The topic of migration and policies to face these covers a rather consistent number of pages in this issue as well. Read the Dossiers with articles and interviews by Anna Iara, Andrzey Bratkowski, Donato Speroni, Matteo Ferrazzi, Josè Luis Rhi-Sausi, Fabrizio Coricelli, Elena Fenili and Francesca Nenci. Migration is also discussed in the third edition of the Venice Forum (June 12 and 13), which we will broadly summarize in the upcoming issue. Strictly connected, the topic on globalization and how to “manage” it, covered by Renato Ruggiero in his editorial. On Russia, a great contribution by Piero Sinatti who will try to anticipate scenarios of relations with America after the November ballot. Claudia Astarita offers a precise and somewhat fresh version of efforts made by China to best face the upcoming Olympic games. Economist Stefano Chiarlone, on the other hand, looks at the strengths and weaknesses of India’s economy. He believes that India should face and solve several important hitches to continue to grow at current rates. Two reportages in this issue: the first by Emiliano Bos on Istanbul, Europe’s sentinel at the easternmost frontier and the second by Massimiliano Di Pasquale on ancient Leopolis. The cultural section is also rather full, with interviews to the director of Ermitage Borisovich Piotrovsky, to the Lebanese movie director Mai Masri and to Professor Sami Awad Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh, author of a totally original edition of the Koran.
In an exclusive east interview, Marco Borsotti, the United Nations’ senior officer in Moscow, discusses the serious demographic and public health problems faced by the Russians. He announces that they are launching a series of initiatives to sensitize public opinion in September, made possible by financial contributions from some of the Federation’s energy giants
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