Lecture: AN ITALIAN PERSPECTIVE ON SWISS IDENTITY

On the occasion of the XII Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo.
AN ITALIAN PERSPECTIVE ON SWISS IDENTITY.
Two neighbors sharing Italian as common national language observed through the lens of the current European identity crisis.
by Lucio Caracciolo, editor in chief of LIMES, Italian review of Geopolitics, and author of a special issue of the journal entitled, L’Importanza di essere Svizzera (the Importance of being Switzerland) The annual Settimana Internazionale della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo (International Week of the Italian Language) celebrated around the world offers a unique opportunity to Italy and Switzerland, the two neighbors sharing Italian as national language, to reflect on their relations and on their respective identities