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Staging the War on Drugs: Media and Organised Crime in Mexico
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WP 8/2012 - 10/7/2012
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Edgar Moreno Gómez
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This Working Paper offers an insight to understand the political ramifications
of the news coverage of violence in Mexico. It shows that drug trafficking
organisations have important
goals related to the media, the impact of news on public opinion and
the consequent influence over policy making.
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France’s National Security Strategy (WP)
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WP 3/2011 - 17/1/2011
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Fabio Liberti and Camille Blain
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France is one of the EU’s member states with a most highly-developed national strategic culture. However, the 2008 White Paper on Defence and National Security represents a significant leap in the evolution of the French strategic thinking and policies. It establishes the concept of national security, that transcends the traditional realms of defence and internal security and moves towards the overarching concept of national security.
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Narco-belligerents Across the Globe: Lessons from Colombia for Afghanistan? (WP)
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WP 55/2009 - 28/10/2009
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Vanda Felbab-Brown
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With the great increases in insecurity in Afghanistan and the
overwhelming sense that the counter-insurgency in Afghanistan is not
being won, analysts and policymakers are looking for analogies to
understand the conflict’s dynamics and devise counter-measures. One of
the analogies that analysts are turning to is the counter-narcotics and
counter-insurgency campaign in Colombia.
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National Security Strategies: The Italian Case (WP)
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WP 39/2009 - 20/10/2009
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Federica Di Camillo and Lucia Marta
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Italy does not have a National Security Strategy (NSS) in the strict sense of the word, ie, a single governmental document for the medium-to-long term identifying the main security threats and response guidelines at a strategic level. Instead, it has several documents on the institutional responsibilities for the external (military) and internal (civil) dimensions of security.
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Spain and the G-20: A Strategic Proposal for Enhancing its Role in Global Governance
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8/4/2009
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Elcano Royal Institute
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This paper explores the role Spain can and should play in the
institutions engaged in global governance in the current context of
financial crisis and reconfiguration of international power centres.
After briefly analysing Spain’s relative position in the world
–on the basis of economic and other criteria– the study
suggests the path it should follow to boost its influence in the
world. The paper points out Spain’s comparative advantages, the
areas where it could contribute most, and the shortcomings that make
it difficult to translate Spain’s economic weight into greater
political influence at the global level.
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Afghanistan and Lebanon: Assessment of the Jihadist Risk to Spain (WP)
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WP 8/2008 (Translated from Spanish) - 11/3/2008
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Miguel Luparelli Mathieu, José Antonio Mathés and Andrés Montero Gómez
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This analysis is based on a game theory model which assumes the premise that the behaviour of Jihadist groups (taken generally, and al-Qaeda in particular) and of States is rational and responds to strategic choices. It begins with an introduction to the context which situates Spain and global Jihadist groups on opposing sides of the game board of strategic interests. There follows an analysis of each of the scenarios and their implications in the strategies of Jihadist organisations, as well as their influence on Spanish foreign policy and international security policy decisions.
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