Press releases

Madrid, 17 June 2026. Despite growing uncertainty and increased geopolitical fragmentation, globalisation is not in retreat: it is, however, changing. The historical cycle that began in the 1990s seems to have run its course, with the globalisation paradigm, which these days rests as much on its economic as on its soft power dimension –migration, sport, […]

Madrid, 17 June 2026. Despite growing uncertainty and increased geopolitical fragmentation, globalisation is not in retreat: it is, however, changing. The historical cycle that began in the 1990s seems to have run its course, with the globalisation paradigm, which these days rests as much on its economic as on its soft power dimension –migration, sport, […]

Madrid, 25 November 2025 The Elcano Royal Institute has presented data on the geographical distribution of Spain’s global presence, making use of the Elcano Global Presence Index. This tool measures the external projection of countries in the economic, military and soft power spheres, and on this occasion includes a specific analysis of our global presence […]

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 […]