city, an ancient capital, located in an exceptional position underneath the Alps, surrounded by green hills and on the shores of the main Italian river, the Po, was the company town of the FIAT conglomerate, … Leggi tutto
Fin dal 2014, l’Associazione Culturale Diàlexis aveva predisposto e pubblicato uno studio, “Restarting EU Economy via Technology Intensive Industries”, nel quale illustravamo la nostra visione fortemente anticonformista circa la situazione economica e le ricette per rimediare alla crisi cronica dell’Europa. Questo opuscolo era stato inviato nel 2014 al Presidente Juncker, al Presidente Hoyer e al … Leggi tutto
At the evening gala during the Xiamen BRICS summit, a quartet of Chinese singers has sung the famous air of Puccini’s Turandot “Domani Vincerò“. Turandot is, under several points of view, a symbol of the Silk Road and of the countries around it. As it is known, the composer of Turandot, the Italian Puccini, was … Leggi tutto
At the end of 17th century, the philosopher and scientist Leibniz wrote, in Latin, the work “Novissima Sinica”, what means “Last news from China”, which related about the twofold victory achieved by Jesuits, both in Rome and in Cina and, obtaining, from the Pope, the recognition of the “Chinese Rythes” and, from the Chinese Emperor, the … Leggi tutto
Come noto, nelle elezioni regionali del Molise, e, soprattutto, del Friuli, la partecipazione popolare ha raggiunto livelli bassissimi. Nel Friuli, si è rimasti al di sotto del 50% degli aventi diritto. Questo è solo l’ultimo esempio di come i cittadini siano disamorati dalla cosa pubblica, che, semplicemente, non è gestita, forse perché è divenuta letteralmente … Leggi tutto
Europe, in developing its own knowledge-intensive industries, is confronted with the challenge to find a new way to interact with what Ray Kurzweil has called “Spiritual Machines”, but respecting European cultural traditions: how will it be possible to develop ICT in such a way as to avoid the complete destruction, by machines, of the natural … Leggi tutto
The HouHanShu (the Annals of Later Han) defined Rome, Italy, the Roman Empire, as “DaQin”, the Great China, in the same way as Ancient Greeks defined Italy as “Megale Hellas” (“the Great Greece”). This was a sign of respect and communicated a sense of commonality. What the Han admired in the Western Empire were, from … Leggi tutto
The One Belt-One Road system makes sense only if it constitutes also a modality for connecting existing projects which are under way in different parts of Eurasia. a.Russian Railways in the Global Transportation System An important part of the Northern branch of the New Silk Road (the railway part, the “Road”) will run through the … Leggi tutto
