Marco Niada

Marco Niada is a consultant and freelance journalist. He was formerly the London correspondent of the Italian financial daily Il Sole 24 Ore. Since 2004, with a group of friends, he has funded school projects in the central highlands of Afghanistan

Afghanistan: something goes right

The signs of improvement in Bamiyan province in Afghanistan's central highlands are evident in transport, agriculture and everyday livelihood, says Marco Niada. But the common root is good leadership that encourages education - especially that of women.

By Marco Niada

/ 22 Nov 2011

Afghanistan: the last chance

Time is running out for Afghanistan. The climate is visibly deteriorating and serious challenges that need quick responses lie ahead for the coalition forces attempting to stabilise the country. In

By Marco Niada

/ 12 Jul 2006

Is Silvio Berlusconi losing the plot?

Why is Italy's prime minister a man who controls so much of his country's media and who has, in the view of historian Alexander Stille, "

By Marco Niada

/ 23 Mar 2006

Italys tragic democracy

Italian democracy looks in its worst shape since 1945. Its entire institutional framework is in crisis. The saga that has unfolded in the last month in the Bank of Italy

By Marco Niada

/ 23 Aug 2005

Afghanistan: no time to lose

Every week since the start of the war in Afghanistan, Paul Rogers has written a column on openDemocracy tracking the war on terror. The latest: Between Fallujah and Palestine (22

By Marco Niada

/ 21 Apr 2004

Parmalat: Italian capitalism goes sour

The name is Parmalat. Literally, the milk of Parma. Elegant Parma, known as the little Paris of Italy, is in the heart of Italys Food Valley and, by ironic

By Marco Niada

/ 29 Dec 2003

Farewell Agnelli - Figure of Another Age

Gianni Agnelli as a young man with his grandfather Gianni Agnelli is a one-man allegory of what went wrong and is still wrong with Italian capitalism. You could say that

By Marco Niada

/ 13 Feb 2003

Marco Niada

Afghanistan: something goes right

Afghanistan: the last chance

Is Silvio Berlusconi losing the plot?

Italy&#146;s tragic democracy

Afghanistan: no time to lose

Parmalat: Italian capitalism goes sour

Farewell Agnelli - Figure of Another Age

Italys tragic democracy