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Spanish Army soldiers running towards a helicopter with its rotor blades spinning, during a field training exercise. Defence

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Policy Paper

The defence dilemma: can Spain ride Europe’s defence revival?

By Félix Arteaga, Daniel Fiott, Luis Simón // Posted on 18 Jun 2025

Improvised camp for displaced people on the coast of the Gaza Strip at sunset, with tents and shelters made of tarpaulins and assorted materials, clustered closely under a cloudy sky. In the background, the sea and the sun are partially hidden behind grey clouds. Gaza

Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood

Event

Roundtable ‘How Europe can re-engage to halt the catastrophe in Gaza?’

// Posted on 17 Jun 2025

A line of tents near the port of Gaza, with several people gathered along the shoreline. In the background, buildings can be seen with smoke rising behind them. In the foreground, a partially submerged structure is visible in the water. Gaza

International Security

Analysis

Four ways in which Europe can re-engage to halt the catastrophe in Gaza

By Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff // Posted on 27 May 2025

Overhead satellite view of Aden (Yemen), showing a top-down perspective of the city’s natural harbour. Houthi

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Experts Comment

The Houthi conundrum

By Andrew Hammond // Posted on 06 May 2025

A Belgian F-16 pilot, wearing a flight helmet, oxygen mask, and full flight suit, sits inside the bubble canopy of a grey F-16 Fighting Falcon. The cockpit features visible instrument panels and side-stick controls, with warning labels on the fuselage just below the cockpit. The aircraft is parked on the tarmac at Florennes Air Base under a bright, partly cloudy sky during a NATO Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) exercise. Defence

International Security

Analysis

Europe’s best bet is to increasingly rely on itself for its own security and defence

By Emiliano Alessandri, Domenec Ruiz-Devesa // Posted on 24 Mar 2025

Official farewell ceremony for the T.10 military transport aircraft at Zaragoza Air Base. In the background, prominently displayed, is the grey fuselage of the aircraft, with some yellow details. It has high wings and two large visible propellers, one on each side. At the front, the slanted cockpit windows and the number 07 stand out. In the foreground of the image, blurred, several members of the Air Force are in formation. Most are wearing dark blue uniforms with matching caps. A person in the centre stands out, dressed in a green military uniform. Defence

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Analysis

All in? The revival of the Spanish and European defence industry

By Félix Arteaga, Daniel Fiott, Luis Simón // Posted on 25 Feb 2025

A view from inside an old yellow bus shows a war-torn cityscape in Borodyanka, Ukraine. Through the rear window, two yellow buses are driving along a muddy road, passing a heavily damaged block of flats. In the background, a monument with a Ukrainian flag on top can be seen. Ukraine

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Event

Roundtable ‘Where is the war in Ukraine heading?’

// Posted on 12 Feb 2025

Fachada de un edificio de hormigón gris con textura vertical y una gran ventana cuadrada abierta que enmarca un edificio de ladrillos al fondo con un balcón cerrado de ventanas blancas. En la parte inferior de la fachada, una reja de lamas verticales de color negro

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Event

Colloquium about the monograph ‘Reaffirmation and abandonment of global Jihad. Personal trajectories of Jihadist prisoners in Spain’ by Álvaro Vicente

// Posted on 07 Feb 2025

Seven flags of the European Union, with blue background and yellow stars, flying in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels (Belgium) during the day. Middle East

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Experts Comment

The Middle East: reclaiming our shared Humanity

By Josep Borrell // Posted on 19 Nov 2024

Daytime view from the cockpit of an aircraft of 4 Spanish Navy ships in a demonstration of the European Union naval force Operation Atalanta, with calm seas and partly cloudy skies

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Analysis

Europe at war and European defence: the same as ever?

By Félix Arteaga // Posted on 23 Oct 2024

Image: A closeup shot of a cracked window during sunset with windows in the background. Elcano Forum on Global Terrorism

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Event

11th Elcano Forum on Global Terrorism “The current threat from Islamist terrorisms to the West”

// Posted on 11 Oct 2024

Muro fronterizo de Gaza. Gaza

Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood

Event

Conversation “A year later: The 7th October attacks and the war on Gaza. Is the end in sight?”

// Posted on 30 Sep 2024