This is Alfio Cerami Blog. This blog is about International Political Economy, International Trade, Comparative Politics and Satellite Analysis. Rethinking Transitions. It is also about my life! My work lies at the intersection of comparative politics, international political economy, international relations and sociology. My other fields of interest include international development, near real-time big data analysis, macro-econometrics and geographic information system (GIS) instruments (esp. NASA satellite imagery analysis). IMPORTANT NOTE!!! After eight years of political police harassment, I am trying to stay away from Italy and from Italians, more in general. If someone says, they are my friends and that I work for them, they are not my friends and I DO NOT work for them. Mostly, these people use my name for espionage purposes. Please be aware and careful. Blog: https://alfiocerami.wordpress.com/ Home-page: http://www.alfiocerami.com Email: ceramial@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/acerami