International Security

Meeting of Defence Ministers at NATO Headquarters in Brussels Ben Wallace (UK Secreatary of State of Defence) and Jens Stoltenberg (Secretary General of NATO). Photo: NATO
International Security Events

Roundtable “The European Union’s next enlargement: prospects and pitfalls”

Participants: Miguel Ángel Aguilar, President, Fundación Carlos de Amberes; Charles Powell, Director, Elcano Royal Institute; Robert Krmelj, Ambassador of Slovenia to Spain; Maciej Popowski, Acting Director-General at the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, European CommissionJuan González-Barba, State Secretary for the European Union, Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, EU and Cooperation of Spain; Gašper Dovžan, State Secretary, Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia; Nikola Dimitrov, Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia; Jadranka Joksimović, Minister of European Integration of the Republic of Serbia; Megi Fino, Deputy Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs at Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania; Ljubomir Mišurović, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro; Florian Bieber, Coordinator, Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group; Ivan Vejvoda, Acting Rector, Institute for Human Sciences; Vesko Garcevic, Professor, Boston University; ex ambassador of Montenegro to NATO; Peter Grk, Secretary General of Bled Strategic Forum and Ruth Ferrero, professor, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.Moderators : Charles Powell, Director, Elcano Royal Institute and María Solanas, Director of Programmes, Elcano Royal Institute.Friday, 19th November 2021, from 09:30 to 11:45 h. CET (UTC+1). Fundación Carlos de Amberes, c/ Claudio Coello, 99, Madrid, Spain.

19 Nov 2021 //
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Josep Borrell Fontelles, Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación. Foto: Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
International Security Analyses

The limits of like-mindedness in cyberspace

In reaction to the Ghostwriter campaign, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, published a Declaration on 24 September 2021 on the ‘respect for the EU’s democratic processes’. Surprisingly, the Declaration inherently failed to rally widespread public support among Western democracies in Europe and beyond.

By Stefan Soesanto
19 Nov 2021 //
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Roundtable ‘Scanning NATO’s future to 2030. Implications for the South’
International Security Events

Roundtable ‘Scanning NATO’s future to 2030. Implications for the South’

Participants: Luis Simón, Director, Brussels Office, Elcano Royal Institute; David van Weel, NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges; and Cristina Gallach, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and for Ibero-America and the Caribbean, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Spain.Moderator: Charles Powell, Director, Elcano Royal Institute.

03 Nov 2021 //
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Roundtable “The Madrid Summit and the future of NATO”
International Security Events

Roundtable “The Madrid Summit and the future of NATO”

Participants: José Juan Ruiz, Chairman, Elcano Royal Institute; Baiba Braže, Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, NATO; Claudia Major, Head of International Security, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP); Luis Simón, Director of the Brussels Office and Senior Analyst, Elcano Royal Institute and Federico Torres, Director-General for Foreign and Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain.Moderator: Charles Powell, Director, Elcano Royal Institute.

27 Oct 2021 //
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