Category: Public Policy and National Security

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Sweden and Japan are as far away as China is near

Italian Health Minister Speranza hopes that the sense of responsibility would prevail so to avoid a new quarantine by Andrea Monti – Originally published in Italian by Infosec.News

The Minister’s statement reveals that the government has already decided to enforce a new global lockdown (or that it is every day more likely.)
Putting aside the past political controversies, right now the options are unavoidable: either we enforce self-restraint, or the government will do it on our behalf.
We have already experienced what a quarantine looks like, and we can imagine what might happens when we read news such as that of the assault in Livorno by a Carabinieri patrol carried out not by dangerous criminals, but by citizens out of control. Continue reading “Sweden and Japan are as far away as China is near”

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What do Abu Omar’s extraordinary rendition and Alma Shalabayeva’s expulsion have in common?

The ruling of the Court of Perugia on the illegal expulsion of Alma Shalabayeva issued by the Criminal Court of Perugia on 14 October 2020 reiterates the issue of extraordinary rendition and the activities of the intelligence structures of foreign countries on Italian soil di Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Infosec.News
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Terrorism prevention is (also) carried out by the local police

Intelligence and public security information activities need to be even more integrated. The theatre of operations now makes the involvement of the local police in the gathering of information to prevent crimes and terrorism. A comment by Andrea Monti, Adjunct  Professor of Law of Order and Public Security, University of Chieti-Pescara – Initially published in Italian by Formiche.net

The beheading of the French teacher “sanctioned” as punishment for having shown Charlie Hebdo’s “blasphemous cartoons” in class once again raises the issue of the limit beyond which to exercise the right to freedom of expression, implies forcing the State and citizens to bear the consequences of an individual choice (in this case, that of the editors of the satirical magazine). Continue reading “Terrorism prevention is (also) carried out by the local police”

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Meeting Pompeo – Di Maio, the unresolved contradictions of Italian national security

The coincidence of strategic positions between the EU and the US has disappeared if ever it existed, but Italy still does not decide and finds itself playing on three tables without knowing which one to bet by Andrea Monti – initially published in Italian by Infosec News

The statements made by Italian Foreign Minister Di Maio after the meeting with US Secretary of State Pompeo reveal once again the stalemate in which Italy finds itself, unable to decide between the EU, the US and China. Although it is the Cold War II between the USA and China that occupies the international limelight, the less intense conflict between the EU and the USA is no less essential and requires Italy to make clear choices. Continue reading “Meeting Pompeo – Di Maio, the unresolved contradictions of Italian national security”

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Networks and national security. What software houses can do according to Prof. Monti

What do the anti-American, allegedly-Chinese espionage actions have in common with the death in Germany of a woman who would not receive prompt treatment because a ransomware attack paralysed the German hospital where her ambulance was heading? The analysis of Andrea Monti, adjunct professor of law and order and public security law, University of Chieti-Pescara – published initially in Italian by Formiche.net
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