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Presidential candidate Nicușor Dan greets his supporters after the first exit poll results during Romania’s presidential runoff election. A European Union flag and a Romanian flag can be seen among the crowd, while several people capture the moment on their mobile phones. Romania

Democracy and citizenship

Dan’s presidency in Romania: more stability in a volatile region

By Antonia Colibășanu // Posted on 26 May 2025

Composition with the world map of the global presence ranking with the results of the, and a scientific vector illustration with wave flows and node networks, in gradient colours from violet to cyan.

Globalization, development and governance

Globalisation in transition, from interdependence to geopolitical rivalry: analysing the results of the 2025 edition of the Elcano Global Presence Index

By Manuel Gracia Santos, Blanca González // Posted on 22 May 2025

Pope Leo IV, seen from behind and dressed in the papal cassock, walked away after delivering his first Regina Caeli prayer from a balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square. On the left, part of the building clad in light travertine can be seen, while a column of the same stone, framed by red curtains, stands behind him. Pope

Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood

The Pope, the Holy See and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

By Xavier Abu Eid // Posted on 14 May 2025

A voter steps out of a booth draped in Romania’s red, yellow, and blue during the first round of the 2025 presidential election, with a ballot box marked 'Alegerea Președintelui României 2025' in view. Romania

Democracy and citizenship

Fault lines in the East: Romania’s political transformation and Europe’s future

By Antonia Colibășanu // Posted on 08 May 2025

Microphone and nameplate for the United States at a United Nations Security Council meeting room, with the Algeria nameplate visible beside it. The room features modern lighting, a central horseshoe-shaped table, red and blue seating, and a large mural on the wall. Trump

China, the US and the new world order

Power politics and the fear factor: Trump redefines the international order

By Ernesto Talvi, Gabriel Leiva García // Posted on 21 Apr 2025

A dark digital panel at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange displays data from the German DAX stock index, with large, bright numbers showing share prices. tariff

Trump’s tariff rage and its unforeseen dimensions on the global financial markets

By Ernesto Talvi, Tomás Sanguinetti // Posted on 16 Apr 2025

Abstract 3D image of a world map, composed of pixelated blocks in bluish and greyish tones. China

China, the US and the new world order

Shattered hegemony: the rivalry between the US and China in the new era of the politics of force

By José Juan Ruiz // Posted on 16 Apr 2025

Close-up of two soldiers in camouflage uniforms. One has a Spanish flag patch on their shoulder, and the other has a NATO Latvia patch, representing collaboration within the NATO alliance. Defence

Spain under pressure to spend more on defence

By William Chislett // Posted on 08 Apr 2025

Donald Trump announces “reciprocal” tariffs alongside US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick (right), speaking from a podium with a microphone before an audience gathered for the Make America Wealthy Again event — also referred to as “Liberation Day” — in the White House Rose Garden on 2 April 2025. In his left hand, Trump holds up a board listing countries and their corresponding tariffs. tariff

Technology and economics

Trump’s global tariff shock

By Enrique Feás, Miguel Otero Iglesias, Federico Steinberg // Posted on 08 Apr 2025

View of the walls and part of the dome of the United Nations General Assembly Hall at the UN Headquarters in New York. Geopolitics

The US-China rivalry and Latin American geopolitics: from narrative to data

By Ernesto Talvi, Gabriel Leiva García // Posted on 27 Mar 2025

Flags of the European Union (blue with a circle of yellow stars) and Mexico (tricolour with green, white, and red stripes, featuring a coat of arms with an eagle and a serpent) at the 25th Meeting of the Mexico-European Union Joint Parliamentary Committee in 2018. Mexico

The new EU-Mexico agreement: the EU fast-tracks integration with Latin America

By Juan Carlos Baker, Antoni Estevadeordal, Ernesto Talvi // Posted on 03 Feb 2025

From left to right: Javier Milei, Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou, Ursula von der Leyen, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and Santiago Peña in Montevideo (Uruguay), following an agreement reached during the 2024 EU-Mercosur negotiations. In the background, the flags of the European Union and Mercosur can be seen. EU-MERCOSUR Agreement

Technology and economics

Twenty-five years later, white smoke for the EU-MERCOSUR Agreement

By Enrique Feás, Carlos Malamud, Federico Steinberg, Ernesto Talvi // Posted on 17 Dec 2024