Review: Mussolini’s Grandchildren
How did Neofascism rise from the ashes of World War Two? A new book by David Broder seeks to give answers.
Gramsci’s Reactionary Disciples
Although Europe’s right-wing populists have been at pains to distance themselves from Putinism, they keep shaping important debates on identity, migration and culture.
Mario Draghi: A Profile in Complacency
While the War in Ukraine Is Taking Countless Lives, Italy’s PM remains stubbornly committed to technocratic phlegm.
Weimar Italy’s Third Act Might Be The Most Troubling One Yet
While Sergio Mattarella reconfirmation as President of the Republic may appear as a sign of stability in a notoriously dysfunctional democracy, his second term opens Italy to a dangerous constitutional scenario that has long been coveted by the country’s far-right.
Draghi Ex Machina
In Weimar Italy, the boundaries between parliamentary republic and semi-presidentialism seem to fall at times, while technocrats run the show. How did we get here?