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Felipe González, leader of the Socialists (PSOE) in Spain, giving a speech at a rally in Spain (1977)

Forty years since the Socialists’ historic landslide victory

By William Chislett // Posted on 17 Nov 2022

COP 27 in Sharm El-Sheikh. Earth globes decoration

Climate and energy

COP 27 in Sharm El-Sheikh: from climate frustration to radical implementation?

By Lara Lázaro Touza, Raúl Iván Alfaro-Pelico // Posted on 03 Nov 2022

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announces the composition of the government after talks with President Sergio Mattarella

Future of Europe

Could Meloni’s government prove more pro-EU than expected?

By Michael Malinconi // Posted on 26 Oct 2022

Ballot of the Catalan independence referendum, 2017

Five years on from the illegal Catalan independence referendum

By William Chislett // Posted on 20 Oct 2022

Protests in Stuttgart (Germany) in support of women's rights following the death of Masha Amini.

Technology and economics

Sanctions on Iran are changing: the role protests and technological power

By Raquel Jorge Ricart // Posted on 07 Oct 2022

Queen Elizabeth’s death shines a spotlight on Spain’s restored monarchy

Influence and image of Spain

Queen Elizabeth’s death shines a spotlight on Spain’s restored monarchy

By William Chislett // Posted on 22 Sep 2022

The Greater Bay Area. Hong Kong-Guangdong border on Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge

China, the US and the new world order

The Greater Bay Area: China’s ‘next big thing’

By Alfonso Ballesteros // Posted on 28 Jul 2022

The privacy of the mind. Man in a gray shirt looking at a city buildings during daytime

Technology and economics

Beyond freedom of thought: ensuring the privacy of the mind

By Andrés Ortega // Posted on 26 Jul 2022

Children. An old man sitting besides a girl on a bench in a beach

Spain – a country in pressing need of children

By William Chislett // Posted on 21 Jul 2022

Cover of the Elcano Global Presence Report 2022. Iliana Olivié & Manuel Gracia

Globalization, development and governance

The Elcano Global Presence Report 2022

By Iliana Olivié, Manuel Gracia Santos // Posted on 20 Jul 2022

Image of an official building in Washington D.C (USA)

Global Spectator

The West: one, great and alone

By Andrés Ortega // Posted on 12 Jul 2022

Image of the flag of France in the wind

Global Spectator

The European reading of a fragmented France

By Andrés Ortega // Posted on 28 Jun 2022