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Economic Nationalism and the War of 1812

January 29, 2020

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Old Ironsides

In this time of renewed debate on protectionism, tariffs, and free trade, we publish an essay by Andrew Spannaus on the economic nationalism that helped drive the construction of the United States of America in the 1800s. Economic Nationalism and the War of 1812 by Andrew Spannaus* Essay originally published in War Hawks. Gli Stati […]

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Book Presentation: Sept. 10 – Guarini Institute, Rome

September 9, 2019

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“I PECCATI ORIGINALI DELLA UE”, ALLA JCU PRESENTAZIONE DEL LIBRO DI SPANNAUS Martedì 10 settembre, ore 19, a Roma, in via della Lungara 233, Trastevere “Original Sins: Globalization, Populism and the Six Contradictions Facing the European Union”: s’intitola così il nuovo libro di Andrew Spannaus – giornalista e analista politico di origine statunitense, stabilitosi a […]

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Is there a Euro-Atlantic populist wave?

May 5, 2019

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adapted from “Original Sins. Globalization, Populism, and the Six Contradictions Facing the European Union” – (May 2019, Mimesis International) – by Andrew Spannaus – In 2016, the world began to change, with the Brexit referendum and the election of Donald Trump. In both cases, there was a revolt of the voters, an insurrection of ‘regular […]

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Italy Looks to China

April 25, 2019

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New Silk Road

Italy caused a political firestorm in mid-March when it announced that it would be joining China’s Belt and Road Initiative by signing a memorandum of understanding during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Rome from March 21 to 23. As the first G-7 country to accept a formal agreement to participate in the initiative, also […]

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Midterms, il riscatto dei dem Usa non può passare solo dalle urne

November 8, 2018

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Articolo su Formiche di Andrew Spannaus – La campagna per le elezioni di medio termine negli Stati Uniti ha sottolineato il divario politico tra democratici e repubblicani, com’è inevitabile quando c’è da chiedere il voto agli elettori. In questo caso però riflette un problema più profondo, una spaccatura che va oltre i temi più in […]

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Ignorance and Prejudice in Laura Ingraham’s Tiff With LeBron James

February 22, 2018

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LeBron James

Laura Ingraham’s complaints over LeBron James’ political commentary – focusing on the grammar of his statements rather than their substance – reflects a general elitism in the pundit class, Andrew Spannaus observes. — Is LeBron James ignorant? Laura Ingraham seems to think so. In response to a video of the NBA superstar offering harsh criticism […]

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La dottrina nucleare di Trump

February 6, 2018

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(free) – di Andrew Spannaus – La pubblicazione del Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) da parte del Governo Usa sottolinea le contraddizioni della politica strategica all’interno delle istituzioni americane. Con l’arrivo di Donald Trump alla Casa Bianca l’atteggiamento verso la Russia è cambiato, ma solo parzialmente; permane nel mondo militare (e non solo) una forte schiera di funzionari che continua a vedere il vecchio avversario […]

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Europe-Ukraine Forum – 13-14 March 2018

February 6, 2018

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13–14 March 2018 Exhibition Hall – G2A Arena Jasionka, Rzeszów, Poland Association and What’s Next? – the focus of this years 11th Europe – Ukraine Forum will be on economic modernization and reforms. In 2017, the Association Agreement was ratified. Regardless of the crisis – the war and Russian occupation of Crimea and some part […]

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I mercati e la politica

December 4, 2017

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Euro ECB

– (free) – L’ASIG (Associazione per lo Scambio Economico Italo – Euroasiatico) ha organizzato una conferenza a Milano il 28 novembre sul tema della relazione tra la comunicazione politica e i mercati finanziari. E’ stata l’occasione per ricordare uno dei casi più eclatanti di utilizzo della giustificazione dei “mercati” per imporre scelte politiche impopolari nella […]

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Markets and Politics

December 1, 2017

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Euro ECB

The Association for Italian – Eurasian Economic Exchange (ASIG) organized a conference in Milan on November 28 on the issue of the relationship between political communication and the financial markets. The event offered the opportunity to recall one of the most egregious cases in the recent history of Italy of the use of the “markets” […]

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