Iginio Gagliardone

Among the increasing number of countries filtering the Internet, China has stood out in its efforts to articulate a doctrine to validate this practice. In a White Paper released in June 2010, for example, Chinese authorities indicated "state security and social harmony" among the pillars of Internet development,...

After Tunisia and Egypt, can the winds of change blow across the Mediterranean Sea, bringing reforms in another troubled neighbour? Not Jordan or Syria. But Italy.

It may not be justified to compare Hosni Mubarak's 30 years in power or Ben Ali's 23 with Silvio Berlusconi's rule over Italy,...

Just weeks away from Italy's regional elections the country witnessed one of the most awkward, and potentially dangerous, episodes in the history of its politics. Newspapers abroad have not been picking up on this story, partly because of its complexity, but what happened in the past few days is analogous...

While the world watches the effects of another natural disaster, Italians, especially the citizens of L'Aquila, the city struck by an earthquake in April 2009, are waking up to a new kind of desolation. Italian magistrates have started unveiling the results of the inquiries on the reconstruction that...