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1. Regional security dialogues in Europe and in Asia: The role of Track 1.5 forums in the practice of international security

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Longhini, Anna, Zimmerman, Erin, Longhini, Anna, and Zimmerman, Erin

Abstract

The term regional security dialogue brings to mind state-organised conferences and events; however, an under-appreciated subset of such dialogues are organised by non-state actors that have unique formal aspects. These quasi-formal dialogues operate alongside, and sometimes in competition to, state-sanctioned processes. Why do some of these forums appear to be more effective at fostering regional dialogue than strictly formal or informal processes with the same goals? Drawing from heterogenous discourse approaches, we address this question by identifying and expanding the concept of the quality of discursive space, as a key feature for the success of security dialogues. We then apply this concept to two of the most successful so-called Track 1.5 security dialogues: the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Europe and the Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD) in Asia. We analyse these cases using a mix of interviews with participants and organisers, participant observation, and public outputs with the aim of improving the understanding of the role and impact of Track 1.5 diplomacy in the practice of international security. Our findings highlight that it is what we call the quality of discursive space, as a mix of different components in this space, which differentiates effective dialogues from mere policy 'talk shops'.

Published
2023

3. Institutionalization of Foreign Policy Think Tanks in Italy and in the UK: An Explanatory Framework

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Longhini Anna

Subjects
institutionalization, think tanks, political contexts, actors’ cooperation, expertise, foreign policy, italy, united kingdom, survey, Political science
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This article explores the phenomenon of foreign policy think tanks in Europe in a comparative perspective and offers a framework of analysis for this topic. Assuming that think tanks were largely imported from the US after World Wars I and II, the article argues that European think tanks have been influenced by the different national political contexts in which they have undergone a process of institutionalization. First, the article hypothesizes that such contexts have contributed to determining different incentives for cooperation between think tanks and national policymakers. Such cooperation is based on the willingness of policymakers to turn to think tanks for expertise, advice or validation of policy decisions. Secondly, different political contexts are expected to influence the strategies of action that think tanks have developed towards policymakers and their audience. In this respect, the article identifies three strategies: the generalist, the advocate and the lobbyist. Empirically, the article is based on a survey of eleven organizations conducted in two countries, Italy and the United Kingdom, in 2013-14. Given that very few data are available on this type of organization, their activities, funding, policy audience and goals are investigated. These indicators are used to investigate the main commonalities and differences between the two cases and to compare them with the hypotheses. The results first show that there is comparatively more funding available for think tanks in the UK system than in the Italian one. Secondly, there is apparently more willingness from policymakers to turn to think tanks for expertise in the former case, considering that the UK think tanks hold a higher number of closed-door events and parliamentary hearings. On the contrary, where policymakers tend, instead, to more scarcely rely on external expertise - as it seems more evident in the Italian case - the core audience of think tanks tends to shift to other, more accessible targets (the public opinion, the academia or even businesses). The case study makes it more evident how advocacy becomes a far less important activity for an Italian think tank than a UK one.

Published
2015
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4. Continuità e cambiamento nella politica migratoria dell’UE dopo il 2015

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Longhini, Anna

Subjects
EU migration governance, Migrant crisis, Policy Instruments, Strumenti di Policy, EU Migration and Asylum Policy, Politica migratoria dell’UE, Governance delle migrazioni dell’UE, Crisi migratoria, Cambiamento di Policy, Policy Change
Abstract

When in 2015 an unprecedented number of migrants crossed the Mediterranean from North Africa towards Southern Europe, the EU was forced to update the its Migration and Asylum Policy. This article reviews the main EU responses to the so-called “Migrant crisis” from the peak of arrivals of more than 1.8 million migrants in 2015 to the end of the mandate of the Juncker Commission in 2019, right before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and the drafting of the New Pact on Migration. Drawing on historical institutionalism as a theoretical background to examine the evolution and the transformation of the EU Migration and Asylum Policy, the article examines how the cumulated layers of rules and agreements produced since 2000 have contributed to the policy change or rather its continuity, also driven by the 2015 crisis. In that perspective, particular attention is paid to the EU-Turkey Statement, and the agreements with Niger and Libya. Quando nel 2015 un numero senza precedenti di migranti ha attraversato il Mediterraneo dal Nord Africa verso l’Europa, l’Unione europea è stata costretta ad aggiornare la politica UE in materia di migrazione e asilo. Questo articolo passa in rassegna le principali risposte dell’UE alla cosiddetta “crisi dei migranti” nel 2015 fino alla fine del mandato della Commissione Juncker nel 2019, proprio prima dello scoppio della pandemia di Covid-19 e della stesura del Nuovo Patto sulla Migrazione. Attingendo all’istituzionalismo storico come background teorico per esaminare l’evoluzione e la trasformazione della politica di migrazione e asilo dell’UE, l’articolo indaga come strati cumulativi di norme e accordi prodotti a partire dal 2000 abbiano contribuito al cambiamento o, piuttosto, alla continuità di questa politica, anche sotto la spinta della crisi del 2015. In quest’ottica, l’articolo si concentra in particolare sulla dichiarazione UE-Turchia e gli accordi con Niger e Libia.

Published
2022
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