Instructional goals
The course aims at giving to the attending students a definite knowledge of the major events, of the most relevant dynamics and of the most important turning points related to Italy's international role, especially as far as the period between the immediate postwar years and the present days is concerned. Moreover the student must achieve a critical and autonomous view of what he learned in the context of the course. In particular he must be able to link the political and diplomatic dynamics with the ecponomic, social and cultural dimensions and he must possess the instruments through which he would be able to evaluate Italy's international role in the contemporary international scenario.
Prerequisites
The student must possess an adequate knowledge of both History of International Relations and Contemporary History with a particular emphasis on Italian contemporary history. Fo the foreign students it is suggested the reading of some general history of contemporary Italy
Intended learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student must possess a good knwoldege of the major events, of the most relevant tuirning points, of the main dynamics related to Italy's international role since the "liberal era" till today
Course Contents
The course, after a few introductory lessons dealing with the main characters of Italy's foreign policy during the "liberal" period and the fascist regime, will focus on the Italian Republic's international role, not only from the political and diplomatic viewpoint, but also from the economic, social and cultural viewpoints.
Reference Books
1) Antonio Varsori e Benedetto Zaccaria (eds), Italy in the International System from Detente to the End of the Cold War. The Underrated Ally, Cham (Switzerland), Palgrave/Macmillan, 2018
2) Kaeten Mistry, The United States, Italy and the Origins of the Cold War. Waging Political Warfare 1945-1950, Cambridge, Cam bridge University Press, 2014.
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2) Emidio Diodato e Federico Niglia, Berlusconi. The Diplomat, Populism and Foreign Policy in Italy, Cham (Switzerland), Palgrave/Macmillan, 2019, 4) fo the foreign students it is suggested the reading of the book: Denis Mack Smith, Modern Italy. A political history, University of Michigan Press
Teaching Methods
The course wil be mainly based on "ex cathedra" lessons. The students will have to write a short paper. The papers will be the object of a general discussion
Assessment Method
There will be a final oral exam. During the course there will some intermediary tests
Thesis assignment criteria
the student must have attended to course and passed the final exam
Week 1 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Italy's unification as an international dynamic. From Italy's isolation to the participatioon in the Triple Alliance. The colonial policy
Week 2 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Italy's foreign policy in the Giolitti era, the participation in the First World War and Versailles
Week 3 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Fascist Italy's foreign policy. The participation in the Second World War and the collapse of the Fascist regime. The Allies and Italy, 1940-1943.
Week 4 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
The Allies and Italy 1943-1945. The Italian Peace Treaty
Week 5 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Italy's Western Choice from the Marshall Plan to the involvement in the Atlantic Alliance
Week 6 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Italy's European choice (from the Schuman Plan to the Pleven Plan). The solution of the former colonies question and of the Trieste question. The EPC and the EDC. Italy becomes a member of the UNO
Week 7 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Italy and the re-launching of Europe from the Messinsa Conference to the signature of the Rome Treaties. The "neo-Atlanticist" foreign policy (the relations with the US and the Mediterranean ambitions)
Week 8 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
The Centre-Left foreign policy (transatlantic relations, Europe and the Mediterranean)
Week 9 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
The Italian "crisis" of the "long 1970s". The US and the Italian Communist Party. The realignment to the West (EMS and euromissiles)
Week 10 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Italy's ambitious foreign policy during the 1980s (from Spadolini to Craxi, to De Mita)
Week 11 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
The last Andreotti cabinets and the end of the Cold War. Italy and the Maaatricht Treaty. Italy in the international system after the collapse of the First Republic. Italy and the Euro
Week 12 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Italy's international role at the beginning of the 21st century