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Spain's International Image & Public Opinion - WP |
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Image and Reality: Contemporary Spain (WP)
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WP 45/2008 - 5/11/2008
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William Chislett
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Few developed nations have progressed so much as Spain over the past 30 years and yet still have a significant gap between how it and its companies are perceived abroad and the country’s business and socioeconomic reality. Generally speaking, Spain is still viewed, to a varying extent, as a land of siesta and fiesta. In order to change perceptions, it is necessary to reach some consensus among the main players on how the country should ideally be viewed and then work toward it on a coordinated basis.
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The symbolic Power of Nations
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WP35-2005 - 24.8.2005 (Translation from Spanish)
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Javier Noya
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The US’s hegemony as a superpower and its unilateralist reaction to international terrorism after 9/11 has reopened the debate on one of the key concepts of international relations: power. In this context, Joseph Nye’s theory of ‘soft power’ has become one of the most hotly debated in academic and political forums. Although this controversy dates back to before the war in Iraq, it has heated up considerably as a result of the damage the war has done to the image of the United States in the world. The question is: can soft power be as effective a resource as hard power to achieve foreign policy objectives?
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War, Terrorism and Elections: Electoral Impact of the Islamist Terror Attacks on Madrid
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WP13-2005 - 6.4.2005 (Translation from Spanish)
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Narciso Michavila
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The impact of the ‘3/11’ terrorist attacks (March 11, 2004) on the Spanish elections held three days later has been the subject of speculation of all kinds. Twelve months later, the time has now come to compare and contrast the hypotheses that have attempted to explain an unexpected electoral result. New data is provided here to help determine the direction and the magnitude of the influence of the attacks on the March 14 elections
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© Fundación Real Instituto Elcano, Madrid, 2012
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