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Staging the War on Drugs: Media and Organised Crime in Mexico WP 8/2012 - 10/7/2012 Edgar Moreno Gómez 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.
The G-20 Economies and the Financial Crisis: Concerns over Governance (WP) WP 41/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 15/3/2011 Luis A. Riveros The global financial crisis that erupted in late 2007 in the US, and which stemmed from policies implemented over the past three decades, has highlighted a severe problem of financial governance within countries and in the international context itself.
The Global Crisis and its Implications for Latin America (WP) WP 40/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 15/3/2011 Ramiro Albrieu and José María Fanelli Latin America has not been immune to the turmoil unleashed in the wake of Lehman Brothers’ demise. This working paper looks at the size and characteristics of the external shocks endured by the region, its vulnerability to them and the political responses they have elicited.
The Global Governance Agenda and the Role of the G20 (WP) WP 39/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 15/12/2010 Federico Steinberg This paper addresses these issues. It focuses on how the international community should prioritise the global economic governance agenda and what role the G-20 should play in the process. The first section analyses the challenges that the international community faces, exploring which elements of this complex agenda have the best prospects for being addressed successfully. The second section discusses what kind of institutional structure is needed in order to carry out reforms and what the role of the G-20 is in that structure.
The transatlantic cocaine business: Europe’s options as it confronts new drug trafficking routes (WP) WP 45/2009 (Translated from Spanish) - 14/12/2009 Daniel Brombacher and Günther Maihold The goal of this study is to review European foreign policy tools involved in controlling supply, leaving aside domestic policy measures designed to cut demand, the efficiency of which is widely recognised in most countries of the EU.
Relations between the EU and Latin America: Abandoning Regionalism in Favour of a New Bilateral Strategy? (WP) WP 36/2009 (Translated from Spanish) - 21/9/2009 Celestino del Arenal Over the past three decades, Latin America has undergone a major process of diversification in its international relations, making it easier for the countries of the region to develop foreign policies that are more autonomous and more focused on the challenges posed by an international society that is increasingly interdependent and global.
Spain and the G-20: A Strategic Proposal for Enhancing its Role in Global Governance 8/4/2009 Elcano Royal Institute 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.
Four Latin American Summits and Brazil’s Leadership (WP) WP 3/2009 (Translated from Spanish) - 17/3/2009 Carlos Malamud Four presidential summits were held simultaneously in Brazil in December 2008, raising some prospects for change in the region.
A New Transatlantic Channel Between Latin America and Spain: Remittances and Their Role in Economic and Financial Development (WP) WP 37/2007 - 4/9/2007 Enrique Alberola The purpose of this article is to offer an overview of the remittance phenomenon, mainly from a Latin American and Spanish perspective and with a primarily economic focus.
Spain and the Hispanics: A Strategic Project WP63-2004 - 28.12.2004 (Translation from Spanish) Emilio Cassinello This report provides specific suggestions as to how the various Spanish institutions can proceed in their dealings with the diverse, dynamic, growing and ever-changing Hispanic community in the US. The presence of Hispanics is growing at an accelerating pace on the political, cultural, artistic, media and economic scenes of the –for now– sole global superpower. The tightening of ties between Spain and the US Hispanic community can take place at several levels, including the political, the educational-cultural and the economic
Spain and Latin America: global vs. bilateral relations WP58-2004 - 1.12.2004 (Translation from Spanish) Carlos Malamud Traditionally, Spanish foreign policy on Latin America has put global relations before bilateral ones, especially with the most important countries in the region. The philosophy behind this is that we are part of the Ibero-American Community of Nations, a theoretically supranational body made up of fraternal and equal nations. This bias in our diplomacy has affected bilateral relations which, though not inexistent, have not been developed systematically. Preference has been given to good, acceptable relations with Ibero-American nations as a group, rather than stable ties with the main Latin American countries
The Future of Latino Politics WP59-2004 - 30.11.2004 Rodolfo O. de la Garza The promise of Latino politics is greater today than ever before. In part this reflects the extent to which Latinos have become responsible for their own well-being, and in part it reflects changes in their political environment. Where once the issue was how to gain access to the political process, now it is how to best capitalise on the dramatic increase in the size of the population and the electorate, on the electoral access resulting from the VRA, and on the interest that both parties claim to have in the Latino vote
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