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Italy's Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century
The New Assertiveness of an Aspiring Middle Power
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2011
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Italy’s Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century: The New Assertiveness of an Aspiring Middle Power, edited by Giampiero Giacomello and Bertjan Verbeek, shows how changes in Italy’s international and domestic environment since the early 1990s have affected Italy’s foreign policy and raised its aspiration to become, and be treated as, a middle power. The contributors theoretically engage with both rationalist and constructivist accounts of middle power behavior. They reveal that the end of the Cold War, the advent of globalization, and the increase in institutionalized regional cooperation have increased Italy’s freedom to maneuver (by reducing its dependence on the United States) while simultaneously causing Italy’s policy freedom to decrease as a result of delegation of policy competencies to the EU and the need for cooperation in a globalized world.
Domestic changes, notably the transition from the First to the Second Republic and the transformation of political leadership in Italy under Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, have altered the specific way domestic politics is played out in foreign policy. Rather than adopting the more common focus on Italy’s bilateral relations with other counties or regions, Italy’s Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century centers on actors, issues, and policy instruments in vital areas of Italy’s foreign. In addition, it discusses the search for Italy’s position in global affairs and emphasizes the importance of leadership styles, domestic political agendas, and party rhetoric in determining Italy’s foreign policy. As Giacomello and Verbeek’s volume demonstrates, being consistent with such strategic prescription has always been a problematic undertaking for various Italian governments.
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Copyright year
2011
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-4868-6
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-4870-9
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
233
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
List of Figures No access
List of Tables No access
Abbreviations No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 10
Chapter One: “It’s the Perception, Stupid!” No access
Chapter Two: Intra-Alliance Politics No access
Chapter Three: In Search of the North Star No access
Chapter Four: Italy’s Foreign Policy Bureaucracy No access
Chapter Five: Con Stile No access
Chapter Six: Atomic Ambivalence No access
Chapter Seven: All Together Now! No access
Chapter Eight: Italy at War No access
Chapter Nine: Securing Italy’s Energy Supply and Private Oil Companies No access
Chapter Ten: The Role of Italy’s Strategic Industries in Its Foreign Policy No access
