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The emergence of Hamas as a regional political actor ARI 6/2013 - 27/2/2013 Julio de la Guardia Since the beginning of the Arab Spring, the election of Mohammed Morsi as President of Egypt and the end of Israel’s Pillar of Defence military operation in the Gaza Strip, Hamas has steadily been moving towards a more political stance.
North Korea and the December 2012 Rocket Launch: A New Deal? Expert Comment 39/2012 - 14/12/2012 Pablo Bustelo On December 12 North Korea succeeded in putting into orbit a satellite (or other object) after the three stages of the Unha-3 rocket separated as planned. Contrary to the previous attempts, the launch was successful, the three-stage rocket functioned correctly and the satellite (or other object) now appears to be now orbiting the earth.
Are North Korea’s Missile Threats Credible? Expert Comment 28/2012 - 15/10/2012 Pablo Bustelo Despite continuous efforts by the international community to achieve the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, time is passing and working against this goal.
From Multipolarity to Multinodality in International Security Expert Comment 19/2012 - 13/9/2012 Félix Arteaga
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 Need for an Open System to Evaluate European Union CSDP Missions (ARI) ARI 104/2011 - 10/6/2011 Félix Arteaga The entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty and the launch of the European External Action Service are an opportunity to introduce reporting and assessment mechanisms to render CSDP (Common Security and Defence Policy) missions more democratically legitimate and accountable.
France’s National Security Strategy (WP) WP 3/2011 - 17/1/2011 Fabio Liberti and Camille Blain 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.
Economic Intelligence: An Operational Concept for a Globalised World (ARI) ARI 134/2010 - 14/9/2010 Claude Revel Economic security policies consist in the prevention and avoidance of all situations that can disrupt the life of firms or States. In France, economic security is seen through the prism of ‘economic intelligence’, which aims to encompass all aspects of globalised risks and opportunities.
NATO’s Evolving Role in an Age of Globalization 10/9/2010 Anders Fogh Rasmussen A speech by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in a conference organised by the Elcano Royal Institute in Madrid on 10 September 2010.
Cyber Security in Spain: A Proposal for its Management (ARI) ARI 102/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 29/7/2010 Enrique Fojón Chamorro and Ángel F. Sanz Villalba Social, economic and cultural relations are increasingly dependent on information and communication technologies and infrastructures (cyberspace), making it necessary to devise a national security system (cyber security) that can manage the risks that threaten their adequate operation.
Prospects for North Korea-South Korea Relations after the Cheonan Incident (ARI) ARI 125/2010 - 28/7/2010 Choi Kang This ARI explores the situation in the Korean peninsula after the sinking of the Cheonan on 26 March 2010 and stresses the need for a new South Korean policy towards the North.
Africa, AFRICOM and the Path to Stability 19/7/2010 Vicki Huddleston Lecture by Ambassador Vicki Huddleston, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, at the Círculo de Bellas Artes (Madrid) on 17 June 2010.
Back to Earth: Nuclear Weapons in the 2010s (ARI) ARI 110/2010 - 25/6/2010 Bruno Tertrais Throughout 2009 it seemed that both nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament were going to make real, fast and lasting progress. Unfortunately, reality bit back and 2010 has shown scant progress in disarmament and not much success in non-proliferation.
The EU’s Internal Security Strategy (ARI) ARI 75/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 22/6/2010 Félix Arteaga The EU Justice and Home Affairs Council approved its Internal Security Strategy on 25 February 2010.
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