Episode Notes:

On July 20, the Italian government headed by Mario Draghi collapsed, triggering elections in September. Here to discuss what this means for Italy and the future of European security is Carlo Bastasin.

Carlo is a nonresident senior fellow in the foreign policy program at Brookings and the author of Saving Europe: Anatomy of a Dream.

[ 0:43 ] Why did Draghi fall?

[ 3:12 ] Next government

[ 5:47 ]  Impact on foreign policy