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Mondo News

22 Luglio 2011 di
Pia Luisa Bianco

What weapons for the West

We live in dangerous times, when a new kind of leadership is required. It’s as simple as that. We have to be aware of the dark side of every event not because the future will necessarily be bad, but because that is what foreign policy crises have always been about. Peacekeeping and peacemaking, in particular, will become increasingly difficult. Indeed, global security necessitates shared aims and centralized management. Only strong rulers can justify the historic about-faces necessary for peace. (tratto da Longitude)
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Italia News

08 Luglio 2011 di
Thomas McMahon

The state of the Italian left

According to a Demos poll of the 27th June, Nichi Vendola, governor of Puglia and leader of Sinistra Ecologia e Liberta, has the highest favourable ratings among the leaders of Italy’s political parties. Vendola is trusted by 41% of Italians, while Berlusconi languishes on 26%, one point behind his coalition partner Bossi. The same poll found that 52% of Italians now expected a victory for the left in the next elections, whereas in December 60% expected a win for the right.
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Inside Italy News

22 Ottobre 2009 di
Andrea Holzer

The same old untouchables

"The new untouchables", Thomas Friedman’s editorial on the New York Times is a perfect example of how the same word "financial crisis" can have two very different meanings. In the Us, they are already thinking about what have caused the economic downturn and how to address the issue, while in Italy, we are still stuck in the middle of the quagmire. The new untouchables in in the Us are the young workers who can invent new ways of making money, in Italy creative young people tend to live the country as soon as possible. 

 
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