The Israeli-Lebanese War: Italy and the Recasting of an Effective Multilateralism

Why did Italy contribute to UNIFIL II? An analytical eclectic analysis

“…The remainder of this article will assess the fit between the model and the case study In fact, the war in Lebanon resulted in a proving ground for the alleged U-turn in foreign policy that Prodi and his allies had trumpeted during the electoral campaign. As stressed clearly by Anna Caffarena (2007), regardless of all the possible sources of tension within the coalition, the centre-left had made it clear that an immediate goal of its foreign policy would be to take distance from the previous centre-right government, led by Silvio Berlusconi. Therefore, contrary to the purported subjection to the US dictates of the previous administration, Prodi would rather seek for 'a relationship of a different typeloyal, but not subordinate -towards the United States' (Caffarena 2007, 156).…”