Vittorio Emanuele Parsi returns to television after his illness and resumes the fight: “Putin is worse than Stalin, that’s why we must arm Ukraine”

Professor Vittorio Emanuele Parsi, one of the most renowned Italian professors of international relations, does not hide his emotion in returning to television after more than two months of forced absence due to the illness that struck him on the 27 last December while he was in Cortina. “Excited as if it were the first time,” wrote the professor from the Catholic University of Milan on social networks shortly before returning to Monica Maggioni’s studio, in In half an hour. The Rai presenter herself, on the other hand, is at least as enthusiastic about welcoming Parsi back. “Good to see you here again.” Emergency help after his illness, the political scientist looked death in the face – as he said in a moving interview with Corriere della Sera – for what turned out to be an aortic dissection. But he recovered little by little, until he resumed all his functions: professor, writer, commentator. In addition to those related to his private life, obviously. Thus, after having participated in the national demonstration against the regime of Vladimir Putin for the assassination of Alexei Navalny, he is faithful to his commitment to infuse all his renewed efforts to “wake up Europe” (and Europeans) in the face of to looming geopolitical threats. .

David versus Goliath

The occasion is the second anniversary of the start of the full-scale war against Ukraine, which Maggioni traces in a long journey. “It will change the world, or rather it has already changed it,” observes Parsi. According to him, it is no coincidence that the end of Putin's main political adversary has just been decreed: “The external war goes hand in hand with Russia's internal repression. It is no coincidence that Navalny's death, almost exactly two years after the start of the war, restores the image of a regime convinced that it can do what it wants, but which also lives in a state of security paranoia, which sees dangers in “NATO barking at the border”, as someone put it with unfortunate words (Pope Francis, ed), but also among people who lay a flower.” Parsi, who is also a naval officer, recognizes that on the ground, the situation has currently become difficult for Ukraine. But it is precisely for this reason that he maintains that it is essential to respond to the urgent calls coming from Kiev and to continue supplying weapons to this country, or rather, if possible, to increase its deliveries. “This is precisely because there is no no comparison possible in terms of numbers: the Russians have an infinitely higher number of potential recruits than the Ukrainian soldiers, who have been at the front for two years almost without replacement, we must ensure that the situation is compensated by Kiev's superiority in terms of armament.” In short, Parsi reiterates, the current and future stability of Europe also depends on Ukraine's resistance to the oppressor. So, when will the “dirty war” end? launched by Putin? “It is clear that its closure will be negotiated, as with any other conflict. But we must keep in mind not only that Ukraine cannot abandon its territory, but also that it will need guarantees not to become a new Belarus, that is, to avoid returning under the boot of Putin, whose regime is worse today. than the worst Stalinism.”

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