It's Expired and Gone to Meet Its Maker

Will Italy Be The Next European Domino?, Newsday, June 10, 2018. "Eight years ago, the euro and the European Union were rocked by the near-collapse of Greek finances. Since then, migrants and Russia have crowded Europe’s banks from the headlines. But as events in Italy over the past two weeks have shown, the European peril is not dead. It is only resting."

Example #2: Why the U.N.'s Arms Trade Treaty Is A Bad Idea

Iran, North Korea, and the U.N.’s Projected Arms Trade Treaty, Contentions, September 4, 2009. "Last week, a colleague and I published a substantial paper on the faults inherent in the U.N.’s efforts to negotiate an arms trade treaty. These faults are many and serious, but they come down, fundamentally, to the fact that too few states enforce their existing laws, or live up to their existing responsibilities, on the import and export of arms. A treaty will do nothing to remedy this disinterest, incapacity, or – in far too many cases – malfeasance. Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal, and other papers, reported a case that illustrates these faults. In August, the UAE seized a shipment of military hardware from North Korea aboard a vessel bound for Iran. This is, needless to say, a violation of the U.N. Security Council ban on military exports from North Korea, but that did nothing to stop Iran from seeking to import them."

Contradictory Aims at the G-8 Summit

Summit Meets, World Yawns, Contentions, July 6, 2009. "This week, on July 8-10, Italy will host the G8 Summit in L’Aquila. Italian planning for the Summit has emphasized what it asserts is the need to make the G8 “more representative and more efficient” by involving China, India, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, and Egypt, and to “to bring the institutions closer to people by focusing on their real problems, with the financial and economic crisis toping the list” by developing a “new global governance” structure. Italy has also stated that it plans to “[step] up the drive for consensus ahead of the UN conference on the climate in Copenhagen,” to promote “dialogues between producers and consumers [of energy] with the objective of reaching a stable prize [sic, for price] scheme,” and to oppose “food protectionism.” These goals are all delightfully contradictory."

The Obama-Berlusconi Summit

The Obama-Berlusconi White House Meeting: Advancing U.S.-Italian Cooperation, Heritage Foundation WebMemo #2483, June 12, 2009.