Italy In International Relations

Author : Emidio Diodato,Federico Niglia
Publisher : Springer
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319550626

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Italy in International Relations by Emidio Diodato,Federico Niglia Pdf

This book aims to provide an overview of Italian foreign policy from the moment of unification to the establishment of the European Union. Three turning points are crucial in order to clarify Italy’s foreign policy: 1861, the proclamation of the Italian Kingdom; 1943, when Italy surrendered in World War II; 1992, the signing of the Maastricht Treaty. The international position of Italy continues to be an enigma for many observers and this fuels misinterpretations and prejudices. This book argues that Italy is different but not divergent from other European countries. Italian elites have traditionally seen foreign policy as an instrument to secure the state and import models for development. Italy can still contribute to international security and the strengthening of the EU. At the same time, Italy is not a pure adaptive country and has always maintained a critical attitude towards the international system in which it is incorporated.

Author : Bertjan Verbeek,Giampiero Giacomello
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739148709

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Italy's Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century by Bertjan Verbeek,Giampiero Giacomello Pdf

Italy’s Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century: The New Assertiveness of an Aspiring Middle Power, edited by Giampiero Giacomello and Bertjan Verbeek, fills a gap in the middle powers literature in general because of its focus on Italy. Relying on insights from foreign policy analysis, it offers an innovative theoretical inroad into Italian foreign policy by linking European and international factors with domestic processes of status making. Finally, this volume focuses on actors, issues, and policy instruments in vital areas of Italy’s foreign policy rather than bilateral relations between Italy and other counties or regions.

Author : Elisabetta Brighi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134644797

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Foreign Policy, Domestic Politics and International Relations by Elisabetta Brighi Pdf

This book offers a re-examination of foreign policy, in its relation with domestic politics and international relations (IR). Bringing together a vast body of literature from IR, foreign policy analysis, comparative politics and public policy, this book systematically reconceptualises foreign policy as a dialectic, produced by the interplay of context, strategy and discourse. It argues that foreign policy defies easy understandings and necessitates a complex framework of analysis, introducing the ‘Strategic-Relational Model’, as conceptualised in critical realism, for the first time to the field of foreign policy analysis. Combining a comprehensive investigation of the last century of Italian foreign policy with an exploration of a key theoretical issue within the field of foreign policy analysis and IR, this book analyses key episodes within Italian foreign policy, including Italy’s Cold War alliance politics, colonial interventions, fascist foreign policy and Italy’s participation in the wars of Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the long-term historical trajectory of Italian foreign policy, from the Liberal age to the ‘Second Republic’, including all four governments of Silvio Berlusconi. Foreign Policy, Domestic Politics and International Relations will be of interest to students and scholars of International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis and Italian politics.

Author : Ludovica Marchi,Richard Whitman,Geoffrey Edwards
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317594758

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Italy's Foreign Policy in the Twenty-first Century by Ludovica Marchi,Richard Whitman,Geoffrey Edwards Pdf

Italy’s foreign policy has often been dismissed as too idiosyncratic, inconsistent and lacking ambition. This book offers new insights into the position Italy has attained in the international community in the 21st century. It explores how the country has sought to take advantage of its passage from a bipolar to a multipolar system and assesses the ways in which it has engaged internationally, its new responsibilities, and the manner in which it conducts its policies in the pursuit of its interests, whether political or commercial. It argues that although Italy is engaged internationally, there is a gap between its actions and what it actually delivers, and as long as this gap continues Italy is likely to remain a partial and unreliable foreign policy actor. Divided into three parts, this book explores: the context and processes which characterise Italy’s external action its relations with crucial countries and regions such as the US, the EU, and the BRICs its security and defence policies. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of European Politics, Foreign Policy analysis and Italian studies.

