By Jacob Braun Giorgia Meloni and the center-right coalition at the Quirinal Palace, Quirinale, via WikiMedia Commons On October 22, 2022, Giorgia Meloni, leader of the far-right Fratelli D’Italia party, became Prime Minister of the Italian Republic. Based on a platform of anti-establishment rhetoric and populist nativism, Meloni’s coalition would take 44% of the vote—Continue reading “Fratelli D’Italia- Party like it’s 1922? [BLOG POST 5]”
Category Archives: Transition
War in Syria- What Does This Mean For Italy? [BLOG POST 4]
By Jacob Braun Italian Customs boat enters port in southern Italy with Syrian Refugees, UNHCR/F.Noy, Copyright Spurred on by widespread unrest within the Arab world caused by the 2011 Arab Spring protests, the Syrian Arab Republic was flung into a brutal civil war in early March of the same year. Until the breakout of theContinue reading “War in Syria- What Does This Mean For Italy? [BLOG POST 4]”
Italy Swings Populist- The Beginning of the Second Republic [BLOG POST 3]
By Jacob Braun Silvio Berlusconi, Italian House of Representatives 1994, via WikiMedia Commons Public Domain Coming out of the major scandals that rocked the Christian Democrats and Italian Socialists, an unlikely political outsider takes the reins of Italy in the 1994 election: Silvio Berlusconi. Poised on bringing populist politics into the spotlight, Berlusconi and hisContinue reading “Italy Swings Populist- The Beginning of the Second Republic [BLOG POST 3]”
Fuel for the Fire- Corruption and the End of the First Republic [BLOG POST 2]
By Jacob Braun Former Italian Prime Minister Benedetto Craxi, Unknown Author, via WikiMedia Commons Public Domain For the first time since the Second World War, a Socialist Party in Italy came to power with Benedetto “Bettino” Craxi as its Prime Minister in 1983. With promises of reform and continued efforts to improve the economy fromContinue reading “Fuel for the Fire- Corruption and the End of the First Republic [BLOG POST 2]”
The Years of Lead: the First Republic is put to the test [BLOG POST 1]
By Jacob Braun A Photo of the Aftermath of the Bologna Massacre, Beppe Briguglio, via WikiMedia Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license The Years of Lead (Anni di Piombo) began with the Hot Autumn strikes of 1969, where massive amounts of workers joined students protesting for social reforms in a similar fashion to the MayContinue reading “The Years of Lead: the First Republic is put to the test [BLOG POST 1]”
The Plague of Populism 