Publication: La Stampa

02.07.15 Publication: La Stampa

Where does Europe go from here, after the Greek referendum on July 5th and its failure to repay the IMF? The answer is that it can go nowhere that is good,...

20.06.15 Publication: La Stampa

Well, the Greeks have always been famous for their tragedies as well as their theatrical prowess, so we should not be surprised that the long-running play...

09.05.15 Publication: La Stampa

Until about midnight on May 7th, two things seemed certain about Britain’s general election: first, that the long election campaign had been very boring and...

09.05.15 Publication: La Stampa

Until about midnight on May 7th,two things seemed certain about Britain’s general election: first, that the long election campaign had been very boring and...

03.05.15 Publication: La Stampa

When Britons wake up next Friday morning, May 8th, they will be presented with a strange and confusing political picture when the results of their general...

03.05.15 Publication: La Stampa

When Britons wake up next Friday morning,May 8th, they will be presented with a strange and confusing political picture when the results of their general...

21.04.15 Publication: La Stampa

It may seem heartless to describe the tragedy of the migrants’ ship as symbolic, since the bodies and the deaths are so real. Nevertheless, to this British...

02.03.15 Publication: La Stampa

It is often tempting to describe Britain’s political and media elite in an Italian manner as La casta. And some of the success of the populist UK...

08.02.15 Publication: La Stampa

Europe is witnessing two important but dangerous negotiations: one, between Russia, Germany and France over Ukraine, the other, between Greece and Germany over...

25.12.14 Publication: La Stampa

Britain has never been in love with the European Union. A central part of our national mythology derives from the fact that we haven’t been successfully...

14.12.14 Publication: La Stampa

If we know foreign countries at all, we tend to know them by their capital cities, their politics and, yes of course, by their sports stars. So this week in...

01.12.14 Publication: La Stampa

It is the first really good news the European economy has had since 2008, and it has come from an improbable pair of benefactors--American shale-oil producers...

07.10.14 Publication: La Stampa

It is an inspiring sight—unless you are a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. Tens of thousands of brave young people, marching...

22.08.14 Publication: La Stampa

When we are in trouble, we often look for a grand, systemic, ideally epochal explanation, one that defines it as being somehow new and unprecedented, or at...

22.08.14 Publication: La Stampa

When we are in trouble, we often look for a grand, systemic, ideally epochal explanation, one that defines it as being somehow new...

27.05.14 Publication: La Stampa

Here in Britain, we are searching for the right metaphor. Should the success of Nigel Farage and his UK Independence Party (UKIP) in our local and European...

04.05.14 Publication: La Stampa

In July, Italy will have an opportunity that is also a responsibility. It is an opportunity to show leadership in Europe, an opportunity to launch something...

04.05.14 Publication: La Stampa

In July, Italy will have an opportunity that is also a responsibility. It is an opportunity to show leadership in Europe, an opportunity to launch...

26.03.14 Publication: La Stampa

One eternal truth about modern China is that it is constantly changing. No sooner than you think you understand what is going on, especially in the economy,...

12.03.14 Publication: La Stampa

Three years ago, when Japan suffered the extraordinary triple shock of a massive earthquake, huge tsunami and nuclear accident, many people expected the event...

09.02.14 Publication: La Stampa

If you are an international investor, everything has changed in the world economy since 2014 began. If you are a young unemployed person in Italy, Britain or...

24.12.13 Publication: La Stampa

Vladimir Vladimirovitch Putin will celebrate the end of 2013 and the arrival in early 2014 of Christmas—in Russia’s Orthodox Church Christmas will be on...

10.12.13 Publication: La Stampa

Outside Italy, the news is shocking. But in a good way, you understand. To foreign observers, the election of Matteo Renzi brings the shock realization that...

27.10.13 Publication: La Stampa

“Don’t get caught.” That was the answer given to me by a former senior British intelligence official when I asked him about what principles should govern...