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.
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.
The political tightrope walk of Giorgia Meloni
As Italy’s presidential election looms, the far-right Fratelli d’Italia’s leader Giorgia Meloni has tried to retain her party’s populist identity while also appealing to mainstream-conservatives. How far can she go?
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?