ITALIAN GEOECONOMIC ATTEMPTS IN CENTRAL EUROPE AND THE BALKANS DURING THE FASCIST PERIOD
ITALIAN GEOECONOMIC ATTEMPTS IN CENTRAL EUROPE AND THE BALKANS DURING THE FASCIST PERIOD

Summary/Abstract: This paper gives a comprehensive description of the assumed Italian geoeconomic ideas and attempts in the direction of Central Europe and the Balkans during the Fascist period. It suspects the existence of concrete plans about creation of the Italian sphere of interests and the success of the implementation of the ideas. These presumptions are based on researches that pointed out the real interest of great powers in the region after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The paper also uses maps, graphs and statistical data to analyze the Italian geoeconomic activity in the region. Eventually, the concrete Italian ideas, and partially the success of their realization were proved. In the Italian plans, the role of the ports of Trieste and Fiume was significant. Italy finally had to politically waive the Danube Basin and focus more on the Balkans region. There were already ongoing developments in the Balkans, primarily in the case of transport and communication infrastructure, which served the Italian geoeconomic objectives in the region. The base of the initiatives was Albania, which was in personal union with the Kingdom of Italy.

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