Author : Silvio Beretta,Axel Berkofsky,Fabio Rugge
Publisher : Springer
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9788847025684

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Italy and Japan: How Similar Are They? by Silvio Beretta,Axel Berkofsky,Fabio Rugge Pdf

This book provides an enlightening comparative analysis of Japan’s and Italy’s political cultures and systems, economics, and international relations from World War II to the present day. It addresses a variety of fascinating questions, ranging from the origins of the authoritarian regimes and post-war one-party rule in both countries, through to Japan’s and Italy’s responses to the economic and societal challenges posed by globalization and their international ambitions and strategies. Similarities and differences between the two countries with regard to economic development models, the relationship of politics and business, economic structures and developments, and international relations are analyzed in depth. This innovative volume on an under-researched area will be of great interest to those with an interest in Italian and Japanese politics and economics.

Author : Alan Cassels
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015019429730

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Italian Foreign Policy, 1918-1945 by Alan Cassels Pdf

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Author : Paolo Soave,Luciano Monzali
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781838606961

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Italy and the Middle East by Paolo Soave,Luciano Monzali Pdf

Italy played a vital role in the Cold War dynamics that shaped the Middle East in the latter part of the 20th century. It was a junior partner in the strategic plans of NATO and warmly appreciated by some Arab countries for its regional approach. But Italian foreign policy towards the Middle East balanced between promoting dialogue, stability and cooperation on one hand, and colluding with global superpower manoeuvres to exploit existing tensions and achieve local influence on the other. Italy and the Middle East brings together a range of experts on Italian international relations to analyse, for the first time in English, the country's Cold War relationship with the Middle East. Chapters covering a wide range of defining twentieth century events - from the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Lebanese Civil War, to the Iranian Revolution and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan – demonstrate the nuances of Italian foreign policy in dealing with the complexity of Middle Eastern relations. The collection demonstrates the interaction of local and global issues in shaping Italy's international relations with the Middle East, making it essential reading to students of the Cold War, regional interactions, and the international relations of Italy and the Middle East.

Author : Alessandra Tarquini,Andrea Guiso
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030249380

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Italian Intellectuals and International Politics, 1945–1992 by Alessandra Tarquini,Andrea Guiso Pdf

Italian intellectuals played an important role in the shaping of international politics during the Cold War. The visions of the world that they promulgated, their influence on public opinion and their ability to shape collective speech, whether in agreement with or in opposition to those in power, have been underestimated and understudied. This volume marks one of the first serious attempts to assess how Italian intellectuals understood and influenced Italy’s place in the post–World War II world. The protagonists represent the three key post-war political cultures: Catholic, Marxist and Liberal Democratic. Together, these essays uncover the role of such intellectuals in institutional networks, their impact on the national and transnational circulation of ideas and the relationships they established with a variety of international associations and movements.

Author : Antonio Varsori,Benedetto Zaccaria
Publisher : Springer
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9783319651637

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Italy in the International System from Détente to the End of the Cold War by Antonio Varsori,Benedetto Zaccaria Pdf

This edited collection offers a new approach to the study of Italy’s foreign policy from the 1960s to the end of the Cold War, highlighting its complex and sometimes ambiguous goals, due to the intricacies of its internal system and delicate position in the fault line of the East-West and North-South divides. According to received opinion, during the Cold War era Italy was more an object rather than a factor in active foreign policy, limiting itself to paying lip service to the Western alliance and the European integration process, without any pretension to exerting a substantial international influence. Eleven contributions by leading Italian historians reappraise Italy’s international role, addressing three complex and intertwined issues, namely, the country’s political-diplomatic dimension; the economic factors affecting Rome’s international stance; and Italy’s role in new approaches to the international system and the influence of political parties’ cultures in the nation’s foreign policy.

Author : Gabriele Abbondanza,Simone Battiston
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789819932160

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Italy and Australia by Gabriele Abbondanza,Simone Battiston Pdf

This book offers a novel and comprehensive reappraisal of current relations between Italy and Australia. For the first time, it expands the scope of analysis by encompassing and critically reviewing research avenues that have been understudied so far. In order to pursue this objective, it provides innovative analyses on bilateral history, reciprocal migration, socio-cultural ties, international relations and trade, comparative politics, and scientific cooperation. By adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this book makes a significant contribution to multiple disciplinary literatures, benefitting social science scholars, policymakers, and professionals working in a number of fields. Mindful of the wide scope and multidisciplinary nature of this innovative research, the editors oversee a careful balance of different theories, methodologies, sources, and data, in accordance with the conventions of each discipline employed in this volume. As a result, this book encourages a broader and more nuanced understanding of Italian-Australian relations in the 21st century.

