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Global Spectator

David Cameron, Prime Minister of the UK, arrived at the European Council meeting in Brussels on 28 June 2016. Photo: The Prime Minister's Office / Flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Future of Europe Experts Comments

Regrexit, or indefinite postponement?

The Brexit vote has wrought so much devastation on the British political stage that it is not inconceivable that it will never happen.

By Andrés Ortega
05 Jul 2016 //
7 mins Reading time
European Union flag. Photo: Theophilos Papadopoulos / Flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Elcano Blog
Future of Europe Experts Comments

The reversibility of Europe

Since 1972, 58 referendums have been held on the EU and Europe. In the case of Brexit there will also be consequences, and much more profound.

By Andrés Ortega
28 Jun 2016 //
6 mins Reading time
Spanish elections on 26 June: Have Spaniards fallen out of love with Europe? "Anti-EU" flag. Photo: EU Exposed via Flickr. Creative Commons License Attribution 2.0 Generic. Elcano Blog
Global Spectator Experts Comments

Spanish elections on 26 June: Have Spaniards fallen out of love with Europe?

The EU has been, and continues to be, an essential frame of reference for Spain. However, now those with an unfavourable view of Europe are a majority.

By Andrés Ortega
21 Jun 2016 //
5 mins Reading time
Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło in the European Parliament plenary debating the situation in Poland (19/1/2016). Photo: © European Union 2016 – European Parliament. Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivative.
Future of Europe Experts Comments

Everyone’s off to a Warsaw under scrutiny

NATO summit is to be held in Warsaw on 8 and 9 July. The EU has instigated into the Polish government for ‘systematically threatening’ the rule of law.

By Andrés Ortega
14 Jun 2016 //
4 mins Reading time
China's flag at the European Parliament. Photo: © European Union 2014 - European Parliament. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs Creative Commons license. Elcano Blog
Global Spectator Experts Comments

Is China a market economy?

China believes it has the right to Market Economy Status (MES) at the WTO automatically. The EU’s so-called ‘anti-dumping front’ does not see it this way.

By Andrés Ortega
07 Jun 2016 //
5 mins Reading time
Military parade to mark the 71st anniversary of Victory in the 1941–1945 Great Patriotic War. Red Square - Moscow, Russia (9/5/2016). Photo: President of Russia. Creative Commons Licensce Attribution 4.0 International. Elcano Blog
Future of Europe Experts Comments

Careful about making Russia the enemy

Can a country like Russia really be an enemy for the EU, for the European members of NATO and the US? The answer seems negative.

By Andrés Ortega
31 May 2016 //
6 mins Reading time
Billboard with the "eyes of Chávez" on the Caracas-La Guaira highway. Photo: Foto: Julio César Mesa / Flickr. Creative Commons License Attribution-NoDerivs. Elcano Blog
Global Spectator Experts Comments

Is Hugo Chávez still there?

The chaos has reached unimaginable dimensions after Hugo Chávez's “physical departure” and the arrival, orchestrated by the deceased, of Nicolás Maduro.

By Andrés Ortega
24 May 2016 //
5 mins Reading time
Estimated number of ISIS's foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq, by country of origin in 2015. Source: The Soufan Group, 2014 and 2015 via European Parliament Research Service. Elcano Blog
Global Spectator Experts Comments

Why people join ISIS

Why do young European-Arab Muslims, and converts, go to join the Islamic State (ISIS or Daesh) to fight or sacrifice themselves?

By Andrés Ortega
17 May 2016 //
5 mins Reading time
Woman with leadership skills needed for complex global organisation. Main female candidates to the UN Secretary General (from left to right): Natalia Gherman, Irina Bokova, Helen Clark and Vesna Pusić. Photo: UN Photo / Rick Bajornas and Manuel Elias. Elcano Blog.
Global Spectator Experts Comments

Woman with leadership skills needed for complex global organisation

It seems the time may have come for one of the most difficult diplomatic jobs on the planet, that of UN Secretary-General, to go to a woman.

By Andrés Ortega
10 May 2016 //
5 mins Reading time

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