What aspects of Italian foreign policy make it different than other Western powers?

Italy is both a loyal ally of the Western Alliance (US, UK, France, Germany) and an independent actor on the international stage. The West’s approach to Russia, the Arab World, and internal (European Union) relations have each matured since the end of the 1st Republic (1980s).

a-What aspects of Italian foreign policy make it different than other Western powers?

b-How has domestic politics in Italy been affected by international forces? Have these effects been positive or negative?

c-Why have the foreign policy preferences of Italy and Italians changed over the past few years?

***3 Pages long ***

• 2-3 sources expected per response; you need not go beyond assigned readings.
  • Please use (parenthetical) or footnote citations for sources; you may use the last-name or title as presented in the syllabus
  • If you are using additional sources, please cite these sources at the end
• Your response should flow as a single answer so outline your responses before

Each question has ‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’ sub portions. You may optionally indicate where you are responding to each sub-portion. You may also optionally use bold, italic, or underline key responses (as I have done in the prompts). Neither are mandatory.

I should get the recourses and the info from these readings and i need 2 or 3 reference from the readings

**Readings

The Politics of Italy_ Governance in a Normal Country; Pol 10 Italian Foreign-policy objectives p. 331-351

David Felsen (2018) Italian foreign policy under the Gentiloni government: do the ‘three circles’hold in 2017?, Contemporary Italian Politics, 10:4, 363-376

Marco Siddi (2018) Italy’s ‘Middle Power’ Approach to Russia The International Spectator