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Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood

Flag of Lithuania at the embassy in Washington D.C (US)
International Security Experts Comments

Lithuania hopes NATO’s Strategic Concept leads to more heavy metal and boots on the ground

Lithuania hopes the new NATO Strategic Concept should reflect the Russian threat to the Alliance’s eastern flank.

By Linas Kojala, Justinas Kulys
07 Jun 2022 //
12 mins Reading time
Satellite caption of the Mediterranean Sea (Southern Europe). Source: Screenshot from NASA World Wind (retouched). Photo: Eric Gaba (Sting) (Public domain / via Wikimedia Commons).
Future of Europe Analyses

What role should Southern Europe play after the pandemic and the war in Ukraine? Towards a shared agenda for EU reform

The post-pandemic recovery or the war in Ukraine show that, when cooperation in Southern Europe occurs, positive results can be achieved.

By Real Instituto Elcano
20 Apr 2022 //
32 mins Reading time
Lock on the Russian flag
Technology and economics Analyses

Can the Russian economy withstand the sanctions?

Sanctions on Russia may lead to a fall in GDP, but will they be enough to mobilise the population against Putin?

By Miguel Otero Iglesias
07 Apr 2022 //
20 mins Reading time
Portada África mercado en auge
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Events

Presentation Elcano Policy Paper “África: mercado en auge y dinámicas de desarrollo. Las empresas canarias como caso de estudio”

Report that makes an initial diagnosis of the profile and presence of Canary Islands companies on the African continent.

30 Mar 2022 //
1 min Reading time
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Events

VII Congress Córdoba ciudad de encuentro y diálogo “The Mediterranean to come: Geopolitics, transitions and conflicts”

30 Mar 2022 //
1 min Reading time
First Elcano Royal Institute - Chatham House Seminar. (15/03/2022). Panellists and participants. Photo: ©Elcano Royal Institute
Future of Europe Events

First Elcano Royal Institute – Chatham House Seminar

First Elcano Royal Institute - Chatham House seminar on British-Spanish bilateral cooperation in international affairs.

15 Mar 2022 //
2 mins Reading time
Los efectos de la invasión de Ucrania sobre la economía española.
Technology and economics Experts Comments

The effects of the invasion of Ukraine on the Spanish economy

Spain will be affected by two types of effects: energy, industrial products and raw materials, and financial effects.

By Enrique Feás
11 Mar 2022 //
7 mins Reading time
Anti-nuclear shelter sign. Photo: Burgess Milner
International Security Experts Comments

The overlooked terrorist component of the hybrid threat posed by Putin’s Russia

The invasion of Ukraine has made clear Vladimir Putin's ultimate aims and the means he is willing to use to achieve them.

By Fernando Reinares
10 Mar 2022 //
7 mins Reading time
Central Bank of Russia. Photo: Фотобанк Moscow-Live (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Technology and economics Experts Comments

The Ukrainian war in the economic arena

War, as well as creating death and devastation, is bad for the economy: it destroys physical and human capital, increases uncertainty, and restrains investment and consumption.

By Miguel Otero Iglesias, Federico Steinberg
08 Mar 2022 //
8 mins Reading time
Bandera de la UE en el libro de record Guinness (2009). Foto: ©European Parliament / Pietro Naj-Oleari (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).
Future of Europe Events

Conference ‘The European Union and its neighbours’

This conference will analyse the relationship between the European Union and its neighbours, especially in the wake of the Ukraine's invasion.

08 Mar 2022 //
1 min Reading time
Latin America in the Ukraine crisis: a pawn in the game for Putin’s resurgent Russia. Russian Embassy in Havana, Cuba.
Latin America Analyses

Latin America in the Ukraine crisis: a pawn in the game for Putin’s resurgent Russia

The Ukraine crisis is beginning to affect Latin America, which for Russia is just another pawn in a larger strategy.

By Carlos Malamud, Mira Milosevich-Juaristi, Rogelio Núñez Castellano
03 Mar 2022 //
28 mins Reading time
The failed Chinese mediation in the Afghan conflict.Pakistan-China border. Photo: Banalities (CC BY 2.0)
China, the US and the new world order Experts Comments

The failed Chinese mediation in the Afghan conflict

By Ahmad Bilal Khalil
24 Feb 2022 //
7 mins Reading time

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