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  • Sergio Romano, Italian writer, journalist, and historian Photo: TV 2000 Ufficio stampa
    Facts & Stories

    Sergio Romano: Populism, Panic and Opportunity

    Letizia Airos(December 15, 2016)
    Sergio Romano carries a lot of weight on Italian turf. The historian, political analyst and commentator served as the Italian Ambassador to Moscow at the twilight of the Soviet Union and later suspended his diplomatic career to focus on research and teaching. Even those who differ in opinion admit his viewpoint is always illuminating, informative, occasionally prophetic. We sat down with him to talk about America, Europe and the subject of his latest book: Putin
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    No Shortcuts, Nor Alternatives

    Maurizio Massari*(November 20, 2014)
    Italians are seen as “the West’s human face,” by a cultural mentality very suspicious of other Western countries. It might seem a cliché, but it should not be ignored. It’s a great asset for Italy in Egypt and other places in the region. It’s what analysts call “soft power.” And there’s a lot we can do to consolidate that power.
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    Gaddafi, the Once and Future Friend

    Judith Harris(March 17, 2011)
    ROME – Consider the Italian position on Libya, whose leader Muammar Gaddafi said March 15 that he is “really shocked by the behavior of my European friends, first of all Silvio Berlusconi.” Speaking on state TV in Tripoli to representatives of the Mseleta tribe, Gaddafi accused the West of supporting the rebels, whom he described as “dogs infiltrated into society,” in order to seize control of Libyan petroleum
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    What Makes a Citizen?

    George De Stefano(May 11, 2009)
    Italians are leaving Italy, poor immigrants are trying to get in, and descendants of Italian immigrants are applying for Italian citizenship.