2011
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Dissolute, resolute, in charge
Who can put the master of populism on the defensive? Italy has no identity separate from Silvio Berlusconi. The last…
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Flash and burn
Nowhere to go in Bahrain. The flash-mob revolts sweeping the Middle East are not what they seem. They are not…
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Fred and Barney
Bokassa’s 1976 coronation. When Muammar Qaddafi is toppled, and it’s only a matter of time, who will stand larger-than-life on…
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Ignition
People Power brought down Ferdinand Marcos in 1986. Collectively rising up against authority is a thrilling act that once set…
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Italy as Daley-town
Mayor Richard J. Daley, who ran Chicago for 21 years in the mid-20th century. Despite intensifying resentment against him, few…
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Morzica la coda
Saying good bye to the last strongman. Money matters in Italy. People who have either much or little guard it…
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