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Author: William Chislett

Emeritus Senior Research Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute. Author of the Elcano's monthly column Inside Spain. A former correspondent of The Times in Spain (1975-78) and the Financial Times in Mexico (1978-84), Chislett has written 13 books on Spain, four of them published by Elcano and one by Oxford University Press. William Chislett website | @WilliamChislet3
Children. An old man sitting besides a girl on a bench in a beach
Inside Spain

Spain – a country in pressing need of children

By William Chislett // Posted on 21 Jul 2022
Spanish flag on pole beside building in Madrid
Inside Spain

Spain’s history in 300 pages

By William Chislett // Posted on 17 Jun 2022
ramon y cajal
Inside Spain

The betrayal of Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s Nobel legacy

By William Chislett // Posted on 21 Apr 2022
‘Emptied Spain’ strives for political power. España vaciada (‘Emptied Spain’) poster at the entrance to the village of Caballar (Segovia). Photo: Arturo Francisco Barbero (CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons).
Inside Spain

‘Emptied Spain’ strives for political power

By William Chislett // Posted on 17 Mar 2022
Grappling with a national tragedy. La Escalinata del Óvalo in Teruel, Spain. Photo: Jocelyn Erskine-Kellie (CC BY-SA 2.0).
Inside Spain

Grappling with a national tragedy

By William Chislett // Posted on 15 Feb 2022
Spain’s state pension conundrum. Inside Spain, December 2021. Photo: Roberto Tadeo (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Influence and image of Spain

Spain’s state pension conundrum

By William Chislett // Posted on 23 Dec 2021
Why do Spaniards have a lower opinion of their country than foreigners?.Inside Spain.
Influence and image of Spain

Why do Spaniards have a lower opinion of their country than foreigners?

By William Chislett // Posted on 18 Nov 2021
The Royal Palace of Madrid (Spain) in the 1960s. Photo: foundin_a_attic (CC BY 2.0). Elcano Blog
Influence and image of Spain

How Spain transitioned from middle-income to high-income status

By William Chislett // Posted on 29 Sep 2021
Whither conservatism? The Independence March in Warsaw (Poland) in 2019. Photo: Dawid Małecki (@djmalecki). Elcan Blog
Democracy and citizenship

Whither conservatism?

By William Chislett // Posted on 03 Nov 2020
Ciudadanos (Cs) headquarters in Barcelona, Spain (2015). Photo: Kippelboy (Wikimedia Commons / CC0 1.0). Elcano Blog
Influence and image of Spain

The trials and tribulations of Ciudadanos

By William Chislett // Posted on 30 Sep 2020
Madrid - The Four Towers from Chamartín station (2011). Photo: Zarateman (Wikimedia Commons / CC0). Elcano Blog
Influence and image of Spain

COVID-19 ups Spain’s income inequality

By William Chislett // Posted on 30 Jun 2020
Politically fractured Spain’s pressing need for consensus post COVID-19. Congreso de los Diputados (Spanish Parliament). Photo: Börkur Sigurbjörnsson (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). Elcano Blog
Influence and image of Spain

Politically fractured Spain’s pressing need for consensus post COVID-19

By William Chislett // Posted on 02 Jun 2020
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