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Two events – one in the West and one in the East – are emblematic of the changing international picture:
in Washington, the mission of Copasir (Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic);
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in St. Petersburg, the Russia-sponsored International Economic Forum, which journalist Daria Platonova, an expert on geopolitics, reports.
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At the press conference in Washington, Copasir chairman Adolfo Urso said that none of the four intelligence reports examined by Copasir had anything to do with the Corriere della Sera dossier on the “Putinians of Italy.” Corriere deputy editor Fiorenza Sarzanini must therefore explain whether she made up the dossier or drafted it based on “information” received under the table from the secret services.
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As a further contribution to the “Security of the Republic,” the Copasir chairman urged Italy’s admission to Five Eyes, the world’s most powerful espionage alliance between the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand, because Italy is “a frontier and hinge land with respect to the Russian, Chinese projection, but also to the Islamic threat and the issues inherent I could say the survival of Africa.”
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At the same time, Italy boycotted the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, where, with a large participation of Africa as well, major issues were addressed.
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As the New York Times also documents, the West’s move to block oil and gas imports from Russia is a boomerang for Europe in particular, as China and India buy them at discount prices opening new outlets for Russia in the East. By excluding itself from a major new international market that is being formed in the view of a multipolar world, Italy compromises its own national interests.
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All of this is hidden by our political-media mainstream, which makes us believe that the whole world has condemned and isolated Russia, while -as the prominent Wilson Center in Washington documents- “the countries that have sanctioned Russia over Ukraine represent only 16 percent of the world’s population.”
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Manlio Dinucci is an award winning author, geopolitical analyst and geographer, Pisa, Italy. he is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG)
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