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A golden age of democracy

Let me state a bold claim:  This is a golden age of democracy. That runs counter to the conventional wisdom of the last four years that there is a rising tide of authoritarianism sweeping across the globe, and especially the United States.…

La tragica parabola della presidenza Trump

La cosa più grave degli eventi americani di questo inizio gennaio 2021 è che non possono e non devono sorprendere nessuno. Purtroppo, i segnali erano piuttosto chiari che vi fosse in Donald Trump una spinta, quasi una pulsione, non…

The new Congress and US politics

In his 35 years of service as a Senator from Delaware (plus eight years as US Vice President and President of Senate), Joe Biden has been widely known as a moderate policymaker, able to compromise and work across the aisle. Using European…