Italy assumes the presidency today G7During the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, the crises in the Taiwan Strait and the Red Sea, They question the international order established after the end of the Cold War, with major challenges such as terrorism, epidemics or Artificial Intelligence (AI).
According to experts, at this critical moment in world geopolitics, Japan is handing over the leadership of the seven richest countries in the world to someone else. Italy will have to reach a very complex consensusexpanded to include the G20, which is necessary to confront new threats.
This task seems monumental, if not impossible, for Italy’s prime minister, far-right Giorgia Meloni; We present the best of Italy in the largest international showcase.
A very important moment
The powder keg of the Middle East, the war in Ukraine, relations with the “global South”, Africa and migration, and the connection between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and democracy will be the topics of the conference. The world leaders summit will be held in the Apulia region (south) from 13 to 15 JuneA carefully selected environment.
“This symbolizes the embrace between East and West and is also the best way to overcome the narrative of the West on the one hand and the rest of the world on the other,” Meloni said. said.
The summit will take place after a series of events in the past year that confirmed that the world is no longer stable: the war in Ukraine, the Taiwan Strait crisis, the Nagorno-Karabakh war, and Hamas’ aggression and response from Israel.
“In the strategic documents of the great powers, NATO and the EU, they talk about threats that endanger the survival of the order that emerged at the end of the Cold War and the security of the states that guarantee it.” EFE Gabriele Natalizia is professor of Security and International Politics at the Sapienza University of Rome.
HE danger is coming Russia And Chinese, But “revisionist forces” are needed to confront challenges such as “non-state actors such as terrorism” and “transnational phenomena: pandemics, migrations, artificial intelligence, climate change.”
Wars
“It is clear that the most divisive issue is foreign policy,” Alberto Vannucci, a professor at the University of Pisa, tells EFE, wondering about “one of the biggest mysteries” of the coming months: “What will happen to the support?” To Kiev?” because “Western fatigue” was added to the “inconclusiveness and new scenario in the Middle East”.
The decision to launch has been made Ukraine’s EU accession process EU This is a political boost for Kiev, but we will have to see how it will be reflected on the front: “I cannot rule out that they will start talking about the possibility of negotiations at the June summit,” says Natalizia.
“The war was already long, the costs were high,” he emphasizes, pointing out that the presidential elections in the USA were a decisive factor; Vannucci thinks it will depend on Meloni’s “perseverance” to prevent Ukraine from “dying”. remained on the sidelines.”
In the Middle East, where conflicts have been going on for decades, G7 and EU show much more division than UkraineBecause “there is broad support for Israel, the bastion of Western democracy, in the region.”
However, the expert says that he cannot remain indifferent to “the overreaction to the civilian population in one of the most densely populated areas of the planet and the risk of playing into the hands of extremists” and underlines the “general situation”. he is indifferent to taking a clear position” and thinks that “it is very difficult for Meloni to reach a consensus.”
Meloni’s leadership
However, having been in power for just over a year, the Italian Prime Minister has become a solid political figure and will not miss the opportunity of the G7 to show the world the “new face of Italian leadership”.
“Despite the difference in political color, Meloni has the best relations of the last decade with the USA and Germany, and despite everything he has established wonderful ties with the EU,” says the “right-wing” Natalizia, whose Italian president of the G7 “cards to play this role”, but He does not forget the biggest risk he and any Italian government faces: “internal instability.”
If, at the local level, “he differentiates himself by not fulfilling his election promises,” Vannucci explains: Meloni also stands out for his “excellent communication skills” and “making difficult decisions at a rapid pace,” such as “firing her boyfriend and her daughter’s father on Instagram” after sexual conversations with a co-worker were leaked.
“He has demonstrated leadership skills in managing tension well, that is indisputable,” admits the political scientist, who sees the “very questionable qualifications” of the government team as his “biggest problem”.