Venus in arms

  • Home
  • About
    • Fabrizio Coticchia
    • Francesco N. Moro
  • Publications
  • Research
  • Links
  • Contacts

Culture, interests, multidimensional threats, and Italian defence policy

7 July 2017 by ViA Leave a Comment

We are pleased to talk about a paper that has been just published on the Italian Review of Political Science. The article, which is part of an interesting Special Issue on Italian foreign policy, focuses on the Italian military post-Cold War dynamism, aiming at assessing the role played  by interests and culture in addressing multidimensional threats to national security.

The paper (Stick to the plan? Culture, interests, multidimensional threats, and Italian defence policy“) is co-authored by (our) Fabrizio Coticchia and Michela Ceccorulli.

Here the link to the paper (gated)

Here below you can find the abstract:

The international context seems to be increasingly exposed to multidimensional and transnational challenges, ranging from irregular migration and piracy to the violation of basic human rights. Rather than excluding a potential role for the military, many European states rely on it to face a complex security scenario. What are the reasons behind this activism? Taking Italy as a case study, this article works out two main arguments (ideational factors and interests relating to the so-called military–industrial complex) and tries to intercept their weight in the national debate leading to the decision to intervene militarily (or not) in Sri Lanka (2004–05), Haiti (2010), and in the Central Mediterranean (2015–). Ultimately, this effort contributes to understanding the role of the military instrument in Italy, a state particularly exposed to the new challenges ahead, and offers tools for research to be potentially applied in other countries that make similar use of armed forces to deal with non-conventional security threats.

Share Button

Filed Under: Contemporary warfare, Defense in Europe, Italian military operations abroad, Italian Strategy and Doctrine Tagged With: Defense, EunavforMed, Haiti, Italy, Sri Lanka

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

code

Authors

Fabrizio Coticchia Profile Image I work on contemporary warfare, public opinion and military operations, Italian and European strategic culture (if there is such a thing...) More.
Francesco N. Moro Profile Image I work on organizations that change (or try to). Currently, I conduct research on armed forces in Europe and on mafias moving in “non-traditional” areas. More.

Tags cloud

Anything in here will be replaced on browsers that support the canvas element

  • Iraq
  • Afghanistan
  • Italy
  • ISIS
  • Libya
  • Difesa
  • Military Transformation
  • NATO
  • Libro Bianco
  • Italian Defense
  • ISIL
  • Defense
  • Syria
  • F35
  • Libia

Categories

  • Contemporary warfare
  • Defense in Europe
  • Italian military operations abroad
  • Italian Strategy and Doctrine
  • Pop-defense (Mos Eisley)
  • uncategorized
  • Venus in Arms
  • War by other names

Archives

Recent Posts

  • From enthusiasm to retreat: Italy and military missions abroad after the Cold War
  • “Peaceful legislatures? Parliaments and military interventions after the Cold War: Insights from Germany and Italy”
  • Difesa e missioni militari: necessario un dibattito pubblico nel Paese
  • A new database: “The Parliamentary Deployment Votes Database (PDVD)”
  • Book Launch: “The Handbook of European Defense Policies and Armed Forces”

Categories

  • Contemporary warfare
  • Defense in Europe
  • Italian military operations abroad
  • Italian Strategy and Doctrine
  • Pop-defense (Mos Eisley)
  • uncategorized
  • Venus in Arms
  • War by other names

Tags

Afghanistan China Clint Eastwood Conflicts Cybersecurity Defense Difesa Drones EU F-35 F35 Foreign Fighters Foreign Policy Foreign Policy Analysis Genova Guerra Intelligence Iraq ISA ISIL ISIS Israel Italian Defense Italian foreign policy Italy Libia Libro Bianco Libya Military Transformation Missioni militari NATO Obama Pinotti Putin Renzi Russia Security SGRI SISP Star Wars Strategic narratives Syria Terrorism Ukraine crisis US defense policy

twitter

Tweets di @ViA_blog

Copyright © 2021 · eleven40 Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

This website uses cookies. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies