Scientific Coordinator: Massimiliano Trentin
The project investigates the politics of the negotiations on international debts and assets that took place in the 1980s. Since history is rich with cases that prove that debtors can either have it their way or force creditors to compromise, it appears necessary to investigate negotiations empirically in order to observe the playing out of the respective strengths and weaknesses of creditors and debtors in the specific conditions of the 1980s.
Through a reasoned selection of case studies, the project will have produced a thorough reconstruction of a crucial process of the international relations of the recent past, with useful policy-relevant indications.