11 research outputs found
Italy nd the Middle East. Geopolitics, Dialogue and Power during the Cold War, edited by Luciano Monzali and Paolo Soave
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\u2019s
Cold War relationship with the Middle East. Chapters covering a wide range
of defining twentieth century events \u2013 from the Arab-Israeli conflict and the
Lebanese Civil War, to the Iranian Revolution and the Soviet invasion of
Afghanistan \u2013 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\u2019s 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
The Political Economy of Structural Adjustment in Tunisia and Algeria
This analysis of the economic reform programmes launched in Tunisia and Algeria from the late 1980s seeks to account for their divergent outcomes, namely that the Tunisian exercise has met with a large measure of success, whereas Algerian efforts have not, Attention is focused on international factors, economic institutions and domestic political dynamics. Briefly stated, four factors appear to have had a major influence on the relative success of economic reform: (1) the nature of ties to international financial markets; (2) the timing and sequence of economic reforms; (3) the nature of the state reform coalition; and (4) the nature of organized political opposition