Politics & Government

Dopo mesi di cauto (e criticato) attendismo, il governo di Angela Merkel ha improvvisamente abbandonato i lidi del rigore nei conti pubblici per passare all’offensiva. Ciò sulla base di considerazioni contingenti, in massima parte legate…

Un dato piuttosto paradossale che ha caratterizzato le elezioni israeliane 2009 è stata la quasi totale assenza, tra le priorità definite in campagna elettorale, di una visione regionale della politica estera. Questo nasconde però un…

Everyone everywhere these days is decidedly glum that the Middle East isn’t closer to an outbreak of peace.  Unlike, say, any other time in the past 50 years.  No, make that 5,000. Americans were dismayed by the violence and death in Gaza,…

Now that the historical election and inauguration of Barack Obama are behind us, it is time to start working directly with his team. A lot has been said and written about the individuals filling the key positions, but less so about the…

Those who thought that with the end of the Bush II era evangelical influence would also wane, are up for a disappointment. That is why few picks of the incoming Obama presidency have stirred up as much controversy as the choice of Rick…