Papers by Roberto Menotti
Rivista Italiana di scienza politica, Apr 1, 2002
A distanza di molti anni, e tuttora difficile contestare la famosa affermazione di Stanley Hoffma... more A distanza di molti anni, e tuttora difficile contestare la famosa affermazione di Stanley Hoffmann secondo la quale Ie Relazioni Internazionali (Ri) sono una disciplina americana (Hoffmann 1977)1. Basti notare che larghissima parte degli articoli pubblicati su riviste di Ri americane 0 europee oggi suI mercato sono scritti da autori americani (Wrever 1998, 696-701), che la storia degli sviluppi teorici della disciplina e raccontata soprattutto in riferimento a dibattiti teorici (i Great Debates) che solo raramente si svolgono in Europa continentale (jorgensen 2000), e infine che Ie tendenze quanto a citazioni e adozione di teorie prodotte altrove rivelano un rapporto fortemente sbilanciato tra Ie Ri americane e quelle europee continentali. Si puo per questo sostenere che Ie Ri continentali non esistono? In realta, concordiamo con l'opinione che vi sia effettivamente un'attivita teorica al di qua della Manica, ma riteniamo che essa sia ancora poco nota tanto all'interno quanto all'esterno del «continente», e che tenda a scontare il prezzo di innegabili Desideriamo ringraziare tutti gli studiosi che hanno risposto al nostro breve qucstionario preliminare (ocdi testo del questionario in appendice)e/o ci hanno [ornito utili indicazioni bibliograficbe circa il loro lavoro. Ringraziamo inoltre, per i loro commenti a versioni precedenti di questo articolo,
6 Italy: Uneasy Ally
Enlarging NATO
La Pandemia da Covid-19 e il concetto di interdipendenza
DPCE Online, Oct 16, 2020
The “European defense” project suffers from a number of limitations not just a lack of adequate r... more The “European defense” project suffers from a number of limitations not just a lack of adequate resources but also conceptual flaws. It is not yet clear what fundamental common interests the EU members wish to pursue through the Common Foreign and Security Policy, and consequently through the defense instrument that should be made available by the end of 2003. This step would also help NATO better define its own missions, ensuring that the European allies enhance their contribution. The EU needs the equivalent of a “strategic concept”, which can be developed in parallel with the ongoing transformation of NATO.
Talking the European Union: The need for culture to govern complexity
E dietro che cosa c'era? Di là di quell'inospitale edificio, di là dei merli, delle casematte, de... more E dietro che cosa c'era? Di là di quell'inospitale edificio, di là dei merli, delle casematte, delle polveriere, che chiudevano la vista, quale mondo si apriva? Come appariva il regno del Nord, il pietroso deserto per dove nessuno era mai passato? (Dino Buzzati, "Il deserto dei tartari", p.19) * The authors wish to thank their colleague Rosa Balfour-researcher at CeSPI-for having contributed with suggestions and comments to the ideas developed here as well as in the conclusive remarks of this study. 1 "Everything in there was a renounciation, but on behalf of whom, of which mysterious good?" (p.21) This brings us to the issue of communication in complex societies, which is obviously central to any analysis of perceptions: it is through an extensive and continuing process of communication that perceptions are generated, passed on or spread around, established and at times crystallized, but also challenged, contested or refuted. Social and political change occurs by way of communication, in the realm of security and threat perceptions just as in any other. Perceptions are based on the interpretation of external stimuli or signals. According to an established field of study in psychology 5 , it can be argued that all behaviour is communication, and
These decisions are also consistent with a longer European history of creating and subsidising cr... more These decisions are also consistent with a longer European history of creating and subsidising cross-border defence platforms, including the Eurofighter, the NH-90 and Tiger helicopter programmes, and a large number of MBDA missile programmes.
How China could divide the West
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Italy's Growing Burden of Choice in Security Policy
The International Spectator, 2007
NATO, the EU, and the UN have been the cornerstones of Italy's foreign policy since WWII: al... more NATO, the EU, and the UN have been the cornerstones of Italy's foreign policy since WWII: although they continue to provide a point of reference, these institutions are undergoing major changes that reflectand partly createa very unpredictable international ...
A Post-Brexit Global Strategy
The International Spectator
European Security Strategy: Is it for real? ESF Working Paper No. 14, 1 October 2003
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system ... more All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the Centre for European Policy Studies and ...
It's time to clarify the 'constructive ambiguity' in the NATO-EU security relationship
Europe S World the Only Europe Wide Policy Journal, 2007
In the aftermath of last November&#x27;s Riga summit, the NATO allies should be beginning to ... more In the aftermath of last November&#x27;s Riga summit, the NATO allies should be beginning to think in new w ays about the alliance&#x27;s&quot; transformation&quot;. We Europeans urgently need to ask three fundamental questions: What do wew ant from NATO? Do we have a common ...
Democratize but Stabilize
Middle East Quarterly, Jun 1, 2006
European policymakers resent the insinuation that they are less committed to Middle East democrat... more European policymakers resent the insinuation that they are less committed to Middle East democratization than their US counterparts. European officials take a more cautious approach both because of philosophical qualms about top-down democratization and ...
Italy and NATO enlargement
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• Sonia Lucarelli e Roberto Menotti (a cura di) (2002), Studi internazionali: I luoghi del sapere in Italia, Roma, Edizioni Associate
Italy and NATO enlargement
The International Spectator, 1997
Ratification of NATO enlargementas agreed upon at the Madrid summit in July 1997will not raise ... more Ratification of NATO enlargementas agreed upon at the Madrid summit in July 1997will not raise serious problems in Italy, although the government is hardly enthusiastic about it and one of the majority parties in Parliament (Rifondazione Comunista [RC]) is openly ...
Italy's crisis diplomacy in Kosovo, March‐June 1999
The International Spectator, 1999
Following the collapse of the Rambouillet negotiations in March 1999, NATO decided to launch its ... more Following the collapse of the Rambouillet negotiations in March 1999, NATO decided to launch its attack on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY)-the first against a sovereign state and one coinciding rather ominously with its 50th anniversary. The European allies, ...
American Primacy by Default: Down but Not Out
The International Spectator, 2009
American primacy continues to characterise the international system, despite trends toward a diff... more American primacy continues to characterise the international system, despite trends toward a diffusion of power. The discussion is too often biased in favour of multipolarity due to imprecise or misleading definitions of US primacy. On the basis of a simple definition of what a ...
In Search of the Right War
The International Spectator, 2008
Winning the Right War fits into the now long string of critical analyses of the choices made by t... more Winning the Right War fits into the now long string of critical analyses of the choices made by the two successive Bush administrations. Going beyond the strong controversy over the errors of the Republicans and trying to construct an alternative in view a much hoped for ...
European‐Chinese relations in the Nineties
The International Spectator, 1995
What follows is an attempt to illuminate the potential for mutually beneficial European-Chinese r... more What follows is an attempt to illuminate the potential for mutually beneficial European-Chinese relations and to place in sharp relief the logic that is likely to underlie the policies of the European Union and its member states towards China and the Asia Pacific region in ...
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