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International Security

Central Bank of Russia. Photo: Фотобанк Moscow-Live (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Technology and economics Experts Comments

The Ukrainian war in the economic arena

War, as well as creating death and devastation, is bad for the economy: it destroys physical and human capital, increases uncertainty, and restrains investment and consumption.

By Miguel Otero Iglesias, Federico Steinberg
08 Mar 2022 //
8 mins Reading time
King's Gate in Kaliningrad formerly Königsberg, Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia). Photo: A.Savin, WikiCommons.
Global Spectator Experts Comments

The greater Europe that might have been and the one that, unfortunately, could be in prospect

If Putin’s Russia gets its way with the invasion of Ukraine, a new cold war is in prospect. Europe could have turned out otherwise a project of everyone.

By Andrés Ortega
08 Mar 2022 //
9 mins Reading time
The UN General Assembly Resolution on Ukraine and the struggle for International Order. United Nations Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Photo: Jonathan Ansel Moy de Vitry.
Globalization, development and governance Experts Comments

The UN General Assembly Resolution on Ukraine and the struggle for International Order

The United Nations and the international community vetoes Russia over attacks on Ukraine.

By Ricardo López-Aranda
07 Mar 2022 //
7 mins Reading time
Latin America in the Ukraine crisis: a pawn in the game for Putin’s resurgent Russia. Russian Embassy in Havana, Cuba.
Latin America Analyses

Latin America in the Ukraine crisis: a pawn in the game for Putin’s resurgent Russia

The Ukraine crisis is beginning to affect Latin America, which for Russia is just another pawn in a larger strategy.

By Carlos Malamud, Mira Milosevich-Juaristi, Rogelio Núñez Castellano
03 Mar 2022 //
28 mins Reading time
Continuity and novelties in Italy’s outlook on NATO’s Strategic Concept. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets with Prime Minister of Italy Mario Draghi as part of a two day-working visit in Rome. Photo: NATO (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).
International Security Analyses

Continuity and novelties in Italy’s outlook on NATO’s Strategic Concept

Italy’s current outlook on NATO features four main elements of continuity and two meaningful novelties which approach to the Madrid Strategic Concept.

By Alessandro Marrone
25 Feb 2022 //
14 mins Reading time
Online conversation “Russia’s Rubicon Crossing: War in Ukraine”
International Security Events

Online conversation “Russia’s Rubicon Crossing: War in Ukraine”

This expert discussion will address the consequences of Russia’s illegal action against Ukraine.

25 Feb 2022 //
2 mins Reading time
Outer space: the new horizon on EU’s strategic autonomy. Picture of the sun in the night sky from space. Photo: Qimono
Technology and economics Experts Comments

Outer space: the new horizon on EU’s strategic autonomy

The EU is deploying strategies on outer space for both markets and security and defence. There are several challenges to be addressed

By Raquel Jorge Ricart
23 Feb 2022 //
6 mins Reading time
Poland and NATO’s next strategy. Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO, meets with Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland. Photo: NATO (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).
International Security Analyses

Poland and NATO’s next strategy: deterring Russia and making European Defence Work (for the Alliance)

Poland argues that the adaptation of NATO to the Russian threat should not be considered a job done.

By Marcin Terlikowski
16 Feb 2022 //
16 mins Reading time
Roundtable “Ukraine and the future of the international order”
International Security Events

Roundtable “Ukraine and the future of the international order”

An independent Ukraine is the pillar of the architecture of the European security order, but also of the future of the international order, which China and Russia intend to redesign.

10 Feb 2022 //
1 min Reading time

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Signing ceremony for the Mercosur-EU agreement in Asunción, Paraguay (17/01/2026). On stage, raising their hands together, from left to right: José Raúl Mulino, President of Panama; Rodrigo Paz, President of Bolivia; Antonio Costa, President of the European Council; Ursula Von der Leyen, President of the European Commission; Santiago Peña, President of Paraguay; Javier Milei, President of Argentina; Yamandú Orsi, President of Uruguay; and Mauro Vieira, Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs. Behind them, a table bearing the words “Presidencia Pro Tempore Paraguay 2026” (Paraguay Pro Tempore Presidency 2026) displays some of the flags of the signatory countries and, further back, a screen bearing the words “Signing ceremony: Association between Mercosur and the European Union”, framed by the flags of Mercosur and the European Union.

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