Over the last two years, the metaphor of war has often been used in Italy when discussing the fight against the pandemic, to describe the restrictions that have been introduced as a result, from lockdown to the Green Pass. Paradoxically, once the state of emergency ended, just as we were on the cusp of the long-awaited return to normality (to ‘peace’ in a sense), Russia's sudden invasion of Ukraine meant that war truly became part of Italians’ lives through the media. In this context, I have analysed the positions taken by the major Italian periodicals (Avvenire, Corriere della Sera, Il Fatto Quotidiano, Il Foglio, La Repubblica, La Stampa, Il Mattino di Napoli, Il Messaggero and Il Tempo di Roma) between 20 February and 5 March. What becomes clear through examination of the main articles is that the themes that would characterise the subsequent Italian debate – from a strategic, humanitarian, political, and economic point of view – were already present in the two weeks from the end of February to the beginning of March 2022.

在过去的两年里，意大利在讨论抗击疫情时经常使用战争的比喻来描述由此产生的限制，从封锁到绿色通道。矛盾的是，一旦紧急状态结束，就在我们期待已久的恢复正常（某种意义上的“和平”）的风口浪尖上，俄罗斯突然入侵乌克兰意味着战争真正成为意大利人生活的一部分。媒体。在此背景下，我分析了意大利主要期刊（Avvenire、Corriere della Sera、Il Fatto Quotidiano、Il Foglio、La Repubblica、La Stampa、Il Mattino di Napoli ）的立场, Il Messaggero和Il Tempo di Roma ) 2 月 20 日至 3 月 5 日。通过审查主要文章可以清楚地看出，从战略、人道主义、政治和经济的角度来看，随后的意大利辩论的主题已经出现在从 2 月底到年初的两周内2022 年 3 月。