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Nearly a century after the Lateran Pacts, the crisis in voter turnout and the new premiership law could turn Italy into a low-representation democracy. The Vatican, bound to Rome’s political destiny, is also concerned. The new electoral law that Parliament just passed raises delicate questions for the Holy See. In 1929, with the signing of […]
Between Ukraine, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East, Rome is being called on to choose a strategic direction that its politics keeps putting off. It’s the real crux of the country. In Italy, the debate these days centers on the electoral law—controversial and complicated. Perhaps it’s flawed because it grants whoever reaches 40% a crushing […]
In a few short decades, Italy moved from the “sorpasso” boom to a suicidal loop. Bright Italians move out, and young migrants move in. Both are desperate. Things can spin out of control, crashing the nation and the continent. Can the Church save Europe as it did after the fall of Rome? Chauvinism in America […]
The peninsula is at a crossroads, swamped by a disinformation campaign that also hits every Western country. Its political unity is at stake. If it shatters, many other nations could follow. The history of Italy as a political entity can be divided into two 80-year periods. The first starts with its unification. Italy was formed […]
At long last, Italy decided to build a structure linking Sicily and the mainland. It will be a continental shift and a massive cultural change for Western civilization, provided Italian politics gets its act together. This is not a bridge; it is the end of one myth and perhaps the origin of another. Western civilization […]
The core issue in recent Italy-Libya events is that Italy’s real influence in the country is minimal, despite Rome’s huge strategic interests (energy and migrants). Schoolbooks tell the story: during the Renaissance, when independent city-states relied on mercenaries, the warlords ended up taking over the cities themselves. Thus, the towns lost—at the hands of hired […]
The Premier’s fortuna is that no one else is eager to move on to rearmament, the big transatlantic agenda. But this also makes the Belpaese small and ultimately a burden for the allies. The ancient Roman notion of fortuna was a mix of skill and fate—the ability to take advantage of what chance had bestowed. Ancient China […]
