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This book analyses the foreign policy of Silvio Berlusconi, Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments. The authors examine the Italian position in the international arena and its foreign policy tradition, as well as Berlusconi's general political stance, Berlusconi's foreign policy strategies and the impact of those strategies in Italy. Given that Berlusconi is considered a populist leader, the volume considers his foreign policy as an instance of populist foreign policy - an understudied but increasingly relevant topic. Emidio Diodato is Associate Professor of International Politics and Political Science in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at University 'per Stranieri' of Perugia, Italy. Federico Niglia is Adjunct Professor of International History in the Department of Political Sciences of the LUISS Guido Carli in Rome, Italy.--

Italy in International Relations -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Italy in International Relations: European Benchmark Dates and National Critical Junctures -- 2.1 The European Understanding of the International System: A Proposed Set of Benchmark Dates -- 2.2 A Diverging Country? Italy Through European Benchmark Dates and National Critical Junctures -- 3 March 1861. The Challenging Myth of the Post-Imperial Legacy -- 3.1 The (Re)birth of Italy in a Changing Europe -- 3.2 Unified Italy: The Legacy of the Past and the Role of Foreign Policy -- 3.3 The Myth Betrayed: The Collapse of Italian Foreign Policy -- 4 September 1943. Democratic Transition and International Adjustment -- 4.1 The Tragedy of Capitulation as a Critical Juncture -- 4.2 Democratic Italy: A European Middle Power -- 4.3 Italy in the Mediterranean: A Problematic (Re-)adjustment -- 5 February 1992. Italy in a Post-Bipolar World -- 5.1 The Republican Turn in the 1990s as a Near-Miss Critical Juncture -- 5.2 The Changed Nature of the vincolo esterno -- 5.3 A Middle power in Search of Itself -- 6 Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index

Die neue italienische Regierung unter Mario Monti hat sich bemüht, eine neue Dialogkultur mit der deutschen Bundesregierung zu etablieren. Es gibt gute Gründe für Italien und Deutschland, ihre Beziehungen in der Krise wiederzubeleben. Die Aufgabe ist im Grunde einfach: Sowohl Deutsche als auch Italiener müssen erkennen, wie eng die bestehenden Beziehungen bereits sind und wo weiteres Potenzial schlummert, insbesondere in der Wirtschaft. Ihre Partnerschaft müssen sie in der Öffentlichkeit auf eine realistischere Weise darstellen. Doch Stereotypen und Fehlperzeptionen, die bereits in der Vergangenheit das italienische Deutschland-Bild bestimmten, sind wieder in den Vordergrund getreten und nicht so leicht in den Griff zu bekommen.