I diritti umani come tema conflittuale nel Consiglio di Sicurezza delle Nazioni Unite

With the end of the Cold War and the expansion of the international liberal order, human rights have entered the UN Security Council agenda. However, this has become a divisive issue. In a context of greater influence of the US and its Western allies over the decision-making process of the most important multilateral institutions, the UN above all, the interpretation allowing intrusive practices by the Security Council promoted by the Western permanent members has clashed with the defense of sovereignty promoted by Russia and China. Analyzing divisive resolutions with reference to human rights in the period 2001-2017 (Lebanon, Myanmar, Zimbabwe, Libya and Syria) and the only thematic meetin…

Transatlantic cooperation in conflict-management

Despite remarkable policy disagreements between the US and the EU, a quantitative analysis of transatlantic cooperation in the field of conflict management shows the existence of a growing cooperative habit between the two actors. Indeed, changes in security culture and, more specifically, in conflict management have led to the creation of a transatlantic cooperative nucleus capable of promoting a wide socialisation process and a favourable environment for multilateral intervention to occur. In particular, the contemporary transition of the organization of the international political system, seems to be the viable environment where US's and EU's apparently opposing visions of international …

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Il costruttivismo. La rivalutazione delle idee nelle relazioni internazionali

The chapter traces the roots and evolution of constructivism, the defining features and the value added to IR theory. It also presents some contributions by constructivst scholars and identifies challenges.

La criminalità organizzata come problema di sicurezza internazionale nella nuova agenda transatlantica

Un panorama aggiornato delle mafie italiane e straniere. L'attuale dibattito sul concorso esterno. Le novità normative dei pacchetti sicurezza sulle misure patrimoniali contro la mafia. la legge n. 50 del 2010 istitutiva dell'Agenzia nazionale per l'amministrazione e destinazione dei beni sequestrati e confiscati alla criminalità organizzata