Italia, Spagna e la formazione di un nuovo equilibrio mediterraneo (1923-1928)

Abstract

Italia, Spagna e la formazione di un nuovo equilibrio mediterraneo (1923-1928)

Until World War I the West Mediterranean question had been looked at using the classical balance of power scheme, but after the conflict the previously existing balances had to be re-arranged. A new phase had began in which the “winner” Italy and the neutral Spain had to re-define their mutual relationships, also considering strategic balances between naval powers, the North African colonial situation and the sociopolitic conditions within the different Countries.  Such a phase did not end with the Peace treaties’ signature, and for the Mediterranean question went on even after the stipulation of the first Tangiers’ Statute in 1923 between Great Britain, France and Spain. Within this context the relationships between Mussolini’s Italy and Primo de Rivera’s Spain played a significant role, particularly after the Locarno’s agreements, and between 1926 (Spanish-Italian treaty), and 1928 (second Tangiers’ Statute) helped in drawing a new euro-mediterranean set-up.