The Elcano Royal Institute's Working Papers are longer documents of an academic nature -usually between 12,000 and 15,000 words long, with footnotes and bibliographies- on current international affairs of relevance to Spain or on different aspects of Spain's foreign policy and security.

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

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.

Natural partners? Europe, Japan and security in the Indo-Pacific

Luis Simón & Ulrich Speck (Eds.). Policy Paper 4/2018 - 12/11/2018.

There is momentum for increased security cooperation between Europe and Japan. Europeans and Japanese are ‘natural partners’ who consider a liberal and rules-based international order to be a core interest.

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’.