Strategic rift between the United States and Italy: Italian bases denied in the attack on Iran

Executive Summary The structural rupture between the United States and Italy following the kinetic phase of the 2026 Iran War represents a fundamental paradigm shift in North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) southern flank dynamics, driven primarily by the categorical refusal of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Defense Minister Guido Crosetto to authorize the utilization of … Leggi tutto Strategic rift between the United States and Italy: Italian bases denied in the attack on Iran