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2. On European Power
- Author:
- Nathalie Tocci
- Publication Date:
- 12-2019
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Istituto Affari Internazionali
- Abstract:
- Much is being said about European power these days. From the new European Commission President von der Leyen and new High Representative Borrell to French President Macron, the idea that Europe must exert power on the global scene is gaining traction. The political intuition behind these statements is absolutely correct. The 21st century rationale for the European project is a profoundly global one. However, to turn it into a practical reality, it’s worth delving into the detail of European power, what it meant, how it has transformed, and what should be done to exercise it in future.
- Topic:
- International Relations, Power Politics, and Transatlantic Relations
- Political Geography:
- Europe and European Union
3. François Hollande's Presidency:A New Era in French Foreign Policy?
- Author:
- Jean-Pierre Darnis
- Publication Date:
- 06-2012
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Istituto Affari Internazionali
- Abstract:
- François Hollande's election as president of the French republic seems to mark a political rupture, interrupting 17 years of right wing presidencies (under Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy) and a decade of conservative government. Hollande claims that he will be a “normal” president, in contrast with Sarkozy's flamboyant style. This paper assesses whether Hollande's presidency truly represents a turning point in France's trajectory by gauging its impact on French foreign policy. The argument elaborated below is that French foreign policy is and will continue to be driven by strong continuities, although differences in style are likely to impinge upon France's role in the world and in the EU.
- Topic:
- International Relations, Foreign Policy, Democratization, and Politics
- Political Geography:
- Europe
4. The State of Play of the Union for the Mediterranean in the Euro-Med Context
- Author:
- Roberto Aliboni
- Publication Date:
- 09-2010
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Istituto Affari Internazionali
- Abstract:
- The author examines problems related with the political identity of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), its relations with the EMP's Euro- Mediterranean "acquis" and the functioning of its institutions. While the UfM has been designed to give new momentum to the EU's cooperation with Mediterranean countries, results have hardly met ambitions so far. There is a lot the EU can do to increase the UfM profile: revise its institutional settings; create a parallel, but connected, multilateral dimension in the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy; quickly implement large-scale regional projects; expand cooperation to agriculture; and scale back the ambition that the UfM can promote political solidarity in the short- to mediumterm.
- Topic:
- International Relations, Agriculture, International Trade and Finance, and Regional Cooperation
- Political Geography:
- Europe
5. Re-setting US-EU-Russia Relations. Moving Beyond Rhetoric
- Author:
- Emiliano Alessandri and Riccardo Alcaro
- Publication Date:
- 06-2009
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Istituto Affari Internazionali
- Abstract:
- After a period of severe turbulences, the United States, Europe, and Russia seem willing to start out on a new course. 'Pushing the reset button', as suggested by US Vice President Joe Biden, is an alluring formula, but it is no guide for action. A new US and European arrangement with Russia is more likely to endure if all parties learn from the troubled experience of the last few years.
- Topic:
- International Relations and Diplomacy
- Political Geography:
- Russia, United States, and Europe
6. Effectiveness and Ineffectiveness of the UN Security Council in the Last Twenty Years: A European Perspective
- Author:
- David Hannay
- Publication Date:
- 11-2009
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Istituto Affari Internazionali
- Abstract:
- The fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War struck the UN, as it struck the governments of its member states, like a bolt from the blue. It had not been predicted, nor anticipated; and no thought had been given to its possible consequences for the UN, which had been, since its establishment forty-five years before, a victim of the frozen certainties of bi-polar international diplomacy. There had been no consideration of what the post-Cold War world would look like and of what role the UN might be expected to play in it. It truly was a watershed moment, and therefore a sensible one to take as the start of any analysis of the Security Council in the twenty year period that has since followed.
- Topic:
- International Relations, Cold War, Diplomacy, and United Nations
- Political Geography:
- Europe, Kuwait, and Berlin
7. An Italian Strategy for Relaunching the EU Constitutional Treaty
- Author:
- Gian Luigi Tosato and Gianni Bonvicini
- Publication Date:
- 05-2007
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Istituto Affari Internazionali
- Abstract:
- The subject of the European Union's institutional future is once again at the top of the European agenda – the European Council at the end of June 2007 will be dedicated to it – and a deadline has been set (the 2009 European Parliament elections) for the entry into force of the new rules.
- Topic:
- International Relations, Government, International Cooperation, and International Organization
- Political Geography:
- Europe and Italy
8. The European Constitution: How to Proceed if France or the Netherlands Votes "No"
- Author:
- E. Greco and G.L. Tosato
- Publication Date:
- 03-2005
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Istituto Affari Internazionali
- Abstract:
- What would happen if France and the Netherlands voted "no" in the coming referendums on the Constitutional Treaty of the European Union? What would be the most effective strategy for finding a solution to the crisis that this would inevitably precipitate? Would it be best to suspend or continue the ratification process? What kind of initiatives should the member states and the European institutions undertake? This paper ponders what road should be taken to deal with a crisis that would be serious and complex. In particular, it discusses the question that is bound to come up first, and that is whether - in the event hypothesised - the ratification process in the other countries should be continued or stopped.
- Topic:
- International Relations and Security
- Political Geography:
- Europe and Netherlands
9. Mediterranean Security and Co-Operation: Interest and Role of Italy and Libya
- Author:
- Roberto Aliboni
- Publication Date:
- 03-2002
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Istituto Affari Internazionali
- Abstract:
- This paper looks at the international relations across the Mediterranean Sea, between the European countries - in particular, the European Union-EU - and the countries of the Near East and North Africa. In this framework, it tries to define the role of Italy and Libya and the joint actions they can carry out to foster peace and co-operation in the area concerned.
- Topic:
- International Relations, Security, and International Cooperation
- Political Geography:
- Europe, Libya, North Africa, and Italy
10. Saudi-Italian Relations During the Reign of King Fahd
- Author:
- Roberto Aliboni
- Publication Date:
- 11-2001
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Istituto Affari Internazionali
- Abstract:
- In the hundred years that have elapsed since the birth of Saudi Arabia many important developments and changes have affected both this country and Italy. Still, whereas Saudi Arabia has progressed with remarkable political stability, Italy has suffered numerous shocks: the crisis and fall, after World War I, of the nationalist elites which had made Italy an independent and united country in the 19th century; the fall of the Fascist regime and the Savoy monarchy at the end of World War II; the emergence, during the Cold War, of a Western democracy run by the classes which the nationalist elite had excluded from the process of independence; today, after the end of the Cold War, the fall of the Catholic and communist parties that dominated the Cold War domestic stage and the painful attempt to establish a less ideologically-based, more market-oriented and liberal-minded democracy in the country.
- Topic:
- International Relations, Foreign Policy, and Economics
- Political Geography:
- Europe, Arabia, Saudi Arabia, and Italy