Spain ups its global presence
Spain was ranked 11th out of 110 countries in the 2017 Elcano Global Presence Index, which measures the results of internationalisation, up from 12th in 2016.
Influence and image of Spain
Basque terrorist group ETA disbands after 60 years
It has been a long time coming, but finally the Basque separatist group ETA has dissolved itself, ending one of the longest terrorism campaigns in modern Europe with the loss of 854 lives, thousands injured and 79 kidnappings. The move, however, is far from healing the deep wounds among the victims’ families.
Gibraltar, a possible solution: diffused sovereignty and shared functions
Brexit opens a small window of opportunity to attempt to resolve the status of Gibraltar.
The international aid of subnational governments: the case of Spain
Spanish Autonomous Communities (regions) and municipalities gave some US$220 million in development assistance in 2015. This accounts for a third of total Spanish bilateral ODA, making Spain the world’s most decentralised donor.
Spain’s protests over pensions: no room for populist measures
Old age pensioners (OAPs) have been protesting across Spain at their ‘miserable’ pensions which since 2014 have stopped being automatically indexed to inflation and have risen by only 0.25% a year under reforms aimed at making the creaking system sustainable.
Spain’s main listed companies notch up record revenues abroad
The companies that comprise the Ibex 35, the benchmark index of the Madrid Stock Exchange, generated a record 67.7% of their revenues abroad in 2017.
Towers and walls against multiculturalism: Hispanics and Spanish in the Trump Presidency
The election of Donald Trump has generated new tensions around the public use of Spanish in the US and, above all, over multiculturalism.
Maximising the outcomes of Spain’s political engagement with the UN
With its current seat on the Human Rights Council (2018-20), Spain should strive to continue and revitalise its foreign policy in respect to reinforcing both the UN and multilateralism.
Spain’s continuing export boom
Spain’s exporting prowess continued in 2017 when sales of goods abroad increased and notched up a new record of €277.1 billion.
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