ITSS Magazine
The ITSS Verona Magazine wishes to offer students, academics and working professionals from all over the world the opportunity to share their ideas on questions related to international security (e.g. international relations, conflict, crisis, diplomacy, strategy, and paths to increase security).
Peer-reviewed by our Chief Magazine Editors, this Magazine is an equal opportunity magazine. We welcome all submissions from people coming from diverse backgrounds.
Guidelines are to be strictly followed to facilitate the editing work.
For any information regarding the Magazine, please reach out to our Chief Magazine Editors at itss.verona.magazine@gmail.com
Call for Submissions
Editorial Board
Chief Magazine Editors
Sarah Toubman and Sorin-Andrei Dojan
Editors
Camilla Cormegna
Leigh Dawson
Julia M. Hodgins
Dr Zeno Leoni
Volume 4, n. 2
Fall/Winter 2025
Special Contribution
Essays
Antonella Benedetto, Generative AI, Disinformation, and Electoral Integrity: The EU’s Response to Democratic Challenges
Pedro Mendes, The Specter of Constant Threat, the Securitization of Cyberspace by the USA
Tobias Belgrano, The rise of Guillermo Moreno
Volume 4, n. 1
Spring/Summer 2025
Special Contribution
Zeno Leoni, Trump II: change or continuity?
Essays
Alessandro Maria Brenci, Arms in Space and Implications of the Oscillatory Nature of U.S. Policy on Space Governance
Giulio Civettini, Securing the Seas: Water’s Role in Global Stability and China’s Naval Expansions
Karla Lamesic & Avital Zuckerman, Strategic Elements: Rare Earths in National Defense and Global Power
Rabiah Ryklief, China’s Water Insecurity and its Implications for Geopolitical Leverage in Asia
Volume 3, n. 1
Spring/Summer 2024
Special Contribution
Ivan Salvadori, Associate Professor in Criminal Law and International Criminal Law, University of Verona/School of Law
Reportages
Angelo Calianno, Missing. The Massacre of Balochistan
John Devine, The ‘Unknown World’ Above Our Heads
Carlotta Rinaudo, China’s Belt and Road Initiative: The Dark Side of Regional Connectivity
Volume 2, n. 2
Fall/Winter 2023
Special Contribution
Tyra Tucker, Diplomatic Practice in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
Essays
Alessia Maira, Finding a balance between ethical concerns and innovation opportunities surrounding AI-based AWs in the rush towards technological innovation
Giacomo Bortolazzi, The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and China’s new role in global economic governance: from the Bretton Woods institutions to the new need for accountability
Oleg Abdurashitov, Metawars: Projecting Future Conflicts in Virtual Domain
Samuele Minelli Zuffa, “Ride the Tiger”: analysis of the counterterrorism policies' impact on the far-right rise to power in Italy
Tobias Belgrano, Milei, Argentina’s Alt Right Populist Leader
Valentina Luna Colella, Biometric surveillance during protests: a security matter or a violation of human rights?
Volume 2, n. 1
Spring/Summer 2023
Special Contribution
Şebnem Udum, Main geopolitical challenges of energy transition
Machiko Kanetake, Human Rights Issues of the Present and of the Future: The Digital Technology Front
Essays
Alessandro Castellani, The dehumanising portrayal of the Rohingya community through ICTs: how it legitimised their persecution in the second decade of the 2000s: The post-truth era through poststructuralist lenses
Antonella Benendetto, The assessment impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on basic human rights: the Chinese case study
Arslan Sheikh, Water Security of South Asia: The Case of Indus River Basin
Julia M. Hodgins, The hegemonic threshold: systemic discrimination and workplace sexual harassment in Canada
Mattia Frasca, Queer Migration. Analysis of the 2021 Global Roundtable on Protection and Solutions for LGBTIQ+ People in Forced Displacement
Michele Piccolo, Are Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity Persecution Foreseen Under The Rome Statute? Challenges To The Legal Interpretation Of ‘Gender’
Rita Sasso, A Uniquely Narrow Definition: the Crime of Forced Pregnancy in the Rome Statute
Volume 1, n. 2
Fall/Winter 2022
Special Contribution
Policy papers
Anna Nardone, Misogynist Incel Violence as a Post-Organizational Threat: Addressing a New Challenge for the Current Counter-Terrorism Strategies
Ilas Touazi, Jihadist Lone Actors; a New Generation of Postmodern Terrorism: A Challenge for De-radicalization in the Aftermath of the Post COVID-19 and Russian-Ukrainian War
Essays
Alessia Maira, The potential impact of cyber capabilities upon future strategy
Annalisa Guarise, MILITARIZING THE CYBERSPACE: Offensive Cyber Capabilities Against Traditional Means
Antonella Benedetto, The use of biometric surveillance in counter-terrorism: to what extent are basic human rights protected?
Ho Ting (Bosco) Hung, A Critical Moment of Taiwan’s Security – Taiwan Has to Sharpen Its Cybercapacity in Response to China’s National Rejuvenation
Rita Sasso, Tech Giants’ role in countering the “Media Jihad”
Valeriia Lymishchenko, Challenges of the Definition of the Cybercrime Jurisdiction on the European Union Level
Volume 1, n. 1
Spring/Summer 2022
Special Contribution
Policy papers
André L. V. C. Carvalho, Challenges to NATO’s Baltic Air Policing: ensuring air defence through rocket artillery in the Baltic region
David Shakarishvili, Threats to Information Security
Joseph Moses, Disinformation as part of Modern Warfare’s Cyber-attacks
Julia M. Hodgins, Countering Russian Subversion during Federal Elections in Canada in the Era of Social Media and Fake News
Africa Project
Amara Idara Bangura, African Security: What is the Issue?
Ilas Touazi, The African Union's Counter-Terrorism Strategies: Between Globalized Jihadism and Regionalized Responses
Essays
Alessandro Monastra, The Role and Effects of Corruption and Organized Crime on Democracy: The Case of Italy
Ben Sharp, Can a Galactic Britain Contribute to Space Sustainability and Security?
Sara Tibidò, Human Trafficking Online: New Tools and New Types of Victims
Francesco Cirillo, Proxy War and Chinese Potential Use of PM Contractor
Réka Szabó, Cyber Warfare in the Ukrainian Conflict — a Determinant of the Outcome of the War?
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