Business first: Italy and arms sales
Article by Matilde Monteleone | Illustration by Niccolò Cedeno If during this period of global pandemic most of the productive activity in Italy has been blocked, if not slowed down, there is instead a sector of the economy that has never stopped growing: that of arms. The Decree of...
Three countries, one pandemic: different ways to communicate in a crisis
Article by Anna Groh | Illustration by Tommaso Bisagni “The coronavirus may currently be the world’s top threat, but a very close second is the political leader who doesn’t see it that way”. (Ward, 2020) When it comes to leadership in a crisis, the chosen way of communication can...
In sorrow, dignity: a personal account from the worst-affected city by COVID-19 in Italy
Article by Alessandro Zerbini | Illustration by Chiara Zilioli If Bergamo’s dead could speak, they probably wouldn’t. Mind you, their silence would not be a quiet protest against the ineptitude of the political class, or an equally legitimate demonstration of disappointment for the management of the crisis. It...
Pandemics and conspiracy theories: what can we learn?
Article by Laura Morazzini | Illustration by Francesco Moretti -”See here? It says it’s a virus created by China in a lab” – ”It’s rather Northern upheavals’ fault”. ‘’In times of social stress in general, and in the throes of a devastating epidemic in particular, conspiratorial explanations of events...
Two steps forward, one step back: stocktaking from the last Eurogroup meeting
Article by Alessandro Zerbini | Illustration by Silvia Baccanti “Too early to say”, Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai is quoted saying in a conversation with US President Richard Nixon when asked about the impact of the French Revolution. One of history’s most appreciated misunderstandings –the Chinese politician was...