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Category Archives: Roberto Orsi
Jun 14 2018
Italy’s Eurosceptic Turn
2 CommentsBy Roberto Orsi Italy has a new government. Matching the unprecedented results of the election of 4 March, this new government marks the beginning of something never seen before. Italy is the first country in the Western half of the … Continue reading
Posted by: June 14, 2018
Tagged with: migrant crisis, political failure
Mar 9 2018
Italy’s Election: The Path to Political Radicalisation
3 CommentsBy Roberto Orsi The result of the Italian general election was extraordinary. Even if the most recent polls had anticipated the trend, the actual numbers were surprising, providing the immediate sense of a rather dramatic political shift. Three main and … Continue reading
Posted by: March 9, 2018
Tagged with: Berlusconi, elections, Five star movement, Italy, PD, populism, Renzi
Feb 28 2018
Italy’s General Elections: Four Key Issues
Comments Off on Italy’s General Elections: Four Key IssuesBy Roberto Orsi Next Sunday (4 March) Italian citizens will elect a new Parliament, after a complete five-year cycle. Much has changed since the last vote on 24-25 February 2013. It will be argued here that this election is probably … Continue reading
Posted by: February 28, 2018
Tagged with: identity, Italian Election, Italy, Renzi, sovereignty
May 5 2017
The Politics of Post-Truth
2 CommentsBy Roberto Orsi Every book is imbued with the name of God, and we have anagrammed all books in history, without praying […]. What our lips said, our cells have learnt. What have my cells done? They have invented a … Continue reading
Posted by: May 5, 2017
Tagged with: Brexit, EH Carr, fake news, Information, post-truth, psychological warfare, Trump, Umberto Eco
Apr 4 2017
Brexit as a Strategic Shift
1 CommentBy Roberto Orsi Britain’s move to leave the European Union has been a topic of political discussion worldwide for more than a year, starting from an extremely polarising referendum campaign in spring 2016 to the latest developments following PM May’s … Continue reading
Posted by: April 4, 2017
Tagged with: Brexit, history, Strategy, Theresa May
Mar 15 2017
The Moral Question in Italian Politics
Comments Off on The Moral Question in Italian PoliticsBy Roberto Orsi Corruption in Italy is a constantly debated problem. However, it is largely framed as a moral and legal issue. This piece suggests instead that the root of the corruption problem is political and constitutional, as it lies … Continue reading
Posted by: March 15, 2017
Tagged with: clientelism, constitutional reforms, Corruption, Craxi, Federalism, mani pulite
Feb 20 2017
The European Union at a Crossroads
5 CommentsBy Roberto Orsi The European Union is approaching a moment of difficult decisions which will determine whether it will manage to survive in the near future or whether it will enter the final trajectory of its dissolution. In the past … Continue reading
Posted by: February 20, 2017
Tagged with: Angela Merkel, Crisis, Decline of Europe, EU, Euro crisis, Europe, European Central Bank, European Union, Euroscepticism, Eurozone, Italian decline, Italian economy, Italy, Renzi
Dec 20 2016
President Trump and the Politics of Tragedy
5 CommentsBy Roberto Orsi For someone who tries to think in dialectical terms, the catastrophic handling of the immigration crisis in 2015 raised more than just some concern. It appears simply impossible that this kind of blunder could have not generated … Continue reading
Posted by: December 20, 2016
Tagged with: Angela Merkel, Brexit, Nemesis, Political Violence, Tragedy, Trump
Jun 6 2016
The Great Pushback: Western Politics and Dynamics of Exclusion
1 CommentBy Roberto Orsi A recent piece by Henry Radice on this very blog envisages a connection between different phenomena on the two sides of the Atlantic, namely Mr. Cameron’s political tactics (or strategy?), which has led to the Brexit referendum, … Continue reading
Posted by: June 6, 2016
Tagged with: Donald Trump, Exclusion, Sanders, Socialism, Visegrád group
Aug 14 2015
Weaponisation of War Memories and Anti-German Sentiment
1 CommentBy Roberto Orsi In the aftermath of the tumultuous events in Brussels and Athens, public opinions in Europe and elsewhere have been rapidly polarised, to an extent perhaps not seen in decades. The dramatic deterioration of Greek finances (both public … Continue reading
Posted by: August 14, 2015
Tagged with: debt, Euro, Germany, Greece, grievances, historical narratives, war memories, WWII