Approved by the Board of Trustees of the Elcano Royal Institute at its meeting of 15 December 2022, the Advisory Council brings together former members of the Scientific Council who maintain links with the Institute’s activity and global projection, thus preserving the great intellectual capital accumulated in recent years.
It shares with the Scientific Council the aim of strengthening and multiplying the analytical capacity and impact of the Elcano Royal Institute on the academic community, think tank networks and society, thus contributing to its mission.
Advisory Council Members (in alphabetical order)
Francisco Aldecoa
President of the Spanish Federal Council of the European Movement
European Movement Spain
Paz Andrés Sáenz de Santa María
Professor of Public International Law / Permanent Member, Third Chamber, Council of State
University of Oviedo / Spanish Council of State
Belén Becerril Atienza
Professor of Public International Law and International Relations / Editor-in-chief of Política Exterior magazine
CEU San Pablo University / Fundación Análisis de Política Exterior
José Luis Calvo Albero
Colonel of the Army, Diploma in General Staff
Director of the Division of Coordination and Studies of the General Secretariat for Defence Policy, Ministry of Defence of Spain
Carlos Closa
Vice-President for Institutional Affairs and Organisation
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Juan José Escobar
Deputy Head of Mission at the Spanish Embassy in Brazil
Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation
Stefano Manservisi
Former Director-General of Department for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO)
European Commission
Ramon de Miguel
Ambassador of Spain
Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation
Eduardo Posada Carbó
Director of the Latin American Centre (Oxford School of Global and Area Studies), Professor of the History and Politics of Latin America & William Golding Senior Fellow of Brasenose
University of Oxford
Michael Reid
Visiting Professor in Practice and former correspondent for The Economist
London School of Economics (LSE)
Felipe Sahagún
Professor and journalist
Diego Sánchez-Ancochea
Professor of the Political Economy of Development. Oxford Department of International Development
University of Oxford
Fidel Sendagorta
Ambassador of Spain
Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation
Manuel Torres
Professor of Political Science and Public Administration
Universidad Pablo de Olavide of Seville
Richard Youngs
Senior Associate. Democracy and Rule of Law Program
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace