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?

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.

The end of globalisation? A reflection on the effects of the COVID-19 crisis using the Elcano Global Presence Index

Iliana Olivié & Manuel Gracia. ARI 60/2020 (English version) - 4/5/2020.

The health, economic, social and political crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic will also reconfigure international relations and globalisation.

Coronavirus: trends and landscapes for the aftermath

Andrés Ortega. ARI 51/2020 (English version) - 20/4/2020.

This paper examines several possible trends in the world and in Spain originating from the coronavirus crisis, the policies implemented and their consequences, in four dimensions: temporal; economic and social; political; and geopolitical. It concludes with three possible scenarios that stand out among the many possibilities.