This work analyzes all the steps, the main players, and the reasons that pushed Poland towards Eu... more This work analyzes all the steps, the main players, and the reasons that pushed Poland towards European membership after 1989. In this frame, and through a comparative analysis of the available bibliography and archival sources, the author has studied the role of the Solidarity movement, the Catholic Church, and the rural population. The path of each one of these fundamental actors and the relationships developed among them have been deepened to evaluate their specific role in the construction of the European Union.
This work aims to analyse the promotion and protection of human rights in the relations between A... more This work aims to analyse the promotion and protection of human rights in the relations between Argentina and the United States of America over the period 1977- 80. The relationship between the General Jorge Rafael Videla’s military Junta and the Jimmy Carter’s administration will be analysed evaluating them in the wider scenario of the Cold War. The main objective is to understand, through the Argentine case, how President Carter’s good purposes have produced concrete results in placing the protection of hu- man rights at the centre of international relations. The reflections developed here, start from the analysis of original documents coming mostly from the Foreign Relations of the United States series, the archive of Cancil- lería of Buenos Aires and from the National Archives and Records Administration. Overall, the sources show that Carter’s goals have found repeated confirmation in government addresses. Nevertheless, the concrete dimension of politics conditioned the actual unfolding of ideals. Therefore, the attempt to inaugurate an innovative foreign policy based on human rights was reduced by the Argentine context’s specificity and the international framework’s complications, with particular reference to developments, not always predictable, in the Cold War.
This article aims to evaluate the nature, structure, and potential of the digital archives of the... more This article aims to evaluate the nature, structure, and potential of the digital archives of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) not only from the archival point of view but also for their usefulness in the frame of the history of international relations. The first part of the work deepens the context of the history of international relations, starting from the definition of the discipline and then reflecting -in a general way- on the types of archival sources available in this regard. In this sense, it will be proposed a brief review of the historical evolution of the concept of diplomatic sources, analysing their characteristics and fields of application in relation to the nature of the different producers involved. Then the work shifts to the specific physiognomy of the NATO archives, focusing on the profile of the producer and the characteristics of the digital documentary material available. In this paragraph, therefore, we try, first of all, to provide an exhaustive description of NATO, from its historical origins to its legal evolution, up to the role it plays today in a post-Cold War world. Subsequently, a description of the funds available online is provided. This description is supplemented by the elements necessary to evaluate and allow the use of these sources both from a technical-archival point of view and from that of the history of international relations. Finally, the last part reflects on the physiognomy of a web-based archive and on the potential that it could express, highlighting opportunities and critical issues.
LE CARTE E LA STORIA, rivista della Società per gli studi di storia delle istituzioni, costituisc... more LE CARTE E LA STORIA, rivista della Società per gli studi di storia delle istituzioni, costituisce uno strumento di lavoro e di aggiornamento dedicato alla storiografia storico-istituzionale e ai suoi sviluppi, con speciale attenzione al suo rapporto con il patrimonio delle fonti.
This work analyzes all the steps, the main players, and the reasons that pushed Poland towards Eu... more This work analyzes all the steps, the main players, and the reasons that pushed Poland towards European membership after 1989. In this frame, and through a comparative analysis of the available bibliography and archival sources, the author has studied the role of the Solidarity movement, the Catholic Church, and the rural population. The path of each one of these fundamental actors and the relationships developed among them have been deepened to evaluate their specific role in the construction of the European Union.
This work aims to analyse the promotion and protection of human rights in the relations between A... more This work aims to analyse the promotion and protection of human rights in the relations between Argentina and the United States of America over the period 1977- 80. The relationship between the General Jorge Rafael Videla’s military Junta and the Jimmy Carter’s administration will be analysed evaluating them in the wider scenario of the Cold War. The main objective is to understand, through the Argentine case, how President Carter’s good purposes have produced concrete results in placing the protection of hu- man rights at the centre of international relations. The reflections developed here, start from the analysis of original documents coming mostly from the Foreign Relations of the United States series, the archive of Cancil- lería of Buenos Aires and from the National Archives and Records Administration. Overall, the sources show that Carter’s goals have found repeated confirmation in government addresses. Nevertheless, the concrete dimension of politics conditioned the actual unfolding of ideals. Therefore, the attempt to inaugurate an innovative foreign policy based on human rights was reduced by the Argentine context’s specificity and the international framework’s complications, with particular reference to developments, not always predictable, in the Cold War.
This article aims to evaluate the nature, structure, and potential of the digital archives of the... more This article aims to evaluate the nature, structure, and potential of the digital archives of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) not only from the archival point of view but also for their usefulness in the frame of the history of international relations. The first part of the work deepens the context of the history of international relations, starting from the definition of the discipline and then reflecting -in a general way- on the types of archival sources available in this regard. In this sense, it will be proposed a brief review of the historical evolution of the concept of diplomatic sources, analysing their characteristics and fields of application in relation to the nature of the different producers involved. Then the work shifts to the specific physiognomy of the NATO archives, focusing on the profile of the producer and the characteristics of the digital documentary material available. In this paragraph, therefore, we try, first of all, to provide an exhaustive description of NATO, from its historical origins to its legal evolution, up to the role it plays today in a post-Cold War world. Subsequently, a description of the funds available online is provided. This description is supplemented by the elements necessary to evaluate and allow the use of these sources both from a technical-archival point of view and from that of the history of international relations. Finally, the last part reflects on the physiognomy of a web-based archive and on the potential that it could express, highlighting opportunities and critical issues.
LE CARTE E LA STORIA, rivista della Società per gli studi di storia delle istituzioni, costituisc... more LE CARTE E LA STORIA, rivista della Società per gli studi di storia delle istituzioni, costituisce uno strumento di lavoro e di aggiornamento dedicato alla storiografia storico-istituzionale e ai suoi sviluppi, con speciale attenzione al suo rapporto con il patrimonio delle fonti.
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The main objective is to understand, through the Argentine case, how President Carter’s good purposes have produced concrete results in placing the protection of hu- man rights at the centre of international relations.
The reflections developed here, start from the analysis of original documents coming mostly from the Foreign Relations of the United States series, the archive of Cancil- lería of Buenos Aires and from the National Archives and Records Administration. Overall, the sources show that Carter’s goals have found repeated confirmation in government addresses. Nevertheless, the concrete dimension of politics conditioned the actual unfolding of ideals. Therefore, the attempt to inaugurate an innovative foreign policy based on human rights was reduced by the Argentine context’s specificity and the international framework’s complications, with particular reference to developments, not always predictable, in the Cold War.
allow the use of these sources both from a technical-archival point of view and from that of the history of international relations. Finally, the last part reflects on the physiognomy of a web-based archive and on the potential that it could express, highlighting opportunities and critical issues.
The main objective is to understand, through the Argentine case, how President Carter’s good purposes have produced concrete results in placing the protection of hu- man rights at the centre of international relations.
The reflections developed here, start from the analysis of original documents coming mostly from the Foreign Relations of the United States series, the archive of Cancil- lería of Buenos Aires and from the National Archives and Records Administration. Overall, the sources show that Carter’s goals have found repeated confirmation in government addresses. Nevertheless, the concrete dimension of politics conditioned the actual unfolding of ideals. Therefore, the attempt to inaugurate an innovative foreign policy based on human rights was reduced by the Argentine context’s specificity and the international framework’s complications, with particular reference to developments, not always predictable, in the Cold War.
allow the use of these sources both from a technical-archival point of view and from that of the history of international relations. Finally, the last part reflects on the physiognomy of a web-based archive and on the potential that it could express, highlighting opportunities and critical issues.