Duccio Basosi

Personal profile:

Biographical note: Born in Florence, Italy, in 1974. Classic Maturity Diploma in 1993. Dr. Basosi has participated as a voluntary or as a consultant in several projects of international cooperation in the Balkans and in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Short Scientific CV: 2004. PhD in History of International Relations, University of Florence, Italy. 2000. Laurea in Political Sciences, Facoltà "Cesare Alfieri", University of Florence, 110/110 magna cum laude and formal mention for publication of the final dissertation.

Positions held: Lecturer of "History of North America" at the School of Political Sciences, University of Florence. Lecturer of "The European Union" at the Institute of Fine and Liberal Arts at Palazzo Rucellai, Florence. Lecturer of "Globalization and its Consequences" at the Lorenzo de' Medici School, Florence.

Awards and fellowships: 2007: "Premio SISSCO Opera Prima" for Il governo del dollaro. 2005: Gerald Ford Foundation Research Grant, Ford Presidential Library, Ann Arbor, USA. 2001-2004: Doctoral Fellowship, University of Florence. 2001: "Valerio Finardi Award" for the most valuable graduation thesis in History of International Relations defended in the year 2000.

Research experience: 2008: National Archives, Nairobi, Kenya; 2007: Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, Atlanta (GE), USA; National Archives of the United States, College Park (MD), USA; Historical Archives of the European Union, Florence. 2006: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley (CA), USA; Public Records and Archives, Accra, Ghana. 2005: Gerald Ford Presidential Library, Ann Arbor (MI), USA; Archives of the G-8 Information Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. 2002: National Archives of the United States, College Park.

Language skills: Italian native; English excellent (TOEFL 287/300); French very good (written and spoken); Spanish good (written and spoken).

Publications:

Monographs:

1. Il governo del dollaro. Interdipendenza economica e potere statunitense negli anni di Richard Nixon, 1969-1973, Firenze, Polistampa, 2006 (preface by Ennio di Nolfo), ISBN: 88-596-0093-6. The book has been awarded the "Premio SISSCO 2007 Opera Prima", by the Italian Society of Contemporary Historians as the most valuable book on contemporary history published in Italy in 2006.

Edited volumes:

1. (with A. Lorini), Cuba in the World. The World in Cuba, Firenze, Florence University Press, forthcoming 2009.

Articles and essays:

1. (with G. Bernardini) "The Puerto Rico Summit of 1976 and the End of Eurocommunism", in L. Nuti (ed.), The Crisis of Détente in Europe. From Helsinki to Gorbachev, 1975-1985, London, Routledge, 2008, ISBN: 978-0-415-46051-4.
2. "Helsinki and Rambouillet. US attitudes towards trade and security during the early CSCE process, 1972-75", in A. Wenger, C. Nuenlist, W. Mastny (eds.), Origins of the European Security System: The Helsinki Process Revisited, 1965-75, London, Routledge, 2008, ISBN: 978-0-415-43387-7.
3. "Alle radici della rivoluzione neoliberista: Nixon e l'abbandono di Bretton Woods", in Italia Contemporanea, n. 239-240, giugno-settembre 2005, ISSN: 0392-1077.
4. "Organismi geneticamente modificati: una questione politica internazionale", in Etica e economia, n. 2, 2004.
5. "Il crollo di Bretton Woods tra teoria economica e realpolitik", in Storia delle relazioni internazionali, n. 2, 1999, ISSN: 1120-0677.
6. "Principle or Power? Jimmy Carter's Ambivalent Endorsement of the EMS, 1977-1979", in The Journal of Transatlantic Studies, special issue, forthcoming 2010.
7. "Un interludio contraddittorio. L'amministrazione Carter e il sistema monetario internazionale (1977-80), in Storia delle Relazioni Internazionali, no. 1, forthcoming 2009.
8. "The Transatlantic Relationship and the End of Bretton Woods, 1969-71", in G. Scott-Smith (ed.), The Atlantic Community and the European Idea from Kennedy to Nixon, Paris, Soleb, forthcoming 2009.
9. "Verso un mondo unipolare? L'amministrazione Reagan e la crisi del debito estero latinoamericano, 1981-89", in M.L. Napolitano, M.E. Guasconi, M. Cricco (a cura di), La guerra fredda in America Latina, Firenze, Polistampa, forthcoming 2009.
10. "In the Shadow of the Washington Consensus: Cuba's Rapprochment with Latin America in a World Going Unipolar, 1985-1996", in A. Lorini, D. Basosi (eds.), Cuba in the World/The World in Cuba, Firenze, Florence University Press, forthcoming 2009.

Reviews:

1.(with M. Gerlini and A. Romano), "Conference Review: From Helsinki to Gorbachev, 1975-1985: The Globalization of the Bipolar Confrontation", in Cold War International History Project Bulletin, n. 16, Fall 2007-Spring 2008.

Contributions to conferences, workshops and seminars:

1. "The Transatlantic Relationship and the Changing International Monetary System", international conference Europe in the International context during the 1970s, University of Padua, Italy, 28-30 May 2009.
2. "Cuba e l'America Latina alla fine della guerra fredda: dalla diplomazia del debito estero al soft power del periodo especial", international workshop Zucchero, guerra e nazione: Cuba, XIX-XXI Secolo, University of Florence, Italy, 14-15 May 2009.
3. "Petrolio, dollari e potere. La trasformazione del sistema monetario internazionale negli anni Settanta", international conference The Transformation of the International System in the 1970s, University of Bologna, Italy, 27-28 February 2009.
4. "From Hierarchy to Hierarchy: The Transatlantic relationship and the Global Economic Transition of the Long 1970s", international conference Conflict and Community, University of Tampere, Finland, 12-14 may 2008.
5. "La fine della competizione USA-URSS nel Terzo Mondo", CIMA seminar, University of Florence, 22 April 2008.
6. (with G. Bernardini) "Transnational Neoliberalism? Helmut Schmidt and the Global Economic Crisis of the 1970s ", Annual conference of the German Studies Association, San Diego, USA, 4-7 October 2007 (presentation by G. Bernardini).
7. "Transatlantic Strains during the Early 1970s: An International Economic Perspective", international conference Atlantic, Euratlantic, or Europe-America?, Roosevelt Study Center, Middelburg, Netherlands, 20-21 September 2007.
8. "Spreading Neoliberalism in the Global South: Ideas and Power in the Reagan Years, 1981-89", international conference National Political Cultures and the Wider World, University of Reading, UK, 4-5 September 2007.
9. "Power in Interdependence: The Nixon Administration and the End of Bretton Woods, 1969-73", Annual conference of the Transatlantic Studies Association a Cork, Ireland, 9-12 July 2007.
10. "US Economic Policy in the 1970s", presentation of Il governo del dollaro, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington DC, USA, 2 July 2007.
11. "Euro e dollaro: partnership o rivalità?", workshop A cinquant'anni dai trattati di Roma, Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, Firenze, 27 Marzo 2007.
12. (with G. Bernardini) "From the Cold War to Globalization: Eurocommunism, Socialdemocracy, and Neoliberalism, 1974-1980", international conference From Helsinki to Gorbachev, 1975-85, CIMA, Artimino, Italy, 27-29 April 2006.
13. "Helsinki and Rambouillet: Economics and Security at Stake, 1972-75", international conference At the Roots of the European Security System: Thirty Years from the Helsinki Final Act, Center for Security Studies, Zurich, Switzerland, 8-10 September 2005.