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.

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’.

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.

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.

Relations between the US Intelligence Community and US Presidents, including the Trump Administration

Gustavo Díaz Matey. WP 15/2018 (English version) - 16/7/2018.

Technology and covert operations have been the driving forces in the Community’s evolution, which has been tremendously divided since its inception and has moved progressively towards its own centralisation with the aim of improving coordination and efficacy.