According to the ranking of think tanks released annually by the University of Pennsylvania, the Elcano Royal Institute is Spain’s leading think tank in the Foreign Policy and International Relations category, being rated 30th worldwide (up two positions with respect to the 2014 report).
Furthermore, it ranks the Institute as the 19th best think tank in Western Europe, rising 10 places in relation with the previous year’s classification.
It also one of the world leaders in the category of Best Institutional Collaboration between Think-Tanks.
Finally, the Red Iberoamericana de Estudios Internacionales (RIBEI), an alliance of more than 40 Latin American institutions founded by the Elcano Royal Institute in 2010, is placed 19th among the world’s best think-tank networks.
The Elcano Royal Institute has thus consolidated its strong position in the University of Pennsylvania’s ranking, once again appearing as the leading Spanish institution in the international relations and foreign policy category.