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An International Peacekeeper. The Evolution of Italian Foreign and Defence Policy [1]

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An International Peacekeeper. The Evolution of Italian Foreign and Defence Policy

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Authors:
Fabrizio Coticchia [4]
Andrea Ruggeri [5]
22/04/2022

After the Cold War, Italy started to act as an international peacekeeper, deploying troops in dozens of military operations, mainly within multilateral frameworks. Recently, with the end of the “war on terror” and after the 2015 White Paper, Italy devoted growing interest and resources to the “Enlarged Mediterranean”. Despite Italy’s post-bipolar military dynamism, limited attention has been paid to assessing missions. The withdrawal from Afghanistan, as well as the debate about European Union defence and NATO, particularly after the Russian aggression on Ukraine, have emphasised again the need for a detailed analysis of Italian operations. This paper discusses the effectiveness of international interventions and the features and the trajectory of Italian missions. Three policy recommendations are advanced: the need to 1) create standard and systematic evaluations as events proceed; 2) establish transparent and inclusive assessments when interventions are completed; and 3) plan strategically for long-term proactivity rather than short-term reactivity.

Paper produced in the framework of the project “Osservatorio IAI-ISPI sulla politica estera italiana”.

iaip2206.pdf [3]

Details

  • Details

    Rome, IAI, April 2022, 21 p.
  • In:
    IAI Papers [2]
  • Issue

    22|06
  • ISBN/ISSN/DOI:
    978-88-9368-243-5

Table of contents

Introduction
1. International context and assessment of operational effectiveness
1.1 Unilateral/coalition interventions
1.2 Multilateral interventions
1.3 Features and trends of peace operations
1.4 Effectiveness and evaluations of peace operations
2. Italy: An “international peacekeeper”
2.1 Thirty years of interventions: Main turning points
2.2 Italian missions abroad: Main features
2.3 A strategic shift? The enlarged Mediterranean
Conclusion and recommendations
References


Source URL:https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/c03/international-peacekeeper-evolution-italian-foreign-and-defence-policy

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[1] https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/c03/international-peacekeeper-evolution-italian-foreign-and-defence-policy [2] https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/lista/all/iai-papers [3] https://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/iaip2206.pdf [4] https://www.iai.it/en/persone/fabrizio-coticchia [5] https://www.iai.it/en/persone/andrea-ruggeri