Case Studies in International Security

Section 1: The Shaping and Evolution of the Transatlantic System during the Cold War - Alfredo Breccia: The U.N. Charter and the Development of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization - Paola Casaburi: The Strategic Prism: Political Warfare and Covert Actions in the U.S. Strategic Doctrines at the Beginning of the Cold War - Lucio Barbetta: The Origins of the Détente: Importance of German Rearmament and Italy's Position (1953-1955) - Fabio Bettanin: A friendly Enmity: Italy in the Foreign Policy of the Soviet Union during the Years of Détente - Section 2: The Middle and the Far East between the United States and Europe: Continuity and Change in Interregional Security - Matteo Pizzigallo: The «Bastion with Clay Feet». Italian Diplomacy and the Baghdad Pact - Paolo Wulzer: On the Origins of the Carter Doctrine: The United States and Persian Gulf security (1979-1980) - Gustavo Cutolo: Japanese Foreign Strategy in the Framework of U.S.-Japan relations (1945-1980) - Oliviero Frattolillo: The Evolving Japan-Europe Security Dialogue. A Survey From the End of Détente to the Post-Bipolar Era - Section 3: Cold War and Cultural Cold War in Latin America - Valerio Giannattasio: «Construir un vinculo efectivo y fructífero entre los pueblos americanos». The cultural exchange programs and their impact on the cultural and political landscape of Chile under President Eisenhower - Michal Zourek: The cultural policy of Czechoslovakia in Uruguay during the Cold War - Davide Borsani: First Europe, then Latin America. The United States, Great Britain and the Falklands War (1982) - Section 4: Euro-Atlantic relations in the Post-Cold War «Order» - Massimo de Leonardis: The Atlantic Alliance between Continuity and Transformation - Gianluca Pastori: NATO's out of Area Role from 9/11 to Operation «Unified Protector» - Luca Ratti: A not so special relationship: the U.S., the UK, and German Unification - Diego Pagliarulo: Testing Ground for World Power. The Persian Gulf and America's Quest for a

Luca Ratti is Associate Professor of History of International Relations and History of Transatlantic Relations at the University of Roma Tre.



Paolo Wulzer is assistant Professor of History of International Relations and International History of Asia and Africa at the University «L'Orientale» of Naples.