While his tenure has as prime minister has been marred by repeated personal scandals, and a troubling roll back in press freedom, the end cause Silvio Berlusconi’s downfall may actually end up being political — though he wouldn’t be Il Cavaliere if the story didn’t come with a sordid twist.  Berlusconi has been the bain [...]

  When was the last time you heard a European leader speak about Bosnia-Herzogovina? Well, today, the state that was created in 1995 on Air Force base in Dayton, Ohio held elections at a time that is as close to becoming failed-state as it has been since the brutal wars of the early 1990s. The [...]