Italian politicians

It is unlike me to endorse a party so openly. Many friends and colleagues asked me about my views recently, and here they are, open to all. Italy does not need a weak center, not even a strong center, given...

Rhiannon Noel Welch's new book, Vital Subjects: Race and Biopolitics in Italy, 1860-1920 (Liverpool University Press, 2016), aims to revise the general perception of Italy's colonial past by showing how race and colonialism were essential components of the period between Unification...

Using political machinations, disrupting a coalition carefully crafted by the leader of his own party and promising expansive reforms, Matteo Renzi followed Machiavelli’s playbook to become prime minister of Italy. He promises to streamline Italian bureaucracy, attract foreign direct investment and...