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Sommario
Preface
Antonio Varsori, University of Padova, Italy
Introduction: The Foreign Policy of a Middle Power at the Geopolitical Crossroads
Luciano Monzali, University of Bari, Italy and Paolo Soave, University of Bologna, Italy
Chapter 1: Middle East and the Cold War
Joseph A. Bongiorno, St. John's University, USA
Chapter 2: The Arab-Israeli Issue in the Italian Foreign Policy
Luca Riccardi, University of Cassino, Italy
Chapter 3: The EU, Italy and the Middle East: the Euro-Arab Dialogue
Silvio Labbate, University of Salento, Italy
Chapter 4: Gaddafi and the Troubled Relations With Italy Since 1970
Paolo Soave, University of Bologna, Italy
Chapter 5: Turkey and Italy
Federico Imperato, University of Bari, Italy
Chapter 6: The Iranian Revolution Seen by Rome
Rosario Milano, University of Bari, Italy
Chapter 7: The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan and the Italian Foreign Policy
Luciano Monzali, University of Bari, Italy
Chapter 8: Italy and the Lebanese Civil War
Roberta La Fortezza, University of Bari, Italy
Chapter 9: The Sigonella Crisis: The Middle East and the Atlantic Alliance
Matteo Gerlini, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Chapter 10: Italy and Algeria: a Resilient Connection
Azzedine Layachi, St. John's University, USA
Chapter 11: Italy and Pakistan
Giuseppe Spagnulo, University of Bari, Italy
Chapter 12: Partners in Rivalry: Britain, Eni and the Tehran Oil Agreement of 1971
Bruno Pierri, University of Parma, Italy
Chapter 13: Cultural Diplomacy in the Middle East. The Italian Contribution
Lorenzo Medici, University of Perugia, Italy
Chapter 14: The Middle East Beyond the Cold War. The Case of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (1989-
1993)
Arturo Marzano, University of Pisa, Italy
Biographical Notes of Authors
Index
Info autore
Luciano Monzali is Full Professor of History of International Relations at the University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', Italy. He is the author of The Italians of Dalmatia: From Italian Unification to World War I (2009).
Paolo Soave is Associate Professor of History of International Relations at the Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Italy. He is the author of The American Revolution in the Mediterranean (2004) and has published in the New Historical Review.
Riassunto
Italy played a vital role in the Cold War dynamics that shaped the Middle East in the latter part of the 20th century. It was a junior partner in the strategic plans of NATO and warmly appreciated by some Arab countries for its regional approach. But Italian foreign policy towards the Middle East balanced between promoting dialogue, stability and cooperation on one hand, and colluding with global superpower manoeuvres to exploit existing tensions and achieve local influence on the other.
Italy and the Middle East brings together a range of experts on Italian international relations to analyse, for the first time in English, the country’s Cold War relationship with the Middle East. Chapters covering a wide range of defining twentieth century events - from the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Lebanese Civil War, to the Iranian Revolution and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan – demonstrate the nuances of Italian foreign policy in dealing with the complexity of Middle Eastern relations. The collection demonstrates the interaction of local and global issues in shaping Italy’s international relations with the Middle East, making it essential reading to students of the Cold War, regional interactions, and the international relations of Italy and the Middle East.
Prefazione
The first English-language book to analyse international relations between Italy and the Middle East during the Cold War
Testo aggiuntivo
This book breaks new ground in our understanding of the interests and agency of a middle-ranking European power such as Italy in the Middle Eastern checkerboard. The product of often painstaking analysis of unique primary sources from a variety of Italian governmental archives, this book goes beyond the frequent focus on superpower involvement in the Middle East to deliver a very informative set of analyses by experts of the field of the interactions between republican Italy and a variety of Middle Eastern actors, both state and non-state. A seminal and very important book.
