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La Germania che va verso destra

Le elezioni tedesche ci dicono due cose: l’armonia interna del paese è più fragile di quanto si pensasse, e la Germania tende verso destra. Confermando comunque per la quarta volta Angela Merkel alla Cancelleria, i tedeschi sembrano aver…

A political earthquake, German style

The term “political earthquake” may be in overuse in Western democracies in recent years, but it is certainly not an overstatement when describing what happened during the German elections on September 24, 2017. The political turmoil…

La fine dell’eccezione tedesca

Dopo aver preso atto di un risultato che si aspettava “un po’ migliore”, Angela Merkel sarà comunque per la quarta volta Cancelliera della Germania: salì al potere nell’ormai lontano 2005, attraversando alla guida del suo Paese momenti…

The Rohingya crisis: What can be done

In recent months, considerable ink and pixels have been spilled chronicling the growing humanitarian crisis in western Myanmar, and castigating  the Myanmar security forces for their scorched earth policy toward Rakhine State in the…

A diminished UK leaving a diminished EU

More than a year since the ‘In or Out’ referendum on the EU in the United Kingdom, the ‘fog of Brexit’ has still not settled and no one has a clear plan, least of all the British Government. Far from being fully engaged in negotiations in…