Notwithstanding repeated cuts to the military budget, international peace-keeping operations have become a central element in Italian foreign and security policy.
The analysis recalls the early stages of Italian participation in international military operations, thus highlighting a noteworthy growth in Italy’s international role.
The never-ending power vacuum in Afghanistan continues to be the most critical factor to the security in Central Asia. This is due to two factors: the threats thriving on socio-economic and political turmoil of Afghanistan and the strategic agendas of the external actors involved in the crisis.
The resulting confrontation has defined the geopolitical profile of the region, underpinning the consolidation of the Shanghai agreement between the Russian Federation and China and the following U.S. led intervention in the region.
Il recente intervento della Nato in Libia si inserisce nel solco della stagione di ingerenze militari inauguratasi con la fine della guerra fredda. L’ingerenza, intesa come interferenza coercitiva negli affari interni di uno stato sovrano, è una vecchia pratica nella vita internazionale. A partire dalla fine della guerra fredda, è tuttavia entrata in una fase nuova.
Iraqis celebrated the “Arab spring” that changed the regimes of Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen. But they are divided about the protests and uprisings in Bahrain and Syria. On the surface, it seems that this is merely a reflection of the sectarian divide in Iraq’s society and politics, or of external influence on Iraq’s politicians, be it from Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, or wherever.
