Point of No Return

Anna Corsaro

Anna Corsaro is a strategic analyst specializing in crisis response, counterterrorism, and geopolitical risk. With over 30 years of experience in intelligence and emergency management, she has worked in politically sensitive environments across multiple continents. Corsaro is the Founder and Director of HEMEIS Strategic Analysis Group, an independent research organization focused on global security, post-conflict governance, and editorial sovereignty. She contributes regularly to international platforms and co-authored a NATO publication on soft target defense and modern terrorism. This blog explores topics regarding major crisis, security issues and geopolitics. Thank you for Reading and for your Comments!

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June 21, 2017

It is no secret that the conflict taking place in Syria has been one of the greatest recent sources of contention between the United States and the Russian Federation. Now, however, the tension over the Middle East situation may have peaked to an…

November 28, 2016

In these days, as Iraqi forces backed up by the US-led coalition are trying to break the last stand of ISIS resistance in the battle for Mosul, the world will witness the laying of a milestone in the war against the cancerous terrorist state, which…

March 15, 2016

The Yemeni Civil War is probably not the most talked about conflict in western media, with all the attention attracted by the unfortunately well-known atrocities committed by the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. Nevertheless, the bloodshed has reached…

July 1, 2015

It was 1962 and the world had been dragged to the verge of disaster, where it remained, precariously-balanced, for thirteen – seemingly never-ending – days. Fast forwarding to half a century later, it is 2015 and it is impossible not to…

January 14, 2015

The Three-State Solution for Iraq   Proceeding in order, to fully appreciate the information that constitutes the core of the anlysis and to understand the events that shaped the Islamic State, it is crucial to briefly outline the…

October 20, 2014

The Ukrainian crisis is currently the leading factor weighing on Western international relations, with the EU being caught in an unstable position, torn between the U.S.A.'s pressure on one side, and the economic interdependency with the Russian…

October 1, 2014

Winter is approaching and the European Union, following the lead of the U.S.A., is firmly persisting in its policy of sanctions against the Russian Federation. Yet the prospect of closing down of Gazprom's pipelines, which cover about 30% of the gas…