Bulletin n. 1/2012
June 2012
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Lorenzo Mechi et Andrea Chiampan
    Des intérêts difficilement conciliables : l’Italie, l’Europe et la crise des Falkland (avril-juin 1982)
    in Guerres mondiales et conflits contemporains , n°245 ,  2012 ,  115-132
    At the outbreak of the Falklands War between the United Kingdom and Argentina, in the spring of 1982, the government led by Giovanni Spadolini supported the EEC embargo against the imports from the South American country that had provoked the crisis. Due to the strong economic interests and the important Italian presence in Argentina, however, the majority of Italy’s political parties forced the government to abandon the embargo, resulting in a break with its European partners. The break was quickly repaired, thanks to the British victory and the goodwill of all the countries involved, but it highlighted the difficulties for the Italian political milieu in elaborating a coherent foreign policy on controversial questions involving interests that were hard to reconcile.
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