The impact of cumulative innovation in technologies requires policymakers and experts to update the current methodology, concepts and tools for non-proliferation, exports control, restrictive measures, arms control and disarmament mechanisms.
There is momentum for increased security cooperation between Europe and Japan. Europeans and Japanese are ‘natural partners’ who consider a liberal and rules-based international order to be a core interest.
Spain’s Defence cannot avoid the structural trends and changes in the geopolitical context. The Elcano Royal Institute believes that Spain should reconsider the structural elements of its current Defence model and proposes the following criteria for Defence restructuring in Spain.
One fifth of the 230-235 jihadists who between 2012-2018 travelled from Spain to Syria and Iraq as FTFs have already returned.
For diplomatic institutions, protecting themselves against disinformation and propaganda by governments and non-state actors remains a problem. This paper outlines five tactics that, if applied with a strategic compass in mind, could be helpful for MFAs and embassies.
China is what really concerns the Trump Administration and it could be the main reason for the announcement to withdraw from the INF or Zero-Zero Treaty.
Cyberspace is a new domain for coercive operations in support of foreign policy and security with advantages for offensive actions and hindrances to its success.
Globalisation and its control do not (yet) operate on a cosmic scale, but they do extend as far as outer space.
Technology and covert operations have been the driving forces in the Community’s evolution, which has been tremendously divided since its inception and has moved progressively towards its own centralisation with the aim of improving coordination and efficacy.
Despite the fact that it is changing profoundly and has lost cohesion and centrality, the news about NATO's death has been greatly exaggerated.
A large majority of Jihadists in Spain are either Moroccans or descendants of Moroccans. But it is more likely for someone of Moroccan origin to become involved in terrorist activities if living in Spain than if living in Morocco.
Flows of illicit drugs transiting the Atlantic into Spain from the Americas are of growing concern to Spain and the US with law enforcement, judicial, military and intelligence agencies intensifying cooperation in an effort to disrupt the global distribution of illicit drugs.