Why was Italy rarely mentioned after World War II?

Historically, the center of the world, or the center of Europe, was no longer in Italy after the industrial revolution. The glory of the Roman Empire has become a thing of the past in modern times. After World War II, the international status and influence of many countries were determined by their performance in World War II, especially the big countries. Italy became the mainstay in World War II, swinging from side to side among axis countries and allies, and its military performance was extremely weak, which also made it lack the capital to speak, let alone gain a higher position in the reshuffle of international political status after World War II. Because of the change of national security policy and the psychological trauma caused by the war, it seldom involves the focus of war and international conflicts after the war, and lacks sufficient influence on international and regional affairs, so its political news photography rate is not high.

Economically, Italy developed rapidly after World War II. It is a model country for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, and its economic strength cannot be ignored. However, its development scale is still far behind that of the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, and it belongs to the poor among the rich. Because its economic pillar comes from small and medium-sized enterprises, there are few large enterprises and multinational companies in key industries that can have an impact, and the total economic output is not decisive, so the influence brought by the economy in the process of global diffusion is still lacking, and it is difficult to play a big role in the development of the world economy.

For China people, Italy is far from the Mediterranean and has no influence on China in geopolitics, so there are few conflicts and no direct cultural influence, so Italy is a stranger to us.

In fact, the influence of Italian culture, art and history in the world is relatively large, but you focus on that aspect, the scope of Italian influence.