Much Ado about Little

The Foreign Policy of the Second Berlusconi Government

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3035342
AutoresOsvaldo Croci (0000-0002-9341-3327, Memorial University of Newfoundland, autor correspondente)
Ano2005
Volume10
Fascículo1
Páginas59-74
Data de publicação2005-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoModern Italy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1353-2944 • E-ISSN: 1469-9877
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/13532940500113375
OpenAlexW2013233471
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas19
Referências citadas7

This article provides a review and an assessment of the foreign policy of the second Berlusconi government. The first section summarizes the changes Italian foreign policy underwent at the end of the Cold War. The second focuses on the question of continuity and change regarding the two traditional pillars of Italian foreign policy, the European Union and the Atlantic Alliance, during the second Berlusconi government's time in office. The article concludes that if the current government has brought changes to Italian foreign policy, they concern its tone and style more than its substance, and that the claim that Italy has embarked on a new foreign policy course is a political exaggeration

Alliance · Cold war · Economic policy · Economics · Economy · European union · Exaggeration · Foreign policy · Foreign policy analysis · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Global Political and Social Dynamics · Law