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A row of European Union flags (blue with yellow stars) and Chinese flags (red with yellow stars) waving side by side during the 2020 EU–China summit. China

China, the US and the new world order

China and Southern Europe: neither a strategic shift nor a Spanish exception

By Mario Esteban // Posted on 07 May 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

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

Aerial view of Etihad Towers and Emirates Palace Hotel in west Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, one of the most influential countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council

Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood

Economic and financial relations between Spain and the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf: an initial assessment

By Haizam Amirah-Fernández, Judith Arnal // Posted on 30 Apr 2024

Front and back cover of the policy paper ‘Spearhead?: Spain, Europe and the battle for the global South’, with a red and gradient design, playing with triangles

Influence and image of Spain

Spearhead?: Spain, Europe and the battle for the global South

By Luis Simón // Posted on 28 Dec 2023

Detail of the Spanish and European Union flags during the inauguration of the decoration of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU on 4 July 2023 in Brussels. European Policy

Future of Europe

Spain’s European policy: development and priorities

By Raquel García, Ignacio Molina, (coords.) // Posted on 30 Oct 2023

On the left side, the Almudena Cathedral in Madrid, Spain. On the right, the Imperial City of Beijing in China. Spain’s informal China policy

China, the US and the new world order

Spain’s informal China policy: a coherent and Europeanist approach

By Mario Esteban, Ugo Armanini // Posted on 23 Oct 2023

Future of Europe

Presentation and roundtable Elcano Policy Paper “Spain’s European policy: elaboration and priorities”

// Posted on 19 Oct 2023

Assault guards loyal to the Republic during the Siege of the Alcázar of Toledo.

Influence and image of Spain

The long and winding path to Spain’s modernisation

By William Chislett // Posted on 25 Apr 2023

Crowds of people at the Chinese New Year parade in the streets of the Usera neighbourhood, Madrid (Spain). At the front, women dressed in traditional red costumes and umbrellas to welcome the year of the pig

China, the US and the new world order

A look at the future of relations between Spain and China

By Mario Esteban // Posted on 04 Apr 2023

First Elcano Royal Institute - Chatham House Seminar. (15/03/2022). Panellists and participants. Photo: ©Elcano Royal Institute

Future of Europe

First Elcano Royal Institute – Chatham House Seminar

// Posted on 15 Mar 2022

Future of Europe

Conversation with Wolfgang Dold, Ambassador of Germany to Spain “The first 100 days of the new German Government: global challenges and opportunities in the relationship with Spain”

// Posted on 21 Feb 2022