La posición internacional de Italia : oportunidades y tentaciones

Authors

  • Cesare Merlini

Abstract

Italy is presented with three possible courses of action on the international political scene: the Western European integration process; the development of relations with Eastern Europe and the USSR, and the Mediterranean basin. Here these aspects are analyzed in the current situation, arguing that the European nation should pursue three main objectives: 1) maintain a patient and intelligent presence in the European Community (institutional objectives); 2) demand a special role for the delineation of common policies that interest it (development objectives); and 3) linking the establishment of new relations with the East and the formulation of a European foreign defense policy, which would ensure the stability of the region (security objectives).

Keywords:

Italy, Foreign Policy, Europe, Integration, Mediterranean

Author Biography

Cesare Merlini

Director del Instituto di Affari Internazionali de Roma, es autor de diversos artículos sobre asuntos europeos. Anteriormente fue profesor de tecnología nuclear en el Politécnico de Turín y publicó varios trabajos científicos sobre problemas nucleares.