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The Left Smears Italy’s New PM

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The Left Smears Italy’s New PM
Brothers of Italy party leader Giorgia Meloni gestures as she delivers a speech on stage at Piazza del Popolo in Rome, Italy, on Sept. 22, 2022. Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images
Anders Corr
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The left is worried about Italy. Giorgia Meloni—whose Brothers of Italy party unfortunately has historical links to Benito Mussolini’s fascists and has shown some support for Vladimir Putin’s Russia—won 44 percent of the vote on Sept. 26 and is set to become Italy’s first female prime minister.
Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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