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Overhead satellite view of Aden (Yemen), showing a top-down perspective of the city’s natural harbour. Houthi

International Security

The Houthi conundrum

By Andrew Hammond // Posted on 06 May 2025

Flags of the European Union and the United States lined up on their masts at the entrance to the European Parliament during a meeting of leaders in 2017. Competitiveness

China, the US and the new world order

Trump 2.0: transatlantic security, the European response, and the implications for Spain and Portugal

By Federico Steinberg, Bruno Cardoso Reis // Posted on 30 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

It is expected that the PKK’s farewell to arms and final disbandment will be achieved quite soon, which means that for the first time a Kurdish insurgency in the century-old life of the Turkish republic will be ended not through military means but by the voluntary decision of those who started it. Kurdish

Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood

Ending a 40-year Kurdish insurgency: a historical turning point for Turkey and Syria

By Cengiz Çandar // Posted on 01 Apr 2025

A Belgian F-16 pilot, wearing a flight helmet, oxygen mask, and full flight suit, sits inside the bubble canopy of a grey F-16 Fighting Falcon. The cockpit features visible instrument panels and side-stick controls, with warning labels on the fuselage just below the cockpit. The aircraft is parked on the tarmac at Florennes Air Base under a bright, partly cloudy sky during a NATO Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) exercise. Defence

International Security

Europe’s best bet is to increasingly rely on itself for its own security and defence

By Emiliano Alessandri, Domenec Ruiz-Devesa // Posted on 24 Mar 2025

Official farewell ceremony for the T.10 military transport aircraft at Zaragoza Air Base. In the background, prominently displayed, is the grey fuselage of the aircraft, with some yellow details. It has high wings and two large visible propellers, one on each side. At the front, the slanted cockpit windows and the number 07 stand out. In the foreground of the image, blurred, several members of the Air Force are in formation. Most are wearing dark blue uniforms with matching caps. A person in the centre stands out, dressed in a green military uniform. Defence

International Security

All in? The revival of the Spanish and European defence industry

By Félix Arteaga, Daniel Fiott, Luis Simón // Posted on 25 Feb 2025

Press conference following the meeting of the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament (EP) with the upcoming Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU. In the foreground, blurred, are television cameras and a journalist. Seated behind wooden tables (with a projection on a screen displaying the EU and Polish flags) are Roberta Metsola, President of the EP (on the left), and Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland (on the right), along with members of the Polish government. EU Council

Future of Europe

What to expect from Poland’s EU Council presidency in 2025

By Piotr Maciej Kaczyński // Posted on 27 Jan 2025

Three European Union (EU) flags fly in the wind at full mast outside the windows of the Berlaymont building, the headquarters of the European Commission (the EU executive) in Brussels, Belgium

Technology and economics

Dissecting the Draghi Report

By Miguel Otero Iglesias, Paula Oliver Llorente, (coords.), Judith Arnal, Félix Arteaga, Gonzalo Escribano, Enrique Feás, Raquel Jorge Ricart, Ignacio Molina, Federico Steinberg, Ignacio Urbasos Arbeloa // Posted on 30 Dec 2024

Daytime view from the cockpit of an aircraft of 4 Spanish Navy ships in a demonstration of the European Union naval force Operation Atalanta, with calm seas and partly cloudy skies

International Security

Europe at war and European defence: the same as ever?

By Félix Arteaga // Posted on 23 Oct 2024

Pilatus E-27 aircraft flying over the Mediterranean coast. Spain defence

International Security

A partner of choice? Spain’s performance in the European Defence Fund in 2023

By Daniel Fiott // Posted on 07 Aug 2024

Array of aircraft carriers and aircraft in the ocean. Multilateral export controls

International Security

Multilateral export controls: improving coordination among like-minded industrial suppliers and enhancing global legitimacy

By Gonzalo de Salazar // Posted on 01 Aug 2024

The wreckage of a building in Ukraine, following Russian shelling (2022). Europe superpower

Future of Europe

It’s time for Europe to think and act as a superpower

By Han ten Broeke // Posted on 05 Jun 2024