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Global Spectator

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership - TTIP (The Social Science Post). Elcano Blog
Global Spectator Experts Comments

The TTIP slows down

The TTIP was set off with great enthusiasm, but the momentum in now slowing down. Now the hope is to conclude it by early next year

By Andrés Ortega
19 May 2015 //
6 mins Reading time
David Cameron / Photo: Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. Elcano Blog
Future of Europe Experts Comments

A less united and less European UK: ¿Brexit and break it?

Brexit and break-up will be very much at centre-stage in the United Kingdom over the next legislature.

By Andrés Ortega
12 May 2015 //
4 mins Reading time
Google & the EU. Agenda-WEF. Credits: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic. Blog Elcano
Future of Europe Experts Comments

Europe against Google: but there are no European Googles

If there is no Google in Europe it is because the EU and its Member States have failed to back up the idea.

By Andrés Ortega
05 May 2015 //
4 mins Reading time
Latin America. Image: CEAL. Elcano Blog
Global Spectator Experts Comments

Latin America: time well employed, time wasted

Latin America have taken advantage of the economic growth of recent years but this have not been exploited sufficiently to implement reforms and invest for the future.

By Andrés Ortega
28 Apr 2015 //
5 mins Reading time
US President Barack Obama. Photo: Pete Souza. The White House / Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/7239173724/).
Global Spectator Experts Comments

The Obama Doctrine: diplomacy with force in the background

The Obama Doctrine means diplomacy first, but backed up by force, whether economic or military, and with US national (global) interests in mind.

By Andrés Ortega
21 Apr 2015 //
5 mins Reading time
Elections in the UK 2015 / UK Chamber of Shipping. Elcano Blog
Future of Europe Experts Comments

Elections in the UK: Europe is not the issue, but the consequence

The 7 May elections in the UK are not mainly about Europe. The possibility of the UK’s exit, a Brexit, has caused much concern to Europe’s governments.

By Andrés Ortega
14 Apr 2015 //
5 mins Reading time
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action between Iran and the P5+1. US Department of State - Elcano Blog
Global Spectator Experts Comments

Iran’s reconciliation with the world upsets regional balances

Although the US will have to exercise a large degree of brinkmanship between Iran and Saudi Arabia, a realignment is taking place in the region.

By Andrés Ortega
07 Apr 2015 //
5 mins Reading time
China and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Borgen Magazine - Elcano Blog
Global Spectator Experts Comments

Europeans race head over heels to Beijing

Beijing is a magnet for Europeans, who are scrambling over its evident attractions. There is no European strategy towards China.

By Andrés Ortega
06 Apr 2015 //
4 mins Reading time
State of Palestine, by Sarah Glidden. Based on Khaled Jarrar's project / Cartoon Movement. Elcano Blog
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Experts Comments

Farewell Palestine?

Following Benjamin Netanyahu's electoral victory, the idea of Palestine as a state does indeed look unlikely.

By Andrés Ortega
24 Mar 2015 //
6 mins Reading time

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