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The New Assertiveness of an Aspiring Middle Power
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Artikel-Nr:
9780739148709
Veröffentl:
2011
Seiten:
260
Autor:
Bertjan Verbeek
eBook Typ:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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.
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.
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.
Acknowledgments
Dedication
Abbreviations
Figures and Tables
Introduction
Part I: Changes in Italy's Domestic and International Environment
Chapter One - "It's the Perception, Stupid!": The Hard Life of Italy as a Middle Power
by Giampiero Giacomello and Bertjan Verbeek
Chapter Two - Intra-Alliance Politics: Italian-American Relations, 1946–2010
by R. Craig Nation
Chapter Three - In Search of the North Star: Italy's Post-Cold War European Policy
by Raffaello Matarazzo
Chapter Four - Italy's Foreign Policy Bureaucracy: An Overlooked Factor?
by Nicola Chelotti and Eugenio Pizzimenti
Chapter Five - Con Stile: Personality and Leadership Styles in Italy's Foreign Policy
by Federica Ferrari and Alessandro Pejrano
Part II: Italy's Foreign Policy in an Era of New Security
Chapter Six - Atomic Ambivalence: Italy's Evolving Attitude towards Nuclear Weapons
by Matthew Evangelista
Chapter Seven - All Together Now: Peace Support Operations as a "Bipartisan" Instrument of Italian Foreign Policy
by Fabrizio Coticchia and Giampiero Giacomello
Chapter Eight - Italy at War: Explaining the Italian Contribution to the Kosovo War (1999)
by Jason W. Davidson
Chapter Nine - Securing Italy's Energy Supply and Private Oil Companies
by Fabrizio Coticchia, Giampiero Giacomello, and Nicolò Sartori
Chapter Ten - The Role of Italy's Strategic Industries in Its Foreign Policy
by Jean-Pierre Darnis
Conclusions: Punching Above Its Weight?
by Giampiero Giacomello and Bertjan Verbeek
List of Contributors
Index
Dedication
Abbreviations
Figures and Tables
Introduction
Part I: Changes in Italy's Domestic and International Environment
Chapter One - "It's the Perception, Stupid!": The Hard Life of Italy as a Middle Power
by Giampiero Giacomello and Bertjan Verbeek
Chapter Two - Intra-Alliance Politics: Italian-American Relations, 1946–2010
by R. Craig Nation
Chapter Three - In Search of the North Star: Italy's Post-Cold War European Policy
by Raffaello Matarazzo
Chapter Four - Italy's Foreign Policy Bureaucracy: An Overlooked Factor?
by Nicola Chelotti and Eugenio Pizzimenti
Chapter Five - Con Stile: Personality and Leadership Styles in Italy's Foreign Policy
by Federica Ferrari and Alessandro Pejrano
Part II: Italy's Foreign Policy in an Era of New Security
Chapter Six - Atomic Ambivalence: Italy's Evolving Attitude towards Nuclear Weapons
by Matthew Evangelista
Chapter Seven - All Together Now: Peace Support Operations as a "Bipartisan" Instrument of Italian Foreign Policy
by Fabrizio Coticchia and Giampiero Giacomello
Chapter Eight - Italy at War: Explaining the Italian Contribution to the Kosovo War (1999)
by Jason W. Davidson
Chapter Nine - Securing Italy's Energy Supply and Private Oil Companies
by Fabrizio Coticchia, Giampiero Giacomello, and Nicolò Sartori
Chapter Ten - The Role of Italy's Strategic Industries in Its Foreign Policy
by Jean-Pierre Darnis
Conclusions: Punching Above Its Weight?
by Giampiero Giacomello and Bertjan Verbeek
List of Contributors
Index