Italy and the Indo-Pacific: towards an Italian Indo-Pacific strategy
“Despite a quieter approach compared to France, the UK, and Germany, and notwithstanding common notions of its Mediterranean-focused foreign policy (especially in the so-called ‘Enlarged Mediterranean’, or Mediterraneo Allargato, which extends to the Indian Ocean), Italy has gradually pivoted to the Indo-Pacific over the past 15 years, and more decidedly so in the past five years.”
“All things considered, it seems evident that Italy is ready to develop and issue a formal Indo-Pacific strategy that considers national, European, and Indo-Pacific interests as vital components of a strategic whole.”
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