Italy

The U.S. treasury secretary and the Italian prime minister have spent decades shaping this economy. But can they control what comes next?

Roberto Burioni fuses science with vulgar rhetoric to combat anti-vaxxers.

The anti-establishment bad boys of years past are changing their stripes—maybe.

Washington under siege, peace building lessons from Nigeria, and a potential crisis for China’s aviation industry.

Largely protected from furloughs and layoffs, public employees in Italy have become the scapegoat for an economic crisis that politicians must address.

Mario Draghi’s arrival as prime minister will only make his country’s political problems even worse.

Conte’s ruling coalition is out—but that may not be the end for the prime minister.

A broken U.S. public sphere, QAnon’s resilience amid disappointment, and how to eavesdrop on policymaking conversations.

Taking a page from Beijing, Rome is positioning itself as the center of trade, energy, and transportation in Southern Europe and beyond.

The government is walking on a tightrope as the coronavirus crisis grinds on.

Italian fishermen are being kidnapped off the coast of Libya—and Rome is too caught up in EU migration politics to help.

Italy is one of the only countries with a law to provide for those orphaned by femicide—and it could serve as a model for the rest of Europe.

Trump’s calls for political violence are a familiar far-right strategy.

Formerly competitors, Paris and Rome’s Pax Mediterranea may spell Ankara’s final estrangement from Europe.

Those who used to scoff at its mismanagement should take note of Rome’s strategy for defeating COVID-19.

Italian forces used chemical weapons and committed war crimes in Africa—but the country’s sordid history is not taught in schools and is rarely discussed by politicians or intellectuals.