Author : Francesco Randazzo
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781527543669

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Italian-Soviet Relations from 1943-1946 by Francesco Randazzo Pdf

In the midst of the Second World War, the government of Benito Mussolini collapsed. This dictator had, for a decade, held Italy in a dangerous alliance with Nazi Germany. On September 3rd, 1943, in Cassibile, Sicily, the Italian General Castellano and the American General Eisenhower signed a Treaty in which they illustrated the very harsh conditions of Italy’s surrender and its passage alongside the Allies. The vicissitudes of this period led first to the imprisonment of Mussolini, and then to his daring liberation by the Nazis. On Italian territory, two governments, that of General Badoglio and that of the Republic of Salò, led by Mussolini’s party, faced each other, while the Allies landed in Sicily and Anzio. In Lazio, the Allies began their action against the Nazi-Fascists who were retreating towards the north of the peninsula. In the meantime, relations between Italy and the Soviet Union resumed, and, in 1944, Pietro Quaroni, the first ambassador after the diplomatic break-up of 1940, was sent to Moscow. The book, through Italian diplomatic documents, reconstructs this delicate historical moment in Italo-Soviet relations in the final act of the Second World War.

Author : Fabrizio Coticchia,Jason W. Davidson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498551557

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Italian Foreign Policy during Matteo Renzi's Government by Fabrizio Coticchia,Jason W. Davidson Pdf

This book sets out to explain the foreign policy of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (February 2014 to December 2016). It offers a unique analytical framework to make sense of Renzi’s foreign policy: the domestically-focused outsider. It argues that to untangle Renzi’s foreign policy one must first understand that his clear priority was enacting domestic economic and political reforms. Domestic focus means that Renzi made foreign policy decisions with a sensitivity to public opinion and party unity. The book also argues that Renzi’s status as an outsider in Italian politics—having previously served only as the mayor of Florence—provides critical insight into his foreign policy. Renzi was prone to skepticism of the establishment and dramatic, symbolic gestures rather than patient coalition building. The book applies this framework to the five most important foreign policy issues Renzi’s government faced: migration, finance and the EU, Russia, ISIL, and Libya. The book’s analysis of the cases benefits from over twenty elite interviews, including those with senior members of Renzi’s government.

Author : Raffaele Marchetti
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030868697

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Hybrid Diplomacy with NGOs by Raffaele Marchetti Pdf

This book explores a new way of doing diplomacy through the engagement with non-governmental organizations, here referred to as hybrid diplomacy. Today’s global politics is played out most successfully by the combined actions of different actors. A specific type of partnership is that between governments (namely Ministries of Foreign Affairs) and civil society organizations. While not the only type of global partnership at work, this is particularly effective in advancing new issues and promoting the norm changes that have been discussed at length in international relations and sociological literature. The author has chosen Italy as a case study because of the country's prolonged deployment of such policy. Being a middle power, with a strong non-profit sector, and hosting the central node of catholic global network, Italy is well positioned to take advantage of this new diplomatic mode. Through presenting a new reading of the Italian contribution to international affairs, this book contributes to broadening the scholarship in foreign policy analysis and transnational activism.

Author : Emidio Diodato,Federico Niglia
Publisher : Springer
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319972626

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Berlusconi ‘The Diplomat’ by Emidio Diodato,Federico Niglia Pdf

This book analyses the foreign policy of Silvio Berlusconi, Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments. The authors examine the Italian position in the international arena and its foreign policy tradition, as well as Berlusconi’s general political stance, Berlusconi’s foreign policy strategies and the impact of those strategies in Italy. Given that Berlusconi is considered a populist leader, the volume considers his foreign policy as an instance of populist foreign policy – an understudied but increasingly relevant topic.

Author : Primo Vannicelli,Harvard University. Center for International Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1414963851

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Italy, NATO, and the European Community by Primo Vannicelli,Harvard University. Center for International Affairs Pdf