Mumbai: why al-Qaeda cannot be ruled out
West must sharpen its intelligence gathering to pick up on ever-evolving tactics of terror groupsFirst Posted December 5, 2008

is a writer on western defence issues and Italian current affairs. He has worked for the Corriera della Sera in Milan, covered the Falklands invasion for BBC Radio, and worked as defence correspondent for The Daily Telegraph. His books include The Inner Sea: the Mediterranean and its People, published by Alfred A. Knopf.