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GNOSIS - n. 3/2011
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INTERVENTION

Antonio MARZANO
President of the National Council for
Economy and Labour (CNEL)

Sovereign funds and sovereign States

In the context of a series of meetings organized annually by the Training School AIS with scholars and experts on issues of institutional interest to enhance the knowledge of those working in the field of Intelligence, we propose certain of the most significant passages from the speech given by President Marzano.
Editorial
Chronology of Terrorism
Economic and financial crisis
voices from europe andelsewhere

by Emanuela C. DEL RE
Answers by: Mark Allen, Emmanuel Dupuy, Josč Maria Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Daniel Hamilton, Markus Meckel, Jacek Rostowski, Valdo Spini e Nicolas Tenzer
 How is this crisis to be interpreted and resolved? What are the future developments? What impact will it have on the world order? The annual World Economic Forum of Krynica in Poland is an occasion of very precious exchange, not only because huge industries and multi-nationals are participating, but principally, because a climate of special reflection is created, which allows scholars, politicians, experts, businessmen and journalists to talk openly...
Revolutionary violence and
delegitimization of power
 Marco GIACONI
 To acquire or lose popular support results in de-construction of the power system in force, and contemporary legitimacy of hitherto voiceless movements, despite the diffusion in the society. Gene Sharp, who elaborated the theory of the “non-violent revolution” and the consequent technique of the revolt, which although functioning in past years, finds itself surpassed by a complex reality capable of operating within democratic or equivalent regimes, rather than against the dualistic contrast of the popular masses – dictatorship. The recent crises of semi-authoritarian regimes, and the consequent fall of Mubarak, in Egypt, and Ben Alė, in Tunis are, principally, the final consequences of internal crises, of class leaders who are increasingly less interested in maintaining the status quo.
The “solitary terrorism”
and the possible prevention
 Guido OLIMPIO
 The “lone wolves”, that is, the terrorists without structure, terrorism without a scheme, but with an individual project, attributable to a confused vision of the world, easily defined as “mad”. It is a kind of terrorism which is difficult to foresee and, above all, to prevent. The analysis that follows in an examination of the lessons learned from terrorist acts carried out by individuals with no history, no ties, apart from those that they themselves have created, at times, unbeknown to their interlocutors. The intermediary is Internet, a virtual space where persons of like thinking can be found. The “wolf” performs an individual action, but can be an expression of a group, of a widespread feeling, not yet perceived or externally expressed. A factor that fuels the uncertainty over the possibility and the ability of avoiding other similar massacres in the future.
‘Anonymous’
the era of the digital conflicts
 Antonio TETI
 In cyberspace, 2011 will be remembered also as the “Anonymous” year, the recent group of dark characters who, praising forms of civil disobedience, in the name of renovation of democracy at world level, have made themselves prominent by making attacks on web sites and information systems of government institutions and businesses all over the world. Despite the proclamations and noble announcements diffused on the Internet, the methods and techniques used by the group are configured as authentic informatics crimes and also the objectives and techniques utilized do not seem to be the fruit of a few young minds of hackers steeped in dreams and optimism. We are in the era of the digital conflicts, and the cyberspace appears more and more the favoured battleground to achieve more than questionable objectives...
The complete version of issue no. 2/2011 will be online in February 2012.