Political values in Europe-China relations
Edited by Tim Nicholas Rühlig, Björn Jerdén, Frans-Paul van der Putten, John Seaman, Miguel Otero-Iglesias and Alice Ekman. European Think-tank Network on China (ETNC), December 2018.
Innovating Global Governance: Bottom-up, the inductive approach
Andrés Ortega, Aitor Pérez and Ángel Saz-Carranza. T20 - July 2018
Technology can help to right technology’s social Wrongs: elements for a new social compact for digitalisation
Andrés Ortega, Miguel Otero-Iglesias, Federico Steinberg & Francisco Andrés. 16/4/2019.
The authors propose to use Education Technologies at different stages of life as a central element of the new social compact. In order to finance these programmes, G20 countries should establish a multilateral common framework for taxing the revenues of large digital corporations.
Women, gender and think tanks: political influence network in Twitter 2018
Cristina Manzano & Juan A. Sánchez-Giménez. ARI 38/2019 - 2/4/2019.
What are the relationships and networks of gender studies and women specialists within the global network of political influence on Twitter?
North Korea and the US: no deal towards a workable and sustainable deal?
Ramón Pacheco Pardo. ARI 36/2019 - 27/3/2019.
This analysis argues that the failure of the US and North Korea to reach an agreement in Hanoi could actually lead to a workable deal that both parties agree with and that can become sustainable over time.
China’s ‘new type of security partnership’ in Asia and beyond: a challenge to the alliance system and the ‘Indo-pacific’ strategy
Alice Ekman. ARI 35/2019 - 26/03/2019.
This paper analyses China’s new regional security architecture, currently promoted by Xi Jinping. So far, the initiative has remained largely unnoticed, in contrast to the ‘Indo-pacific’ version but may have significant consequences for the regional and world security governance.
Tokyo’s ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’: quality infrastructure and defence to the fore
Axel Berkofsky. ARI 34/2019 - 14/3/2019.
This paper analyses the scope and quality of Tokyo’s ‘Quality Infrastructure’ development policies and initiatives in East and South-East Asia and the expansion of Japanese security and relations with the US, India and Australia. All of this in the context of Japan’s ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ (FOIP) policy in and towards the region.
Legislating for a low carbon and climate resilient transition: learning from international experiences
Alina Averchenkova. Elcano Policy Paper 3/2019 - 11/3/2019.
The study in particular aims to contribute to the current debate in Spain on a draft climate change and energy transition law, as well as aid other countries currently working on climate legislation
The economic effects of Brexit in the “Campo de Gibraltar”: an econometric approach
Luis Galiano Bastarrica. ARI 26/2019 - 26/2/2019.
The UK’s exit from the EU has become a political maze. Uncertainties increase and so do the negative economic effects, especially on Britain’s European borders: Northern Ireland and the Campo de Gibraltar in Spain.
Nigeria’s 2019 elections: so many choices, so difficult to choose
Ojobo Ode Atuluku. ARI 23/2019 - 22/2/2019.
The 2019 Nigerian elections comes at a time of great challenges for the nation, in economic, security and other terms. With 73 candidates competing, only two seem to be serious contenders for the role. However, both seem to lack aspects of leadership that Nigeria needs.
The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement and the revitalisation of the international economic liberal order
Gabriel Felbermayr. ARI 22/2019 - 21/2/2019.
The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement will have significant effects on the bilateral relation and the international liberal economic order.
Poland in Europe: disappointment or merely hiccup?
Piotr Maciej Kaczyński. WP 3/2019 - 31/1/2019.
The judicial reforms put the Warsaw government on a collision course with the EU institutions over the rule of law. What is Poland’s position in the EU in the context of the political and economic developments under the Law and Justice government?
The EU’s role in stabilising the Korean Peninsula
Mario Esteban. WP 1/2019 (printed version) - 17/1/2019.
The diplomatic situation in the Korean Peninsula is changing at enormous speed. In this context, this working paper analyses the position of the EU and its member states towards the current situation and the role they can play in the stabilisation of the Peninsula.
The ‘dark side’ of digital diplomacy: countering disinformation and propaganda
Corneliu Bjola. ARI 5/2019 - 15/1/2019.
For diplomatic institutions, protecting themselves against disinformation and propaganda by governments and non-state actors remains a problem. This paper outlines five tactics that, if applied with a strategic compass in mind, could be helpful for MFAs and embassies.
Spain’s 20 years in the euro: a beneficial straitjacket
William Chislett. Expert Comment 1/2019 - 4/1/2019.
We will never know with certainty whether Spain would have been better off not joining the euro. What we know is that in real GDP growth terms Spain has performed better than Germany, France and Italy since 1999.
The political expansion of evangelical churches in Latin America
Carlos Malamud. ARI 131/2018 (English version) - 12/12/2018.
The presence of evangelical churches in the political life of various Latin American countries has increased significantly in recent years.
Spain no longer bucks the trend on far-right parties
William Chislett. Expert Comment 54/2018 - 11/12/2018.
The recent snap election in Andalucía saw the far-right party Vox storm into the regional parliament with 12 of the 109 seats, and so end Spain’s exceptionalism.
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