Press releases

Globalization is not dead, but it has changed: it is harsher, more fragmented, and less homogeneous. In addition to the rivalry between the United States and China, the European Union is attempting to assert itself, though it faces challenges in converting its significant presence into actual power. The tougher aspects of globalization are making a […]

2 October 2023. Senior analyst at the Elcano Royal Institute will lead the pan-European think tanks network with its Brussels-based secretariat. Founded in 2010, the European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) is a network of independent European think tanks providing policy relevant analysis of EU foreign policy and action towards the Global South. During 2023, the […]

The Elcano Royal Institute is now the 2nd best think tank in Europe and the 11th in the world in the category of foreign policy and international relations, according to the 2020 Global Go To Think Tanks Index (GGTTI), published every year by the University of Pennsylvania. Since last year, the Elcano Royal Institute has retained its position as […]

Conclusion statements by the Elcano Royal Institute (RIE) and IDDRI, co-organisers of the think tanks workshop “The Geopolitics of increasing climate ambition”, held at the Elcano on 11 December, 2019. The workshop has gathered senior researchers from RIE (Madrid), IDDRI (Paris), SEI (Stockholm), ODI (London), Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE (London), […]

The Elcano Royal Institute retains its position as Spain’s leading think tank and Western Europe’s ninth best. However, in the Foreign Policy and International Relations category it is up eight places to number 15 and is thus now among the world’s 20 most influential according to the 2018 Global Go To Think Tanks Index (GGTTI), […]

The Elcano Royal Institute is Spain’s leading think tank, Western Europe’s ninth-best and the world’s 23rd in the Foreign Policy and International Relations category according to the 2017 Global Go To Think Tanks Index (GGTTI), released on an annual basis by the University of Pennsylvania. This is an outstanding climb for the Elcano Royal Institute […]

The Elcano Royal Institute has been selected to lead a research project within the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme. The project, ‘MINDb4ACT: Innovative, ethical and effective actions to tackle radicalisation leading to violent extremism’, focuses on new counter-terrorist policies to prevent radicalisation. The acronym MINDb4ACT makes reference to the value of prevention in avoiding responses […]

According to the ranking of think tanks released annually by the University of Pennsylvania, two reports co-authored by the Elcano Institute are among the best three published worldwide in 2013-14, out of a total of 47 studies included in the list. The study ‘How to Fix the Euro: Strengthening Economic Governance in Europe’, jointly published with Chatham House (UK) […]