About Elcano

The Elcano Royal Institute, global intelligence in Spanish.

We are the leading Spanish research centre in international and strategic studies, and one of the key think tanks in Europe and the world.

We take our name from Juan Sebastián de Elcano, who has gone down in history for bringing home the expedition that completed the first circumnavigation of the world.

We are firmly committed to ensuring that the outcomes of our research are available to the public through publications in accessible and open-access formats on our website.