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.

The EU-China climate agreement: building success at the crucial Glasgow summit

Antxon Olabe Egaña. WP 20/2020 - 28/10/2020.

The response to the climate crisis has not been of the same scale in terms of its seriousness and the mobilisation of resources. This working paper highlights the importance of an ambitious climate agreement between Europe and China as key to building a renewed response from the international community.

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.

Russia in Latin America: repercussions for Spain

Mira Milosevich-Juaristi. WP 13/2020 (English version) - 10/7/2020.

Russia’s future role in Latin America and how its actions will benefit or harm Spain remain unclear.

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.