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Italy s foreign policy has often been dismissed as too
idiosyncratic, inconsistent and lacking ambition.
This book offers new insights into the position Italy has
attained in the international community in the 21st century. It
explores how the country has sought to take advantage of its
passage from a bipolar to a multipolar system and assesses the ways
in which it has engaged internationally, its new responsibilities,
and the manner in which it conducts its policies in the pursuit of
its interests, whether political or commercial. It argues that
although Italy is engaged internationally, there is a gap between
its actions and what it actually delivers, and as long as this gap
continues Italy is likely to remain a partial and unreliable
foreign policy actor. Divided into three parts, this book
explores:
- the context and processes which characterise Italy s external
action
- its relations with crucial countries and regions such as the
US, the EU, and the BRICs
- its security and defence policies.
This book will be of interest to students and scholars of
European Politics, Foreign Policy analysis and Italian
studies."
Unlike much of the previous literature that have covered small
states' channels of influence, this book focuses on the tensions
created by the interaction of the national and international
levels. The book is innovative in focusing on the domestic
dimension involved in determining the performance of small states
in European security organisations, while not ignoring the
transnational and international structural factors that shape the
domestic level. Offers new conceptual tools to advance the study of
small states as well as detailed empirical material on various
aspects of small states’ security policy in Europe.
Unlike much of the previous literature that have covered small
states' channels of influence, this book focuses on the tensions
created by the interaction of the national and international
levels. The book is innovative in focusing on the domestic
dimension involved in determining the performance of small states
in European security organisations, while not ignoring the
transnational and international structural factors that shape the
domestic level. Offers new conceptual tools to advance the study of
small states as well as detailed empirical material on various
aspects of small states' security policy in Europe.
Italy's foreign policy has often been dismissed as too
idiosyncratic, inconsistent and lacking ambition. This book offers
new insights into the position Italy has attained in the
international community in the 21st century. It explores how the
country has sought to take advantage of its passage from a bipolar
to a multipolar system and assesses the ways in which it has
engaged internationally, its new responsibilities, and the manner
in which it conducts its policies in the pursuit of its interests,
whether political or commercial. It argues that although Italy is
engaged internationally, there is a gap between its actions and
what it actually delivers, and as long as this gap continues Italy
is likely to remain a partial and unreliable foreign policy actor.
Divided into three parts, this book explores: the context and
processes which characterise Italy's external action its relations
with crucial countries and regions such as the US, the EU, and the
BRICs its security and defence policies. This book will be of
interest to students and scholars of European Politics, Foreign
Policy analysis and Italian studies.
The fundamental objective of the European Community was to bring
together the nations of Europe so that they should never need or
want to go to war with each other again. The complementary
objective was to ensure the economic and social progress of its
member countries. It was hoped that by integrating the economies of
member states, economic interdependence would lead to political
interdependence and ultimately, a political union. At the same time
wealth would be created and living standards raised throughout the
Community. The purpose of this revised and extended book is to try
to explain how the policies of the European Community are meant to
achieve its primary objectives. A short history of the foundation
and major events are included and the formal institutions and the
actual decision-making processes are explained. Other chapters deal
with the major areas of policy derived from Treaty obligations and
subsequent declarations of Heads of Governments in the European
Council taking their development up to the end of 1986 and
agreement on the Single European Act.
This book discusses how tensions and unknowns may impact future
relations between a post-Brexit UK, the EU and the countries of the
Gulf, including Iran. The authors of this book consider, in
different ways, whether British and EU27 relations with the Gulf
States may change or whether the traditions and the weight of their
history reinforce the pre-existing patterns of these relationships.
Ongoing changes in the Gulf, the present disputes and the
trajectories economic reform also influence these discussions. The
book analyses the changing positions of the US, China and Russia
that are likely to impact Europe's interests. It explores outcomes
of ongoing world challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the
crash of oil prices, to further examine Post-Brexit Europe and UK
policy challenges towards Iran and the GCC States.
This book discusses how tensions and unknowns may impact future
relations between a post-Brexit UK, the EU and the countries of the
Gulf, including Iran. The authors of this book consider, in
different ways, whether British and EU27 relations with the Gulf
States may change or whether the traditions and the weight of their
history reinforce the pre-existing patterns of these relationships.
