MICHELE GERACI

The question after the midterms is not Democrats versus Republicans. It is whether a US government that changes every two or four years can sustain a long-term AI and semiconductor strategy against a planned economy,…

Western democracies treat the act of voting as the whole of democracy. China’s Communist Party offers a process-oriented alternative that gives the country direction and stability in turbulent times, and it deserves a serious hearing.

Sanctions were sold as a weapon against Moscow, yet the bill lands on European households and factories. Italy must stop mistaking confrontation with Russia for a national interest.

Sanctions, open-ended military backing for Ukraine and brinkmanship over the Baltics and Kaliningrad are not protecting Italians. They are costing them, and they risk dragging Italy into a war.

Brussels talks about weight in the world while its citizens and companies pay for every geopolitical gesture. A foreign policy that cannot name its beneficiaries is not strategy, it is posturing.

Conflicting measures of responsibility—historical stocks, recent flows and per‑person emissions—create irreconcilable narratives in climate diplomacy. A pragmatic burden‑sharing architecture must translate these metrics into a transparent, dynamic formula that balances equity, effectiveness and political feasibility.