Middle East is the latest arena of political recalibration for Italy’s right-wing but pragmatic Meloni

The Italian leader has positioned Italy as a geopolitical hinge between competing power centers. The Middle East has just given that strategy a new environment.

By: Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, Colorado State University, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: September 15, 2026

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Last Updated: 1 month ago

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By Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, Colorado State University

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has made a political art of being many things at once.

Since coming to power in 2022, she has become the leader of Italy’s longest-serving postwar government. Meloni has also transformed herself from a politician once viewed as a radical outsider into one of Europe’s most consequential conservative leaders. Her political strength has always rested on adaptability: whether speaking the culture war language …

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