Reading time: 9 minutes In the first Monday Briefing of the semester, we look at the implications of Kim Jong-un’s visit to Russia. In other news this week, deadly natural disasters have hit Lybia [ … ]
Category: Monday Briefing
Monday Briefing 15/05/2023
Reading time: 8 minutes In the last Monday Briefing of the semester we turn the spotlight on Turkey’s presidential election. In other news, Serbia takes on an unprecedented campaign to disarm the country after [ … ]
Monday Briefing 08/05/2023
Reading time: 9 minutes This week’s Monday Briefing turns the spotlight on the upcoming WWII Victory Day celebrations in Russia and Ukraine. In other news: the WHO announces the end of the Covid-19 emergency, [ … ]
Monday Briefing 01/05/2023
Reading time: 7 minutes This week’s Monday Briefing turns the spotlight on the Xi-Zelensky phone call. In other news, Israel’s Remembrance Day is marked by political tensions, at least 55 people have drowned after [ … ]
Monday Briefing 24/04/2023
Reading time: 9 minutes This week’s Monday Briefing turns the spotlight on the Fox News v Dominion settlement. Some Bocconi students share with us how they celebrate Eid al-Fitr in their respective countries, and [ … ]
Monday Briefing 17/04/2023
Reading time: 8 minutes This week’s Monday Briefing turns the spotlight on the military clashes that have been reported across Sudan over the weekend. In other news, Macron signs into law his controversial pension [ … ]
Monday Briefing 03/04/2023
Reading time: 7 minutes This week’s Monday Briefing turns the spotlight on the outcome of Finland’s general elections. In other news, a WSJ journalist has been arrested in Russia, a grand jury voted to indict [ … ]
Monday Briefing 27/03/2023
Reading time: 9 minutes This week’s Monday Briefing turns the spotlight on Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia: a peacemaking venture or an emphatic display of solidarity with Putin? In other news, in France the [ … ]
Monday Briefing 13/03/2023
Reading time: 9 minutes This week’s Monday Briefing turns the spotlight on Xi Jinping’s appointment for a third term as China’s president. We, also, analyse in-depth Schlein’s first speech as secretary of Pd. In [ … ]
Monday Briefing 06/03/2023
Reading time: 8 minutes This week’s Monday Briefing puts the spotlight on the deadly train crash in Greece and the wave of public anger and grief that has sparked in response. We also analyse [ … ]