Ongoing changes in the Gulf, the present disputes and the
trajectories economic reform also influence these discussions. The
book analyses the changing positions of the US, China and Russia
that are likely to impact Europe's interests. It explores outcomes
of ongoing world challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the
crash of oil prices, to further examine Post-Brexit Europe and UK
policy challenges towards Iran and the GCC States.
Filled with historic details of the time, Fire Bell in the Night
explores the explosive tension between North and South, black and
white, that gripped Charleston, South Carolina, in the summer of
1850. Geoffrey S. Edwards's first novel tells the story of New York
Tribune reporter John Sharp, sent to cover the capital trial of
Darcy Calhoun, a farmer who stands accused of harboring a fugitive
slave. As the trial begins, John quickly realizes that not
everything is as it appears in the genteel city of Charleston. A
series of mysterious fires in white establishments brings the state
militia, a curfew for the black population, and rising tension at
the courthouse. To unravel the city's secrets, Sharp must enter
Charleston's plantation society, where he is befriended by Tyler
Breckenridge, owner of the Willowby plantation, and his beautiful
sister Clio. Set against the backdrop of a nation headed toward
civil war, Fire Bell in the Night is a page-turning account of a
trial and one young reporter's efforts to discover the truth.
The major constitional, political and legal issues confronting the
European Union as the end of the century approaches are discussed
in this book by scholars in the field. Taking as their point of
departure the Inter-Governmental Conference of 1996, which will set
the parameters for the next stage of integration in Europe, they
look at external and internal demands and pressures, and at the
interests and strategies of the political actors involved. The
result is a wide-ranging assessment of Europe's future.
One of the most significant developments in 19th-century Italian
opera was the genesis of the Verdi baritone. The authors argue that
the composer's baritone characters embody "a quintessential
humanity, expressing needs and temptations, confusions and
understandings, griefs and joys that transcend the particulars of
time and place." The Verdi Baritone explores seven of the most
fascinating roles in the repertory, revealing how they were
conceived and executed. This eloquent book opens with a discussion
of Verdi's early triumph, Nabucco; proceeds with Ernani, Macbeth,
Rigoletto, La Traviata, and Simon Boccanegra; and concludes with
his final great tragedy, Otello. Voice students, professional
performers, their teachers and coaches, and opera lovers, will gain
insight into Verdi's masterful use of text, music, and staging to
portray each character's inner self.
Traditionally, city museums have been keepers of city history. Many
have been exercises in nostalgia, reflecting city pride. However, a
new generation of museums focuses increasingly on the city's
present and future as well as its past, and on the city in all of
its diversity, challenges, and possibilities. Above all, these
museums are gateways to understanding the city--our greatest and
most complex creation and the place where half the world's
population now lives. In this book, experts in the field explore
this 'new' city museum and the challenge of contributing positively
to city development.
Traditionally, city museums have been keepers of city history. Many
have been exercises in nostalgia, reflecting city pride. However, a
new generation of museums focuses increasingly on the city's
present and future as well as its past, and on the city in all of
its diversity, challenges, and possibilities. Above all, these
museums are gateways to understanding the city-our greatest and
most complex creation and the place where half the world's
population now lives. In this book, experts in the field explore
this 'new' city museum and the challenge of contributing positively
to city development.
New in paperback! This book comes at a time when opera-lovers,
singers, directors, and critics alike are taking a new look at the
dramatic soprano heroines created by Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo
Puccini, endeavoring to delve beyond inherited scholarly
interpretation and gain a richer understanding of these compelling
female characters. Artistically limited by the bel canto musical
tradition popular at the time, Verdi launched a new style dramma
per musica which also demanded a new soprano archetype. This book
illustrates the musical evolution of the Verdi and Puccini soprano
while illuminating the dramatic scope and power of these great
heroines. Avoiding critical reductionism, Verdi and Puccini
Heroines provides an unprecedented and probing discussion of how
these great soprano roles were conceived and executed. Accordingly,
the authors take a three-dimensional look at these heroines,
examining seven operas: Il Trovatore, La Forza del Destino, Aida,
La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot. The chapters,
which are fully self-contained analyses, contain translations,
illustrative musical examples, supplementary notes, and references
to each opera's literary sources. The musical analysis, while
thorough, is descriptive and accessible to all levels of readers.
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