الهجرة غير الشرعية كمحدد للسياسة الخارجية الإيطالية تجاه الصراع الليبي (2011-2022)‎

الملخص EN

Since 2011, Libya has been subjected to a protracted conflict between competing political factions in order to seize the full power after the fall of the Gaddafi regime.

since its inception, this conflict has been linked to the intervention of the international community, whether as individual interventions by states with interests in Libya, or under the umbrella of international organizations.

Italy was one of the most significant countries that intervened in the Libyan conflict since its inception, especially in light of the historical relations and geographical proximity between the two countries.

therefore, this study analyzed the motives and tools of Italian foreign policy towards the Libyan conflict, in light of the assumption that illegal migration is the most important motive of Italian foreign policy towards the Libyan conflict.

in this context, the researcher aimed in this study to reach a pyramid of priorities of Italian motives in the Libyan conflict, based on the main assumption that illegal immigration is the most important motive for Italian foreign policy towards the Libyan conflict.

the researcher relied on the rational choice approach in making foreign policy.

the study reached several results, perhaps the most important and most related to the research question is the existence of three main motives for the Italian foreign policy towards the Libyan conflict, namely combating illegal immigration, energy security, and defeating terrorism.

despite the importance of the energy motive, the illegal immigration motive is the most important motive in Italian foreign policy towards the Libyan conflict in the period under study.