Spain, Water and Climate Change in COP 15 and Beyond: Aligning Mitigation and Adaptation through Innovation (WP)

Elena Lopez-Gunn. WP 65/2009 - 24/12/2009.

The water/energy nexus opens a range of opportunities to align mitigation and adaptation framed by human security, which prioritises human development. In this context, Spain has an opportunity to play a leading role in realising this potential by pursuing a coherent multilevel strategy specifically designed for water and climate variability and change.

Working towards a European immigration policy (WP)

Carmen González Enríquez and Alicia Sorroza. WP 57/2009 (Translated from Spanish) - 16/12/2009.

The EU has laid the foundation for a comprehensive European integration policy that addresses such issues as positive management of immigration and measures to curb irregular flows of immigrants. However, it is still far from having a true, common European immigration policy, and this is one of the challenges that Spain will face during its EU Presidency starting in 2010.

The transatlantic cocaine business: Europe’s options as it confronts new drug trafficking routes (WP)

Daniel Brombacher and Günther Maihold. WP 45/2009 (Translated from Spanish) - 14/12/2009.

The goal of this study is to review European foreign policy tools involved in controlling supply, leaving aside domestic policy measures designed to cut demand, the efficiency of which is widely recognised in most countries of the EU.

Prospects for Turkey’s Role in International Politics at the Beginning of the 21st Century (WP)

Bahri Yilmaz. WP 63/2009 - 14/12/2009.

The purpose of this working paper is to discuss Turkey’s new role in international politics at the beginning of the 21st Century and to analyse the main political and economic challenges for the country to become a regional power of medium size.

How Can Spain Benefit from a Climate Deal in Copenhagen? (WP)

Rolando Fuentes. WP 62/2009 - 11/12/2009.

Spain, on its own, is not a key player in the negotiations for the potential successor of the Kyoto Protocol that is expected to be ‘politically agreed’ at the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen.However, Spain can play an important role in that it will occupy the Presidency of the EU during the first half of 2010. Moreover, Spain could influence the negotiations towards win-win situations for the country.

Cyprus: A Unique Opportunity for Reunification (WP)

William Chislett. WP 61/2009 - 25/11/2009.

Greek and Turkish Cypriots have a unique opportunity to end the 35-year division of Cyprus and reunify the island. But time is running out. The Cyprus problem is likely to come to a head during Spain’s Presidency of the EU in the first half of 2010.

Narco-belligerents Across the Globe: Lessons from Colombia for Afghanistan? (WP)

Vanda Felbab-Brown. WP 55/2009 - 28/10/2009.

With the great increases in insecurity in Afghanistan and the overwhelming sense that the counter-insurgency in Afghanistan is not being won, analysts and policymakers are looking for analogies to understand the conflict’s dynamics and devise counter-measures. One of the analogies that analysts are turning to is the counter-narcotics and counter-insurgency campaign in Colombia.

National Security Strategies: The Italian Case (WP)

Federica Di Camillo and Lucia Marta. WP 39/2009 - 20/10/2009.

Italy does not have a National Security Strategy (NSS) in the strict sense of the word, ie, a single governmental document for the medium-to-long term identifying the main security threats and response guidelines at a strategic level. Instead, it has several documents on the institutional responsibilities for the external (military) and internal (civil) dimensions of security.

Will the Euro Ever Replace the US Dollar as the Dominant Global Currency? (WP)

Guillermo de la Dehesa. WP 54/2009 - 19/10/2009.

There are two major handicaps that will make very difficult for the euro to overtake the US dollar as a dominant currency. First, the EA still has a very fragmented banking and capital market, which makes it more difficult to fully exploit economies of scale and of scope and network externalities. The second is that since the EU and the EA are only unions of independent nations and not a federal state, it will be extremely difficult to overtake the US dollar and maintain a dominant international role while the governance of the EU and EA remains unchanged.

Taxation, Governance and Resource Mobilisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Survey of Key Issues (WP)

Jonathan Di John. WP 49/2009 - 30/9/2009.

The purpose of this paper is to present some key theoretical and policy debates concerning the relationships between taxation, aid, governance and political organisation in the political economy of development in Sub-Saharan Africa.