Italy's Renaissance with Giulio Terzi

In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by Giulio Terzi, an Italian former diplomat, to discuss Italy's revival in foreign policy as a Presidential election is taking place on the very day of publication for this episode, that is Monday January 24. Giulio Terzi was between 2011 and 2013 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy; prior to that, his distinguished career as a diplomat led him, among many other other important posts, to be Italy’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, and he was also Italy’s Ambassador to the United States and to Israel. He remains extremely active in Italian politics and civil society today, and heads the Global Committee for the Rule of Law Marco Pannella. Is this presidential election going to have consequences on Italy’s domestic and international politics? How to explain Italy's sudden come-back at the centre-stage? Why some “soft spots” for dictators in some circles of the centre-left and center-right? What is Italy's place in a post-Brexit European balance? What can be done to re-build a viable security architecture in the Mediterranean? Thibault and his guest discuss these questions – and much more. Find Giulio Terzi on Twitter: @GiulioTerzi Find Thibault on Twitter: @tmuzegues Visit IRI’s website at www.iri.org and read our latest publication "Freedoms at Risk: The Challenge of the Century".