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.

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.

Regional or global player? The EU’s international profile

Iliana Olivié & Manuel Gracia. Elcano Policy Paper 2/2020 - 5/5/2020.

By means of the Elcano Global Presence Index, this policy paper aims to depict the EU’s international profile while tracking to what extent its features and the objectives of the EU’s global strategy are aligned with the volume, nature and geographical allocation of the Union’s external projection.

Thirty years of EU-Mediterranean Policies (1989-2019): an assessment

Bichara Khader & Haizam Amirah-Fernández. WP 8/2020 (English version) - 27/4/2020.

This working paper seeks to present a critical overview of the EU’s latest major Mediterranean policies, analysing the context, the text and the pretext of each of these policies.

Oil markets, energy transition, climate governance and COVID-19: the short, the medium and the long term

Gonzalo Escribano & Lara Lázaro-Touza. WP 6/2020 - 22/4/2020.

While the priority of governments and citizens is undoubtedly the fight against coronavirus, the radical change in the short-term context should not distract energy and climate policy from the challenges it faces over the medium and long terms.