In 2015, Italy’s foreign policy was focused on issues that were linked to the attempt to boost Italy’s international reputation: the Libyan question, the migration crisis, and Italy’s role in the European Union. As for the first two issues, the Renzi government has sought to “Europeanize” them, with the aim of not being “left alone” in dealing with their consequences. The third issue concerns Renzi’s effort to gain fiscal flexibility and “change the course” of the European Union. However, in Europe the prime minister has found himself isolated and has struggled to lead coalitions on issues that are very relevant for the national interest. The assessment of the Renzi government’s action in foreign policy in 2015, ultimately, can be read in two ways: if it is evaluated against announcements, expectations, and demands of the prime minister, the result is disappointing; if it is measured in a more realistic fashion, the appraisal can be less harsh.
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Italy’s Foreign Policy Game: Moving without the Ball
Vittorio Emanuele Parsi
In Italian Politics
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- 01 Sep 2016
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- Research Article
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- 118–134 (17 total)
The Ampel Coalition's Foreign Policy Challenges
Jack Janes
War II. The implications for Europe, for members of nato , and indeed for global partners around the world were dramatic in both domestic politics as well as in foreign policy. The impact on Germany was described as a Zeitenwende by Chancellor
In German Politics and Society
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- 01 Dec 2022
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- Research Article
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- 104–118 (15 total)
The Impact of Islamist Ideology on Turkish Foreign Policy and Its Casualty
Turkish-Israeli Relations
Umut Uzer
This article argues that changes in the way a nation-state defines itself have direct repercussions on its foreign policy. In the cases of Israel and Turkey, national identities have been internally contested and changed over time. Israel has been
In Israel Studies Review
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- 01 Mar 2022
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- Research Article
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- 31–57 (27 total)
German Foreign Policy Rules for Action during the 2011 Libya Crisis
Hermann Kurthen
a set of unwritten pro-Western rules that guided its foreign policy. These included using military restraint, partnering closely with its eu and nato allies, strictly abiding to multilateralism, and upholding a values agenda. 3 Then, during the
In German Politics and Society
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- 01 Dec 2020
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- Research Article
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- 1–27 (27 total)
Foreign Policy: The Difficult Pursuit of Influence
James Walston
In February 2007, after less than a year in office, Prime Minister
Romano Prodi offered his resignation to the president of the Republic,
Giorgio Napolitano, after his government lost a vote in the Senate.
The motion outlined Italy’s foreign policy in fairly broad terms and
would not have been critical if the opposition, the radical left, and
Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema himself had not made it into a test
for the whole government. On the morning of the vote, D’Alema had
said, “If we don’t have a majority, then it’s time to call it a day.” As it
turned out, 158 senators voted in favor of the motion and 136 against,
with 24 abstention. Since the rules of the Senate count abstentions as
“no’s,” the motion failed, and Prodi tendered his resignation.
In Italian Politics
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- 01 Sep 2008
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 123–140 (18 total)
German Foreign Policy in a Strategic Triangle: Bonn–Paris–Washington
Helga Haftendorn
German foreign policy operates in a strategic triangle, the corner points of which are Bonn, Paris, and Washington. This constellation dates to the end of World War II. Since that time, German foreign policy has been influenced by this strategic triangle, which provides for
political opportunities as well as for significant risks. It relies on the interdependence of German-American, German-French, and French-American relations.
In German Politics and Society
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- 01 Mar 1999
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- Research Article
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- 1–31 (30 total)
The Berlusconi Government’s Foreign Policy: The First 18 Months
Filippo Andreatta and Elisabetta Brighi
Italian foreign policy has always been greatly influenced by the country’s
domestic politics. Certain important historical processes have
made it considerably difficult to separate the country’s external representation
from its domestic political equilibria. This state of affairs
has had a considerable bearing on Italy’s international standing,
which has been inhibited and therefore weakened as a result. The
country’s fragile national tradition, the legacy of a ruinous dictatorship,
and, in particular, the instability of the government, which
underlies the very nature of the proportional electoral system—
together with the existence of the largest communist party outside
the Soviet bloc—have hindered the formation of a bipartisan consensus
and of a foreign policy free from domestic pressures.
In Italian Politics
- Published (Print):
- 01 Sep 2003
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 221–236 (16 total)
China and Russia Policy in the 2021 Election and Beyond
Stephen F. Szabo
One of Germany's senior diplomats, Thomas Bagger, wrote in 2019 of the existential dilemma facing German foreign policy. 1 Arguing that all the assumptions Germany held when it was unified in 1990 have been undermined, he called for a major
In German Politics and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2022
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 119–134 (16 total)
Domestic Constraints, German Foreign Policy and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
Katy A. Crossley-Frolick
Since the end of the Cold War, Germany has assumed a greater profile in addressing global security concerns. This article analyzes the evolution of Germany's approach to peacebuilding in the post Cold War era. It argues that while Germany could play a unique and important role in such missions, it has largely demurred. The muted quality of German leadership in international peacebuilding reveals a foreign policy role identity that remains circumscribed by a culture of restraint (Kultur der Zurückhaltung). From a constructivist perspective, this “culture of restraint” acts as a cognitive map for political leaders and policy makers, privileging a set of norms that guide policy-making. Peacebuilding missions present opportunities for Germany to operationalize the most fundamental tenets undergirding Germany's postwar foreign policy identity: the preference to cooperate with other states through multilateral institutions, the use of economic instruments to obtain foreign policy goals, and support for supranational institutions to address global problems. But such opportunities are not seized due to the absence of political elite consensus, inter-party, and inter-ministerial dissensus, institutional fragmentation and insufficient material support for international peacebuilding endeavors.
In German Politics and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Sep 2013
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 43–75 (32 total)
The Concept of "Normality" in German Foreign Policy since Unification
Hans Kundnani
In this paper I examine the use of the concept of "normality" in debates about German foreign policy since unification. In the early 1990s, left-wing intellectuals such as Jürgen Habermas tended to criticize the idea of "normality" in favor of a form of German exceptionalism based on responsibility for the Nazi past. A foreign policy based on the idea of "normality" was associated above all with the greater use of military force, which the right advocated and the left opposed. Thus, "normality" became a synonym for Bündnisfähigkeit. Yet, from the mid 1990s onwards, some Social Democrats such as Egon Bahr began to use the concept of "normality" to refer instead to a foreign policy based on sovereignty and the pursuit of national interests. Although a consensus has now emerged in Germany around this realist definition of foreign-policy "normality," it is inadequate to capture the complex shift in the foreign policy of the Federal Republic since unification.
In German Politics and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2012
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 38–58 (20 total)