| 书目名称 | Italy in International Relations | | 副标题 | The Foreign Policy C | | 编辑 | Emidio Diodato,Federico Niglia | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Offers a bold and interesting approach to Italy’s post-Risorgimento history.Combines international history with Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA).Explains how Italy has failed to be taken as seriously as | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .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. . | | 出版日期 | Book 2017 | | 关键词 | Post-imperial; Myth; Cultural nation; Unification; Risorgimento; Fascism; WWI; WWII; Maastricht Treaty; Forei | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55062-6 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-85556-1 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-55062-6 | | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 |
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,Introduction, |
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Italy is always presented as a contradictory actor in terms of foreign policy. The chapter addresses this foreign policy conundrum by adopting a new research approach, which mixes the method and research instruments of Political Science (in particular, Foreign Policy Analysis) with the ones of International History. The research objective is to understand the extent to which the Italian international vision and action is convergent or not with other EU countries.
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,Italy in International Relations: European Benchmark Dates and National Critical Junctures, |
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The chapter analyses the benchmark dates of European history and compares them with the turning points of national Italian history. The research framework of benchmark dates is integrated with the one of the critical junctures in order to assess the impact that main European events have had on Italy. The selected methodological framework allows the authors to assess the convergence between the Italian historical trend and the European one. Three main benchmark dates of Italian history are highlighted: 1861, 1943 and 1992. The argument is that the understanding of these three turning points is fundamental to having a comprehensive picture of the structural features of Italian foreign policy.
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,March 1861. The Challenging Myth of the Post-Imperial Legacy, |
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This chapter considers the process of Italian unification and discusses the nexus between domestic and international factors in the Italian foreign policymaking process. The foreign policy of unified Italy is defined by two opposite forces: the legacy of the imperial past and the adjustment to the European and international system. The tension between myth and adjustment is discussed though an overview on the years between the unification and the fall of Fascism. The chapter also provides an insight on the strategy of the alliance of unified Italy, highlighting that for Italy, alliances always have a double role: not only to guarantee the security of the country but also to serve as a chain transferring best policies and practices into the country.
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,September 1943. Democratic Transition and International Adjustment, |
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This chapter examines the main features of Italian foreign policy from the fall of Fascism to the establishment of the European Union. It provides a critical assessment of the process of democratic transition, evaluating its impact on the foreign policymaking of the country. It analyses the contradiction between the alignment to the West and to the European Community and the search for a more independent standing in the international arena (especially in the Mediterranean). Finally, it discusses the reasons behind the incapacity of the country to act as a pure adaptive “middle power”, challenging the European order and searching a third way in the Mediterranean.
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,February 1992. Italy in a Post-Bipolar World, |
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The year 1992 marked a turning point in European and Italian history. The Treaty of Maastricht established a new political and institutional framework for European countries. The chapter suggests ways to understand the last two decades of Italian foreign policy and to design the future scenarios of Italian foreign policy: the decision made by Italian government to anchor Italy to the European Monetary Union was in line with the rationale of Italian foreign policy. At the same time, this new European external constrain (.) is progressively loosing appeal among the Italians. Nevertheless, Italy can still contribute to the strengthening of the European Union.
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,Conclusion, |
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. affirms that Italy is different but not divergent from other Western European democracies in terms of its attitude and behaviour on the international scene. The swinging nature of Italian foreign policy is not the result of an irrational attitude of the Italians, but rather confirms the particular significance that alliances have for the country. Not only do they have to guarantee the security and integration of the country within the international community but also have to contribute to its civil and political development.
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