Dead letter
The left’s having second – and third – thoughts on Putin’s war
Silvio Berlusconi
Out with the Old
Italy has long been Europe’s political laboratory, having invented fascism, incubated eurocommunism, launched the postwar economic miracle, and brought the social democratic nanny state to...
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Our Italian Future
Atop a political volcano.
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How Israel Lost Europe
How Benjamin Netanyahu lost friends and Mahmoud Abbas influenced people.
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Slain Syrian Official Supported al Qaeda in Iraq
On July 18, a bomb killed at least three top officials from Bashar al Assad's crumbling regime. Among them was Assef Shawkat, the deputy defense minister and former head of Syrian military i...
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Blowback in Syria
On Wednesday, July 18, a bomb killed at least three top officials from Bashar al Assad’s crumbling regime. Among them was Assef Shawkat, the deputy defense minister and former head of Syria...
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How To Punish Iran
The clever new sanctions that could cripple Tehran’s economy and rattle its leaders.
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Italy Wobbles, and a Demon Appears in the Clouds
As usual, whenever the situation permits, the British press — led by the screaming meemies at the Financial Times — calls for the defenestration of Silv...
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Financial Holes Dug by Parliamentary Systems
Peter Wehner’s entry on Fareed Zakaria’s paean for parliamentary democracy rightfully defends America’s system of government. But one should add, even if America’s...
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A Battle Plan to Stop Assad: Three Steps to Focus the Brutal Dictator’s Mind
Before Syrian President Bashar Assad's blood-soaked crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, Western capitals pampered the London-educated eye doctor with carrots rather than sticks....
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As Assad’s Crackdown Continues, the West Needs to Do More Than Just Watch
If the American and European posture toward Bashar Assad’s brutal crackdown on the Syrian people could be summarized in a single phrase, U.N. high commissioner for human rights Navi Pillay...
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Italy@War
Cleaning Up the Garbage
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Shroud of Turin
Turin, Italy — The Turin book fair this year features Israeli literature, and Israeli president Shimon Peres is coming to the opening ceremony next weekend. Lots of others will be there, to...
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Berlusconi: Undone by La Dolce Vita?
Silvio Berlusconi holds an amazing record of political longevity. Three G-8 summits have been held in Italy in the last 17 years (1994, 1999 and 2009). The U. S. was represented by Presidents Cli...
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The Berlin-Rome-Tehran Axis
One of those dirty secrets that broad swaths of European media and politicians avoid like the plague is the ways in which European countries are propping up Tehran’s regime and its proxies...
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The Italo-German Double Game in Iran
In 2010, Germany and Italy put themselves further on the wrong side of history. Although both countries agreed last summer to support new European Union sanctions against Iran, the latest data sh...
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The Art and Romance of the Diplomatic Cable
With Wikileaks's most recent release of official U.S. documents, I experienced again one of the best things about having left government service: I don’t have to read State Department...
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WikiLeaks Has Succeeded Only in Reinforcing a Culture of Secrecy
Regrettably, Pete, it looks like the answer is never (as Jennifer has noted). This, just in from the Guardian — a veritable barometer of the liberal mindset, at least as far as Europe goes....
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Italian Pols Urge Addition of Iranian Guard to EU’s Terror List
BERLIN – A bipartisan group of legislators in Italy's Chamber of Deputies are seeking to have the country's Foreign Ministry put the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps on the EU's list of terroris...
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Do As I Say, Not As I Do
Gwen Ifill's conflict for thee, but not for me.