Innovating Global Governance: Bottom-up, the inductive approach
Andrés Ortega, Aitor Pérez and Ángel Saz-Carranza. T20 - July 2018
Spain and the prospect of Brexit
Salvador Llaudes, Ignacio Molina, Miguel Otero Iglesias and Federico Steinberg. Elcano Policy Paper 3/2018 - 15/6/2018.
Quit kicking the can down the road: a Spanish view of EMU reforms
8/5/2018
This document written by Spanish economists offers some recommendations towards a stronger architecture for the euro through deeper fiscal, financial and economic integration. It also advocates a greater degree of political union to provide democratic legitimacy and accountability.
Salvini’s Italy between Greek tragedy and Portuguese fado
Miguel Otero-Iglesias. Expert Comment 48/2018 - 19/10/2018 .
Salvini has struck a heroic pose because he knows it attracts votes in Italy. Conversely, his pugnaciousness makes him many enemies in Brussels and elsewhere. It might not be a bad idea to implement some of the structural improvements recommended by the European Commission.
Forty years of democratic Spain: Political, economic, foreign policy and social change, 1978-2018
William Chislett. WP 1/2018 (printed version) - 17/10/2018.
Over the past 40 years, Spain has achieved conditions that are similar –in some cases better– than in the rest of Western European nations, disproving the theory, still beloved in some quarters, of the country’s ‘exceptional nature’ or ‘anomaly’.
How should the EU confront President Trump?
Federico Steinberg. ARI 115/2018 (English version) - 15/10/2018.
To what extent is the Trump Presidency just an anomaly or a symptom of something more profound? How should the EU react?
Diplomacy in the Digital Age
Corneliu Bjola. ARI 113/2018 - 11/10/2018.
Diplomacy in the Digital Age depends on how diplomats understand and transform online influence into tangible offline diplomatic influence.
The European Council and migration: any progress?
Carmen González Enríquez. ARI 112/2018 (English version) - 9/10/2018.
The European Council has come up with a vague agreement, but it has avoided a political crisis and at the same time made more visible the seriousness of the migration challenge to the EU.
EU scenarios for 2027
Antonio Estella. WP 19/2018 - 8/10/2018.
This paper is written at a very critical time for the EU. However, in these distressed times for the European project, it seems more appropriate than ever to discuss in public what its future will be.
The Brazilian elections
Esther Solano Gallego. ARI 111/2018 - 4/10/2018.
The upcoming Brazilian elections are unfolding in an atmosphere of intense political and economic crisis, and it is not yet clear whether the second round will once again shape up as the classic confrontation between the Workers’ Party (PT) and the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB).
Juncker and Trump end the trade war and revive a watered-down version of TTIP
Federico Steinberg. Expert Comment 46/2018 (English version) - 2/10/2018.
It is good news that Trump treated Juncker as an equal and has understood that the EU is the key trade partner of the US.
The Immortal Regiment: the pride and prejudice of Russia
Mira Milosevich-Juaristi. ARI 110/2018 (English version) - 27/9/2018.
The March of the Immortal Regiment has been celebrated each year since 2012 in hundreds of Russian cities and many others beyond Russia.
Technological cooperation between Spain and China
Andrés Ortega. ARI 108/2018 (English version) - 24/09/2018.
Technological cooperation has become a basic component of bilateral relations between Spain and China. Today China is a technological power of the first order. Bilateral relations in this field should be strengthened, but they need specific complementary and reciprocal measures.
The anger vote: the new (or not so new) Latin American electoral phenomenon
Carlos Malamud and Rogelio Núñez. ARI 107/2018 (English version) - 20/9/2018.
Latin America’s intense electoral season has reflected its broad heterogeneity; nevertheless, the recent elections have also revealed the emergence of a cross-cutting phenomenon –the ‘anger vote’– common to the entire region.
Coercion and Cyberspace
Miguel Alberto Gomez. ARI 102/2018 - 11/9/2018.
Cyberspace is a new domain for coercive operations in support of foreign policy and security with advantages for offensive actions and hindrances to its success.
Partnering for democracy: protecting the democratic order in post-Brexit Europe
Pablo José Castillo Ortiz. WP 17/2018 - 24/8/2018.
The democratic partnership between the EU and the United Kingdom might become the seed of a powerful tool of democracy protection in Europe, thus contributing to the stability of the continent.
Spain-US relations and the transatlantic relationship
Juan Tovar Ruiz. ARI 98/2018 (English version) - 13/8/2018.
The recent visit of Felipe VI to Washington provides an opportunity to analyse and reflect on the state of bilateral relations. In the short term, these relations will be framed by the arrival of a new government in Spain and by the increasing distance between President Trump and the European allies.
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia: the Euro-Atlantic consolidation of the Baltic region
Rafael José de Espona. ARI 97/2018 (English version) - 9/8/2018.
The Baltic region has consolidated around the geostrategic cohesion of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia and their determined membership in both the EU and NATO.
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