Italy in International Relations The Foreign Policy Conu
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Emidio Diodato • Federico Niglia
Italy in International Relations The Foreign Policy Conundrum
Emidio Diodato Università per Stranieri di Perugia Perugia, Italy
Federico Niglia Department of Political Science Libera Università Internazionale Rome, Italy
ISBN 978-3-319-55061-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-55062-6
ISBN 978-3-319-55062-6 (eBook)
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CONTENTS
1 Introduction
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2 Italy in International Relations: European Benchmark Dates and National Critical Junctures
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3 March 1861. The Challenging Myth of the Post-Imperial Legacy
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4 September 1943. Democratic Transition and International Adjustment
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5 February 1992. Italy in a Post-Bipolar World
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6 Conclusion
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Glossary
107
Bibliography
111
Index
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CHAPTER 1
Introduction
Abstract 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 t
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