Reasserting (middle) power by looking southwards
Italy’s policy towards Africa
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 13083597 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Giuseppe Dentice (0000-0002-3276-5855, University of Milan), Federico Donelli (0000-0002-6093-3510, University of Genoa, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2021 |
| Volumen | 13 |
| Número | 3 |
| Páginas | 331-351 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2021-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Contemporary Italian Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 2324-8823 • E-ISSN: 2324-8831 |
| Editorial | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23248823.2021.1957309 |
| OpenAlex | W3187994586 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 10 |
| Referencias citadas | 50 |
In 2015, the Prime Minister Matteo Renzi launched a new Italian agenda for Africa. Until then Italian involvement in African affairs had been almost exclusively restricted to multilateral initiatives. Through its new pro-active approach, Italy has engaged with the African countries through a dynamic and multi-layered partnership aimed at fostering peace, stability, economic growth and human development on the continent. Within this framework, Italy intended to go beyond the traditional ‘donor-beneficiary’ relationship to build a new partnership model centred around the concept of sharing. The article argues that the need to preserve or at least reinforce its international status as a middle-ranking power has been one of the factors that led Italy to relaunch its involvement in Africa. Nevertheless, statements of intent aside, Italian foreign policy is lagging behind other extra-regional players operating on the continent. Indeed, despite Italy’s natural geographical projection towards the South, its many structural weaknesses and lack of a coherent foreign policy make it a declining middle-ranking power in the international arena, able to operate in Africa, even now, only within the framework of multilateral initiatives
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| Obras citantes distintas | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 2,5 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 10 |