Europe’s deepest crisis is not simply found at its borders, but in the way Europe has learned to see itself. A civilization that distrusts its own history, symbols, and identity eventually loses the confidence necessary to assimilate newcomers, enforce its laws, and defend its frontiers. Uncontrolled immigration and the fragmentation […]
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In a Middle East shaken by the confrontation among the United States, Israel, and Iran, Italy must do its part to preserve its national interest. Marco Rubio’s visit reopened for Rome the possibility of presenting itself as diplomatic ground for the crisis: not as an alternative to Washington, but as
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Greenland is hardly the first case in which Washington has sought to expand its reach through diplomacy rather than force. American history is filled with territorial acquisitions formalized through checks, treaties, and negotiated transfers, alongside wars and conquests. U.S. expansion has never been only a matter of military strength; it
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Addressing the Palestinian issue today while avoiding sterile rhetoric is an almost impossible task. Not only because the conflict is intrinsically unresolved, and perhaps irresolvable, but also because public opinion tends to reduce it to slogans, one-day protests, or superficial political statements, only to quickly return to daily routines as
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Eight months into the new U.S. administration and nothing suggests progress in ending the war in Ukraine. But the jostling within and among NATO member states has opened important questions about Europe’s role as well as that of the United States. From the Italian perspective, Moscow is not a direct
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