(by Pasquale Preziosa) The recent elections in Italy have rekindled the lighthouses on two of the five pillars of Italian foreign policy: Europe and NATO.
It is a consolidated practice that this happens not only in Italy but also among the main Alliance countries.
In the recent US elections, President Trump posed the problem of NATO, his first statements had a major impact not only in the media, in Europe and everyone ran to Washington to get insurances and clarifications.
Bbc.com reported: "A statement by US President-elect Donald Trump that NATO is" obsolete "has caused" worry "in the Alliance, Germany foreign minister says"
Merkel was accused of committing "a catastrophic mistake" for admitting more than one million migrants, and German automakers were threatened by the application of higher import tariffs.
For Afghanistan, "President Trump had been very skeptical of military operations abroad and had been critical of the invasion of Iraq, having initially supported it.
After his arrival at the White House, the new president showed less categorical. "(International 17 June 2017).
Everyone knows that the problem of Afghanistan can not be solved by military forces.
In addition, there has been a strengthening of US foreign policy towards India that is in conflict with Pakistani politics: without Pakistan's participation, the Afghan mission is without solution not only military but also political.
President Obama said he did not like endless wars.
Italy is the fifth contributor to the NATO budget.
In Afghanistan, our country is the second contributor in terms of military forces, UK has half of its forces on the ground compared to Italy, France is absent.
If the new Italian government were to ask questions to be coherent with the government program, it is a ritual to ask for more attention to the Mediterranean from NATO because Italy lives in the Mediterranean, which is the southern border of NATO, where the instability of North Africa and the Middle East is on the rise.
Let us not forget the question of the gas deposits of Cyprus where, due to energy problems, we clarify national, France, Italy, Greece and Turkey, they have returned to the war of the gunboats.
France had the same problem as our Saipem with Turkey a few months before but immediately sent its warships and the game ended in favor of compliance with international law, but our case suffered a different fate.
Today, NATO is very focused on Russia, in fact the updating of the strategy sees the establishment of two new controls one in Germany at the ULM for logistics, the Joint Support and Enabling Command (JSEC), for deterrence to Russia and one in the USA JFC-Norfolk, which will ensure the full spectrum of transatlantic missions and the North Atlantic region, to counter the largest Russian presence in the Atlantic.
Call for solidarity with NATO for all commitments honored by our country, despite the economic crisis is a duty, out of respect for all our citizens.
Recalibrating the missions is also necessary to rebalance resources to counter new threats in the Mediterranean area, Libya is still a major problem if unsolved solutions are not seen, ISIS has not yet been eradicated and migrations still leave the beaches , impact the security of our country.
Italy must develop its security policy both in compliance with the Alliances, both within the Union, and for national needs not included in the first two.