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Destabilising the Middle East by absence. Press briefing by National Security Advisor Ambassador John R. Bolton in the White House (27/11/2018). Photo: The White House (Public Domain).
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Experts Comments

Destabilising the Middle East by absence

The announcement by Donald Trump of a unilateral military withdrawal of US forces from the Middle East is another step in the area’s destabilisation.

By Andrés Ortega
08 Jan 2019 //
5 mins Reading time
Politics is incapable of solving Brexit. UK Embassy in Berlin. Photo: perceptions (creative break) (CC BY-ND 2.0). Elcano Blog
Future of Europe Experts Comments

Politics is incapable of solving Brexit

Brexit was an essentially political issue, but British politics is incapable of resolving it. Not just the withdrawal agreement, but what will come next.

By Andrés Ortega
18 Dec 2018 //
5 mins Reading time
MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM teamLab Borderless, Tokyo (Japan). Photo: rabbit_akra (CC BY 2.0). Blog Elcano
Global Spectator Experts Comments

Globalisation 4.0: people-centred

Globalisation and the technological revolution go hand-in-hand, in a way that is now inseparable. But they both need to revolve around human beings.

By Andrés Ortega
11 Dec 2018 //
6 mins Reading time
Manifestante el pasado 24 de noviembre en París. Foto: NightFlightToVenus (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Future of Europe Experts Comments

‘Yellow vests’: the first rebellion against the ecological transition

A few extra cents on fuel cannot explain the anger. Macron recognised the tension between the ‘end of the world’ and the ‘end of the month’.

By Andrés Ortega
04 Dec 2018 //
5 mins Reading time
The young have more sway in the US than in Europe. March for Our Lives rally in Washington D.C (24/3/2018). Photo: Phil Roeder from Des Moines, IA, USA (Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

The young have more sway in the US than in Europe

Age has become a key factor in politics, both in the US and in Europe, but young people hold more sway in the former than in the latter.

By Andrés Ortega
27 Nov 2018 //
4 mins Reading time
Donald Tusk receives the draft Brexit agreement from Michel Barnier (15/11/2018). Photo: ©European Union.
Future of Europe Experts Comments

Brexit’s bad bargain: losing sovereignty

Perhaps the draft Brexit agreement reached by the UK and EU negotiators is the best possible under the circumstances. Nothing is yet assured.

By Andrés Ortega
20 Nov 2018 //
5 mins Reading time
El Altice Arena de Lisboa justo antes del comienzo de la Web Summit el pasado lunes. Foto: Stephen McCarthy/Web Summit via Sportsfile (CC BY 2.0)
Global Spectator Experts Comments

A Contract to remedy the web

Treinta años después, Tim Berners-Lee propuso en la Web Summit en Lisboa un "contrato para la Web" para garantizar que la Red siga siendo libre y abierta.

By Andrés Ortega
13 Nov 2018 //
5 mins Reading time
The radical right lacks an International (Rally against Donald Trump visit in London, 2018. Photo: Alisdare Hickson - CC BY-SA 2.0). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

The radical right lacks an International

The radical right is on the rise in a range of democracies, from Europe to Brazil. It is globalising rather than internationalising.

By Andrés Ortega
06 Nov 2018 //
5 mins Reading time
Ending Zero-Zero under China’s shadow (Fire missile, Computerspielemuseum - Berlin. Photo: Timo Maier (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). Elcano Blog
Global Spectator Experts Comments

Ending Zero-Zero under China’s shadow

China is what really concerns the Trump Administration and it could be the main reason for the announcement to withdraw from the INF or Zero-Zero Treaty.

By Andrés Ortega
30 Oct 2018 //
6 mins Reading time

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