Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) special dossier
The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has the potential for extraordinary consequences. We assess its impact at distinct levels and areas, and the global challenges of managing this crisis.
International financial transparency
Aitor Pérez. WP 17/2020 (English version) - 29/7/2020.
This paper advocates clear concepts and ways of measuring transparency and illicit financial flows as a first step to improving the communication of the agenda and ultimately making it more effective.
Has Spain’s management of COVID-19 been a failure? Errors, lessons and recommendations
Ignacio Molina, Miguel Otero-Iglesias & José Pablo Martínez. WP 16/2020 (English version) - 27/7/2020.
Spain has been one of the countries that has recorded the greatest impact of COVID-19 in the world. Bearing in mind the information now available, it is possible to postulate certain hypotheses regarding the reasons that account for the severity of the disease’s spread in our country.
In the desert or at sea? Securing Europe’s southern flank
Sven Biscop. ARI 96/2020 - 16/7/2020.
Europe’s neighbourhood in the Middle East and North Africa is set to become even more instable. Are Europeans capable of securing their own southern flank?
Balancing geopolitics with Green Deal recovery: in search of a comprehensive Euro-Mediterranean energy script
Gonzalo Escribano & Lara Lázaro. ARI 95/2020 - 15/7/2020.
The EU’s new Energy Diplomacy Action Plan requires a comprehensive and appealing approach to rapidly shifting Euro-Mediterranean energy geopolitics.
COVID-19: reaffirming cyber as a 21st century geopolitical battleground
Danny Steed. ARI 94/2020 - 14/7/2020.
The COVID-19 global pandemic carries huge numbers of ramifications globally, with consequences that will extend far past the end of the current crisis. This paper examines the geopolitical impact on cyber security that coronavirus is having.
The weaponisation of synthetic media: what threat does this pose to national security?
Matteo E. Bonfanti. ARI 93/2020 - 14/7/2020.
The weaponisation of hyper-realistic synthetic video, audio, images, or texts –generally known as of synthetic media– may affect national security. How and to what extent?
Russia in Latin America: repercussions for Spain
Mira Milosevich-Juaristi. WP 13/2020 (English version) - 10/7/2020.
Russia’s future role in Latin America and how its actions will benefit or harm Spain remain unclear.
A plea for the German Presidency: invest boldly and smartly in the future of Europe
Nicoletta Pirozzi, Funda Tekin & Ilke Toygür. Expert Comment 26/2020 - 30/6/2020.
Expectations for leadership are high, as are hopes that the German Presidency of the Council of the EU will give substance to the claim ‘Together for Europe’s recovery’.
Living with COVID-19: The thinking behind Spain’s lockdown exit plan
Miguel Otero-Iglesias. Expert Comment 21/2020 - 2/6/2020.
Spain’s lockdown exit plan is based on four pillars: (1) proper data and healthcare capacities; (2) geographical asymmetry; (3) a two-way street with different speeds; and (4) subsidiarity and co-responsibility.
Expectations, competences and power: understanding the dynamics of EU institutions in tackling the COVID-19 crisis and setting the tone for the Conference on the Future of Europe
Ilke Toygür. Expert Comment 20/2020 - 2/6/2020.
It is vital to understand all its power dynamics before judging the EU’s performance while dealing with these multidimensional crises (such as the COVID-19 crisis), or any others to come.
EU-Japan cooperation on defence capabilities: possibilities?
Michito Tsuruoka & Daniel Fiott. ARI 76/2020 - 22/5/2020.
Europe and Japan have an interest in developing defence capabilities and research but there are challenges and cooperation is conditioned by a shifting geopolitical landscape.
Life beyond multilateralism? COVID-19, European strategic autonomy and Spanish foreign policy
Félix Arteaga & Luis Simón. ARI 74/2020 (English version) - 20/5/2020.
EU and Spanish foreign policy were undergoing a transition from multilateralism to strategic autonomy to adapt to an increasingly competitive geopolitical environment. However, COVID-19 raises questions about whether international politics will be characterised by a renewal of multilateralism or an aggravation of great power competition.
Rules-based connectivity, maritime security and EU-Japan cooperation in the Indian Ocean
Luis Simón & Tomohiko Satake. ARI 70/2020 - 14/5/2020.
This paper puts forward a number of specific proposals to further EU-Japan maritime security cooperation in the Indian Ocean region.
The influence –and weakness– of Spain’s European policy in the face of the pandemic: from a diagnostic to proposals and recommendations
Ignacio Molina & Federico Steinberg. ARI 68/2020 (English version) - 12/5/2020.
This paper analyses the position of Spain in the EU’s management of the present health and economic crisis.
Spain-China relations and COVID-19: the bright and dark sides of a necessary partnership for Spain
Mario Esteban & Ugo Armanini. ARI 62/2020 (English version) - 6/5/2020.
The COVID-19 crisis may be a turning point for China’s foreign relations. This paper analyses its impact on Spanish-Chinese relations, an issue of particular importance from a European perspective.
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