Italy and UN peacekeeping: constant transformation

Tercovich, Giulia

doi:10.1080/13533312.2016.1235094

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“…In the highly fragmented and fragile Italian domestic political context, military assertiveness is deemed a very risky policy to pursue in the absence of support, at a minimum, from the mainstream political forces, which can keep the 'radical' and 'isolationist' forces in check (Forte and Marrone 2012, 20-22). This finding also corroborates many of the qualitative studies on peacekeeping and multilateral peace operations that discuss the reasons for active Italian participation in this field over the past few decades (Ignazi, Giacomello, and Coticchia 2012;Tercovich 2016;Carati and Locatelli 2017).…”

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Neoclassical realism and Italy’s military behaviour, 1946–2010: a combined dyad/nation analysis

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Benati

Foradori

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This article carries out a quantitative analysis of the military behaviour of Italy from 1946 to 2010 using neoclassical realism as the theoretical framework. By overcoming the limits of traditional explanations of Italian security and defence policies, neoclassical realism provides new insight into Italy's involvement in militarized interstate disputes by taking into account both systemic and domestic variables. The method used is a combination of dyad analysis introduced by Stuart Bremer in 1992 and the analysis of unit-level variables, which is distinctive of neoclassical realism. An analytical model is developed, and bivariate and multivariate analyses are performed to explain the impact of the variables. By empirically testing a set of hypotheses, the study argues that Italian military behaviour is a function of the country's relative power as well as the levels of elite instability and regime vulnerability, the extraction capacity of the state, and the degree of elite consensus. The study contributes to the existing scientific debate on the determinants of Italian international behaviour and to the literature on neoclassical realism by demonstrating that its main propositions apply to a case of middle power and that these propositions can be tested on a large scale through quantitative approaches.

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Neoclassical realism and Italy’s military behaviour, 1946–2010: a combined dyad/nation analysis

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“…However, the end of the Soviet threat and the wide array of security threats stemming from the Balkans led Italy to pursue a more active foreign policy (Andreatta 2001;(Walston 2007). The most immediate effect of Italy's strategic adaptation to the postbipolar scenario was its willingness to participate in multilateral peace support operations and take initiatives on its own (Tercovich 2016;Carati and Locatelli 2017). Domestically, the end of bipolarism coincided with the end of the so-called 'First Republic', which marked the end of coalition governments led by the Christian Democratic Party.…”

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Explaining Italian foreign policy adjustment after Brexit: a Neoclassical realist account

Cladi

Locatelli

2020

Journal of European Integration

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Drawing on a neoclassical realist approach, this article delves into the impact that Brexit is likely to have on Italian foreign policy. We argue that there are two areas of issue, which are particularly affected by Brexit. Firstly, the Italian relationship with France and Germany.Secondly, Italian defence policy within the European context. Although Italy has not appeared to have significantly changed its foreign policy course after the British referendum, policymakers in Rome have been concerned by the risks that Brexit entails for the country, and have reacted accordingly. We will observe the variation in governmental interest of three ruling coalitions which have alternated in power since 2016 and, through a neoclassical realist approach, we argue that the Italian response to Brexit has been shaped by both the international pressure to preserve its standing in Europe and the need shared by all governments to keep up to their electoral promises.

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Interpreting China’s Rise in a Decentered World Through the Lens of Peacekeeping and Antipiracy Missions

Ghiselli

2018

Chin. Polit. Sci. Rev.

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Italy and UN peacekeeping: constant transformation

Cited by 10 publications

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Neoclassical realism and Italy’s military behaviour, 1946–2010: a combined dyad/nation analysis

Neoclassical realism and Italy’s military behaviour, 1946–2010: a combined dyad/nation analysis

Explaining Italian foreign policy adjustment after Brexit: a Neoclassical realist account

Interpreting China’s Rise in a Decentered World Through the Lens of Peacekeeping and Antipiracy Missions

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