MICHELE GERACI
ON GEOPOLITICS
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The Sabotage Nobody Explains and the Conversation Nobody Is Allowed to Have
Two habits are pulling Italy into a confrontation with Russia that no Italian voted for: treating every unexplained act of sabotage as already solved, and treating any conversation with Moscow as a moral confession. Both…
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Can a Democracy That Resets Every Two Years Win the Chip War?
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,…
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Democracy Is Judged by Process and Results, Not Only by Ballots
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.
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Italy Should Not Die for a War That Is Not Its Own
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.
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Italy Has No Quarrel With Russia, and Italians Should Not Pay for One
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.
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Europe’s Foreign Policy Is an Invoice Sent to Its Own Citizens
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.