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Themes
International relations
![Space radar image of Rhine River, France and Germany.](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/20240710-hoff-el-socio-mas-cercano-de-alemania-se-aleja-aun-mas-368x240.jpg)
![Prime Minister of the UK answers questions at a session at the House of Commons, May 1, 2024.](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/20240709-chislett-time-for-the-uk-to-adopt-spains-electoral-system-368x240.jpg)
Time for the UK to adopt Spain’s electoral system?
![Map of the world according to the Elcano Global Presence Index 2023](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/20240704-gracia-alvarez-nueva-era-en-la-globalizacion-presencial-global-2023-368x240.jpg)
A new era in globalisation? Analysis of the key results from the 2024 edition of the Elcano Global Presence Index
![: Icebreaker Des Groseilliers in the Arctic Ocean, 1997.](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/20240627-urbasos-las-sanciones-occidentales-sobre-metaneros-rompehielos-detienen-la-expansion-energetica-de-rusia-en-el-artico-368x240.jpg)
Western sanctions on icebreakers stall Russia’s Arctic LNG expansion
![Interior of Terminal 2 at Lech Wałęsa Airport in Gdansk, Poland.](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/20240624-torres-despolitizando-schengen-el-modelo-iberico-y-los-caminos-a-seguir-368x240.jpg)
Depoliticising Schengen: the Iberian model and the ‘roads’ ahead
![Ceremony in Strasbourg’s hemicycle, The European Parliament at 70: “The voice of citizens and democratic values”.](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/20240406-alemanno-citizen-participation-in-the-eu-democratic-life-368x240.jpg)
Citizen participation in the EU’s democratic life
![NATO, EU and Lithuanian flags in Vilnius. Photo: NATO Summit 2023 -European Union.](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240531-simon-nato-eu-relations-in-wartime-368x240.jpg)
Thinking about NATO-EU relations in wartime
![Views of Bethlehem through the fences in the West Bank, Palestine.](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240517-gonzalez-martinez-opinion-publica-espanola-reconocimiento-estado-de-palestina-368x240.jpg)
Spanish public opinion regarding the recognition of the State of Palestine
![A detailed view of the earth from space with night lights.](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20240425-islam-europe-global-south-368x240.jpg)
Europe and the Global South. How to gain influence and credibility in a complex world
![The Guadiana River flows into the Gulf of Cádiz in the Atlantic Ocean and is the border for the southern coastal portions of Portugal (right) and Spain (left).](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20240423-chislett-fiftieth-anniversary-portugal-revolution-368x240.jpg)
Fiftieth anniversary of Portugal’s revolution, not to be confused with Spain’s transition to democracy
![Flags of the European Union (on the left) and Ukraine (on the right)](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20240321-borrell-ukraine-eu-368x240.jpg)
Ukraine has revealed to Europe the harshness of the world
![Detail of the COP28’s Trade House pavilion in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Background: a soft blue curtain with the words “UNITE. ACT. DELIVER”. Foreground: a stage with plants and a big white poster with the printed logos of the UNFCC and the COP28 UAE](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20240320-lazaro-tirado-briones-cop28-368x240.jpg)