The Elcano Royal Institute suspends all events and meetings
The Elcano Royal Institute suspends all on site events and meetings, both in our headquarters as well as those of the Brussels office, until the state of alarm decreed by the Spanish Government ceases to be in force.
The Elcano’s team continues its activity. We invite you to read and follow the latest publications on our website, blog and social media.
Coronavirus: economic threat, political response and implications
Federico Steinberg. ARI 35/2020 (English version) - 3/4/2020.
What will be the economic impact of the coronavirus and what economic policy responses are required by this unprecedented situation?
Will European defence survive Coronavirus?
Daniel Fiott. Expert Comment 11/2020 - 27/3/2020.
How the virus will hit European defence over the long-term remains to be seen, of course. What can be said with a degree of certainly, however, is that Europe’s defence budgets may take a sizeable hit while Europe’s economies recover from the virus.
The case for EU-Japan digital connectivity and digital ODA
Maaike Okano-Heijmans. ARI 30/2020 - 25/3/2020.
The 2019 EU-Japan Connectivity Partnership paves the way for EU-Japan cooperation on all three practical elements of digital connectivity: telecommunications infrastructure, business and regulation. Cooperation should be implemented at both the practical and strategic levels, and beyond the bilateral agenda.
The EU, coronavirus and crisis management: is ‘solidarity’ real or just a prop?
Ilke Toygür. Expert Comment 8/2020 - 20/3/2020.
Coronavirus, is now present throughout Europe. Although it is the health of the people of the EU that must come first, also at stake are the credibility of its institutions, its economy and its image in the world.
Bias and Misperception in Cyberspace
Miguel Alberto Gomez. ARI 25/2020 - 17/3/2020.
With cyber operations serving as an instrument of foreign policy, it is fair to posit that cognitive factors that account for behavior in the physical domain are equally applicable to cyberspace.
Why the EU should not opt for another refugee deal with Turkey with no shared responsibility
Ilke Toygür & Seda Gürkan. Expert Comment 4/2020 - 12/3/2020.
What is needed is a far-reaching revision of the EU’s relationship with Turkey for a more fruitful cooperation.
Legislating for a low carbon transition in Europe: experiences in the UK, France and Spain
Alina Averchenkova & Lara Lázaro-Touza. WP 5/2020 - 11/3/2020.
This working paper aims to provide an updated analysis of the key features enshrined in climate laws that can be considered in the adoption of Spain’s upcoming Climate Change and Energy Transition Law.
Connectivity and infrastructure: can the EU-Japan partnership make a difference?
Marie Söderberg. Expert Comment 3/2020 - 10/3/2020.
The EU-Japan Partnership on Sustainable Connectivity and Quality Infrastructure is one of the first concrete steps within the Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA). The question is now how to move on from a broad political statement to the implementation stage.
The Future of Values in Cyber Security Strategies
Danny Steed. ARI 16/2020 - 27/2/2020.
This paper addresses the challenges that have arisen from an overly technical focus on cyber security that has failed to consider the application of value sets in strategy creation.
The EU-Japan connectivity partnership: a sustainable initiative awaiting materialisation
Mario Esteban & Ugo Armanini. ARI12/2020 - 4/2/2020.
Implementing the Partnership on Sustainable Connectivity and Quality Infrastructure promising agenda is yet to be done and would require a significant and sustained financial commitment, as well as an efficient coordination between the EU and Japan, and beyond.
Society 5.0: EU-Japanese cooperation and the opportunities and challenges posed by the data economy
Ana Gascón Marcén. ARI 11/2020 - 4/2/2020.
The EU and Japan must increase their efforts to become strategic players if they want to grasp the opportunities offered by Society 5.0.
Quo vadis, Spain
William Chislett. ARI 5/2020 - 20/1/2020.
Spain finally has a functioning government and its first coalition administration in decades, ending eight months of political deadlock, and it faces a raft of challenges.
A geopolitical Commission? Beware the industrial-strategic gap in EU defence policy
Luis Simón. ARI 1/2020 - 10/1/2020.
To what extent will the European Commission’s efforts to promote a rationalisation of the European defence industry be based on a common political and strategic vision about the future of European defence?
The future of values in the EU Global Strategy 2020
Maryna Rabinovych & Zuzana Reptova. ARI 112/2019 - 19/11/2019.
The revised version of the EU Global Strategy is to be released by the next High Representative. What potential is there for introducing a new focus on fundamental values in order to boost the EU’s global role at a time of crisis for the international liberal order?
The end of Critical Engagement: on the failures of the EU’s North Korea strategy
Eric J. Ballbach. ARI 101/2019 - 6/11/2019.
After evaluating the EU’s North-Korea strategy, this paper argues that Critical Engagement should be substituted by a more proactive approach that would better serve Brussel’s interests in the region.
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