Listening to President Biden’s inaugural speech, not many have noticed an important fact, that in that speech he made scant reference to the foreign policy of the United States under his stewardship. Understandingly, Joseph Biden is fundamentally concerned with the urgent task of regenerating American democracy after a period of obscurantism and hostility toward the…
If any American has enough time and curiosity to search for reactions overseas, particularly in Europe, to the chaos that rages in present-day America, he or she will not be surprised to learn that foreigners do not understand why Americans cannot have the orderly and reliable counting of votes that should be expected in a…
Alla fine, ha prevalso la democrazia rappresentativa. Joseph Biden e’ statodichiarato presidente eletto degli Stati Uniti al termine di un interminabilestressante conteggio svoltosi tra contestazioni, ricorsi legali ed ignobili proclami di vittoria emessi dal perdente, il presidente Donald Trump, che passera’ alla storia per la sua politica velleitaria ma soprattutto come “one term president” sfuggito…
In the torrent of explosive revelations contained in the book by the former National Security Adviser John Bolton, there is one quote that appears to be almost an afterthought but that in reality is terrifying not just for the European allies but for all those Americans who grew up with the understanding that the United…
Strange things are happening in “Old Europe,” as Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld famously called it in 2003. At that time, transatlantic differences were over Iraq, when two major members of “Old Europe” condemned the war against Saddam Hussein that was destined to open a disastrous Pandora’s box in the Middle East. Now, once again, the…
Something has got to give in the Mexican standoff between President Trump and the Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives. Chances are that sooner or later, some money will be appropriated, a few billion dollars rather than the full amount that the president is trying to exact while he holds hundred of thousand of…
French President Emmanuel Macron obviously likes to disturb a hornet’s nest, as he did just before President Trump landed in Paris for the celebration of victory in World War One. While calling for a “true European army,” Macron said something that was guaranteed to grate on the American president: “We have to protect ourselves with respect to China,…
President Trump, a leader who does not know much history, is certainly unaware of a speech made in 1956 by Nikita Khruschev to denounce Stalin’s cult of personality in which he called for an end to the use of the term “enemy of the people” by reminding Russians that it was used to “annihilate” individuals who disagreed with Stalin.…
` Il presidente Donald Trump sta causando un fenomeno senza precedenti, la perdita di consensi per il suo partito in una congiuntura economica di massima espansione ed occupazione. La polarizzazione che ormai prevale negli Stati Uniti, ad opera di un capo dell’esecutivo che ha stravolto istituzioni e regole del gioco democratiche, ha ormai alienato un…
Per Donald Trump vale oggi il furore di Cicerone nella famosa accusa: “quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?” E’ un interrogativo che un numero crescente di americani comincia a porsi a distanza di soli quattro mesi dalle elezioni midterm che potrebbero impartire una mazzata alle speranze di rielezione di Donald Trump, il presidente che ha…
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