Andrew Spannaus

Andrew Spannaus is an American journalist and political commentator based in Italy, founder of the Transatlantico.info newsletter. He lectures on US economic history at the Catholic University of Milan, and is currently the Chairman of the Milan Foreign Press Association. His latest book is "L'America post-globale. Trump, il coronavirus e il futuro".

Biden’s trip to Europe: between unity and escalation

One month after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, US President Joe Biden went to Europe seeking to maintain unity in the transatlantic response to the war, managing the difficult task of escalating without approaching the line that…

Polarization and progress in US politics

The divisions in American society have grown to record levels in recent years, the result of a process of polarization that has taken place faster than in other democracies. We have heard a lot about "populism," "tribalism," and in general…

The inflation scare and healthy economic growth

To counter the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the United States Congress has approved spending packages totaling close to $6 trillion, and President Joe Biden is now pushing for even more, aiming to pass both the $1 trillion bipartisan…

L’America post-globale

La presidenza di Donald Trump è finita, ma gli ultimi quattro anni hanno impresso in molti campi una svolta importante alla politica americana, che determinerà la traiettoria degli Stati Uniti per gli anni a venire, con implicazioni…

How Biden embraces the paradigm shift

For the past fifty years, economic and social policy in the United States has operated under the influence of an ideology which rejects the role of the state in directing outcomes, leading to successive waves of deregulation, cuts in public…

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