No might, no right: Europeans must re-discover military power
Unless Europeans acknowledge the importance of military force and the ability to project power on a global scale, any discussions on strategy or foreign policy will be largely futile.
Future of Europe
The Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-20 from a Spanish Perspective: net beneficiary or successful balancing act?
The MFF 2014-20 has finally been agreed upon. Nevertheless, it is ‘perhaps nobody’s perfect budget but there’s a lot in it for everybody’.
Towards an agreement on growth and job creation? The Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-20 on the agenda of the European Council of 7-8 February 2013
This paper analyses the positions of –and main cleavages between– the leading players that led to the failure of the 22-23 November EU summit, highlighting the questions that must be solved to enable an agreement on the MFF 2014-20.
The pain in Spain: political, social and foreign policy implications of the European economic crisis
This paper analyses the effects of the current economic crisis on the domestic, foreign and transatlantic relations in Spain. It also focuses on the economic and political reforms undertaken in response to the crisis, its impact on the country’s foreign policy agenda and advances a series of policy recommendations to help prevent the crisis from undermining the transatlantic relationship.
Opportunities for Spanish Diplomacy in Times of Crisis
Will Europe –and, in particular, Spain– be able to shape this moment to overcome the difficult and complicated crisis in which it is immersed?
Divergence and Convergence: A Preliminary Analysis of the European Council of 22-23 November 2012
Divergence and Convergence: A Preliminary Analysis of the European Council of 22-23 November 2012
Shifting Towards What? Europe and the Rise of Unconventional Energy
Although the emergence of the US as an unconventional energy power is shifting the global energy balance, its geopolitical consequences for the EU should not be exaggerated and should not distract attention from Europe’s already pressing energy policy agenda.
Independence and the European Union
Europe should not seem as a Nirvana for a form of irredentist Euro-tribalism and their frenzy for secession and independence.
Bridging the Gap between Ambitions, Expectations and Capability: External Action in the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework (2014-20)
This Working Paper will analyse the negotiations and the main conflicting issues and present an insight into what might be the likely outcome of the process. It will also consider the suitability of the financial instruments available to bridge the existing gap between the EU’s ambitions, expectations and capabilities in the external sphere.
The Negotiation of the Multiannual Financial Framework: Budgeting Europe 2020 or Business as Usual?
This paper looks at the main causes of dissension and the preferences of the EU’s Member States that must be solved by the Cypriot Presidency in order to reach an agreement on the MFF 2014-2020 by the end of the year.