Gillum, Jackson Landry (A.A. 2024/2025) Pragmatism or partnership? Italy’s strategic relationship with the United States in contemporary politics, 1994-2025. Tesi di Laurea in History of Italian foreign policy, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Antonio Varsori, pp. 136. [Master's Degree Thesis]

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Abstract/Index

Research question and central debate. Historical context: Italy in the post-cold war era, 1994-2025. The significance of the 1994-2025 period. Theoretical framework and literature review. Farming the debate: pragmatism vs partnership. Realist expectations. Expectations from liberal institutionalism. Constructivist expectations. Middle powers. Operationalizing the explanations: indicators. Case logic and the bridge between chapters. Post-cold war order (1994-2001). Overview and argument. Domestic political context. Strategic setting: unipolarity, entry of the Euro and the Southern flank. Crisis in Bosnia. Kosovo 1999. NATO and the “Mediterranean message”. The rise of the European security and defense policy. Mechanisms and process evidence. Alternative explanations and scope conditions. Inference for 1994-2001. War on terror and economic crisis (2001-2013). Afghanistan. Iraq. Libya. Berlusconi. The global financial crash and the Eurozone crisis (2008-2013). Applying the indicators. Populism and policy realignment (2013-2021). Domestic political realignment. The calm before the storm: the traditional coalition phase (2013-2018). The rise of populism. The Conte II government (2019-2021). Return to normalcy? (2021-2024). Draghi’s technocratic government (2021-2022). The Ukraine crisis (2022). Draghi and the consolidation of partnership logic. The Meloni government (2022-2024). United States-Italian relations under the Biden administration. Indicators table-strategic re-anchoring (2021–2024). Interim verdict: from hybrid alignment to disciplined partnership. New international order? (2025). The end of the Biden presidency. The Trump administration’s transactional alliance politics. Ukraine under Trump II. China under Trump II. The limits of pragmatism in 2025. Partnership under constraint.

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Bibliografia: pp. 119-136.

Thesis Type:	Master's Degree Thesis
Institution:	Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program:	Master's Degree Programs > Master's Degree Program in International Relations (LM-52)
Chair:	History of Italian foreign policy
Thesis Supervisor:	Varsori, Antonio
Thesis Co-Supervisor:	Alegi, Gregory
Academic Year:	2024/2025
Session:	Extraordinary
Deposited by:	Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited:	16 Jun 2026 13:35
Last Modified:	16 Jun 2026 13:35
URI:	https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/46173

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