This book analyses the foreign policy of Silvio Berlusconi, Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments. The authors examine the Italian position in the international arena and its foreign policy tradition, as well as Berlusconis general political stance, Berlusconis foreign policy strategies and the impact of those strategies in Italy. Given that Berlusconi is considered a populist leader, the volume considers his foreign policy as an instance of populist foreign policy an understudied but increasingly relevant topic.
Chapter 1: Italy in the post-Cold War landscape: in search of a new identity
1.1. Craxis children: 1980s neo-nationalism and its legacy
1.2. Cold War nostalgia
1.3. Paving the way for the Cavaliere
Chapter 2: Populism and foreign policy in Italy: an overview
2.1. In the promised land of populism?
2.2. What international relations means for Berlusconis populism
2.3. The challenge of Italian populism to foreign policy in Europe
Chapter 3: (Re-)Public Diplomacy. Silvio the storyteller
3.1. From institutional to personal diplomacy
3.2. Foreign policy explained to the Italians
3.3. Berlusconis intellighenzia
Chapter 4. The new diplomatic look. Silvio the reformer
4.1. Branding Italy
4.2. The Farnesina besieged
4.3. Berlusconi the European?
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