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Global Spectator

Protesters outside the Russian Embassy in London last November. Photo: Alisdare Hickson (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Global Spectator Experts Comments

Winners and losers in the fall of Aleppo

Aleppo, despite its role in preserving a regime in power, is a sign that great change is underway.

By Andrés Ortega
20 Dec 2016 //
6 mins Reading time
Delayed reaction to '68. Joan Baez and Bob Dylan during the Civil Rights March in Washington, D.C (1963). Photo: Rowland Scherman (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration) via Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

Delayed reaction to ’68

Something began in 1968 that would later gather steam in the 1970s and subsequently. And this is what a section of western societies are now rejecting.

By Andrés Ortega
13 Dec 2016 //
4 mins Reading time
Future of Europe Experts Comments

Italy and Austria, taking an unorthodox stand against populism

It would be a mistake to say that Italy has voted against Europe, even though the decision may have European consequences.

By Andrés Ortega
07 Dec 2016 //
5 mins Reading time
Trump: bilateralism. President-elect Donald J. Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence at the Phoenix Convention Center (August, 2016). Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0). Elcano Blog
Global Spectator Experts Comments

Trump: bilateralism

Donald Trump may well be the President of a certain US withdrawal and bilateralisation. Bilateralism may become his trademark.

By Andrés Ortega
29 Nov 2016 //
6 mins Reading time
Social media and democracy: Trump harnessed the power of algorithms. Art Series by Oli Goldsmith (@oligoldsmith) / Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

Social media and democracy: Trump harnessed the power of algorithms

The US presidential elections have shown that democracy has changed, and the means of obtaining victory, too.

By Andrés Ortega
22 Nov 2016 //
6 mins Reading time
Painted portrait of Donald Trump in Lyon (France). Photo: Thierry Ehrmann / Flickr (CC BY 2.0). Elcano Blog
Future of Europe Experts Comments

Europe is unprepared for Trump

The election of Donald Trump as US President, hard on the heels of the Brexit referendum, has forced Europe to confront another mirror.

By Andrés Ortega
15 Nov 2016 //
6 mins Reading time
Future of Europe Experts Comments

Is Russia really a threat?

Although Russia knows that it is needed to resolve many global problems, the country has shrunk in comparison with the US and China

By Andrés Ortega
08 Nov 2016 //
5 mins Reading time
New protectionism, less investment? Unloading containers at the Hamburg Port. Photo: Jgmorard / Flickr (CC BY 2.0). Elcano Blog
Global Spectator Experts Comments

New protectionism, less investment?

Recently, both protectionist voices and measures have been on the increase. Even investments are not immune to the new protectionism.

By Andrés Ortega
02 Nov 2016 //
5 mins Reading time
Future of Europe Experts Comments

Farewell Charlemagne: Europe in regions

Some people believe that Europe is undergoing a process of Balkanisation, although the continent’s regionalisation might in fact be something positive.

By Andrés Ortega
25 Oct 2016 //
6 mins Reading time

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