@article{article_641268, title={Italy and the Treaty of Lausanne of 1923}, journal={The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations}, pages={61–78}, year={1993}, DOI={10.1501/Intrel_0000000173}, author={Casola, Maria Antonia Di}, keywords={Italy, Treaty, Lausanne}, abstract={<p>Recent Italian historical studies concur in saying that one cannot talk <br />of "Fascist" foreign policy before the end of the tvventies. It is true that <br />Fascism came to power in October 1922. But until 1929 Italian foreign <br />policy was decidedly subordinated in Mussolini’s strategy to domestic and <br />financial considerations.1 <br /> There were two kinds of reasons: a subjective one <br />which aimed to see Fascism grow stronger at home; and an objective one, <br />which concerned the stagnation of the international scene not allowing much <br />flexibility avvay from the mainly traditional foreign policy Mussolini had to <br />follow in this period. It is also true that, at the very beginning, Mussolini <br />was thought to have considered Fascism as a legitimizing ideology for his <br />foreign policy.2 <br />A change in this situation occurred, on account of the great economic <br />crisis (1929). A more dynamic foreign policy was needed to bolster economic <br />policies aiming at new markets for Italy in the Danubian-Balkan region. <br /> </p>}, number={23}, publisher={Ankara Üniversitesi}