EA/EuroFile VideoCast: Italy’s Slide Into Far-Right Autocracy

Posted by Scott Lucas | Sep 24, 2022 | 0

Photo: Bloomberg

Italy goes to the polls on Sunday, with analysts expecting the far-right Brothers of Italy party to win the largest number of seats, making Giorgia Meloni (pictured) the new Prime Minister.

Journalist Rula Jebreal knows Meloni well, having debated her, and she has been targeted by extremists for her coverage.

Monique Camarra and I chat with Jebreal about Italy’s slide into autocracy and the wider context of the far right — its politics, its disinformation, and its threats — from Europe to the Middle East to the US.

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Scott Lucas

Scott Lucas is Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin; Professor Emeritus of International Politics at the University of Birmingham; and editor-in-chief of EA WorldView.He is a specialist in US and British foreign policy and international relations, especially the Middle East and Iran. Formerly he worked as a journalist in the US, writing for newspapers including the Guardian and The Independent and was an essayist for The New Statesman before he founded EA WorldView in November 2008.