Giuseppe Gagliano
(President of the De Cristoforis Strategic Studies Center, Italy)
Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) – Publication date: 28 August 2016
The tensions underlying international exchange are indicative of the importance of cultural factors in economic warfare and oblige companies to be aware of the scientific progress if they intend to continue developing. It took France a long time to define a culture of its own in the field of intelligence, and until the previous century, the French word renseignement had a negative connotation. The political elite considered this activity to be degrading and comparable to dirty police work..... Read more