Closing the Gap? Italy Sets New Rules for Its First National Security Strategy Amidst Old Obstacles

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Italy is preparing to unveil its first national security strategy, addressing domestic and external pressures that have historically hindered such an initiative. The anticipated strategy reflects a significant shift in Italy's approach to national security.

Italy may finally be about to publish its first-ever national security strategy, a striking development for the only G7 country that has never had one.For decades, a mix of government instability, competition between institutions, a relatively permissive international environment, and the perceived reliability of U.S. security guarantees in Europe and the Mediterranean reduced incentives to produce a strategy. Recently, however, domestic political consolidation and external pressures have appeared to align in a way not seen before. Until recently, limited news articles and confidential interviews with policymakers, diplomats, and military officials pointed to a forthcoming publication that could address what military The post Closing the Gap? Italy Sets New Rules for Its First National Security Strategy Amidst Old Obstacles appeared first on War on the Rocks.