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International Security

An OC-135B aircraft in Ulan-Ude (Russia) used on inspection flights by the U.S. Air Force in accordance with the Open Skies treaty (military cooperation). Photo: DTRA photo (Wikimedia Commons / Public domain). Elcano Blog
International Security Experts Comments

Aerial international military cooperation: trust and transparency?

Which is the future of the aerial international military cooperation regime whose cornerstone was the enhancement of transparency and mutual trust?

By Raquel Jorge Ricart
16 Dec 2019 //
5 mins Reading time
First North Atlantic Council meeting at the New NATO Headquarters (May 2018). Photo: NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). Elcano Blog
Global Spectator Experts Comments

NATO, lacking political guidance and with no arbitrary 2%

When Emmanuel Macron claimed that NATO was ‘brain dead’, he was making the same observation as the child in the story: the Emperor has no clothes.

By Andrés Ortega
26 Nov 2019 //
6 mins Reading time
Data Protection and Privacy. Photo: Dominic Smith (CC BY 2.0)
Future of Europe Analyses

Cyber Security: How GDPR is already impacting the public-private relationship

For anybody wanting to participate in a public-private relationship within the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the calculus must be weight of the well-known “carrot” gained from collaborative exchange with the new regulatory “stick” being wielded in Europe.

By Danny Steed
14 Oct 2019 //
17 mins Reading time
A wafer full of quantum processors. Photo: Steve Jurvetson (CC BY 2.0)
International Security Analyses

Diplomacy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

The key question on the mind of policymakers now is whether Artificial Intelligence would be able to deliver on its promises instead of entering another season of scepticism and stagnation.

By Corneliu Bjola
11 Oct 2019 //
18 mins Reading time
Selection of tweets by diplomats, MFAs and embassies.
International Security Analyses

In virality we trust! The quest for authenticity in digital diplomacy

Virality in digital diplomacy is the new black. For Ministers of Foreign Affairs and diplomats, being on social media is no longer only about presence and networking, but about standing out through the virality of their messages.

By Corneliu Bjola
09 Jul 2019 //
20 mins Reading time
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Rome 2018 Mediterranean Dialogues Conference. Photo: NATO (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Future of Europe Analyses

Emerging security challenges in NATO’s southern neighbourhood

NATO has always had a southern exposure. Today’s strategic environment provides a new context for this traditional question, but also raises fundamental questions of geography, alliance politics and a shared approach to risks.

By Ian Lesser
03 Jul 2019 //
13 mins Reading time
Made-to-measure Qur’anic quotations: the incomplete verses of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
International Security Analyses

Made-to-measure Qur’anic quotations: the incomplete verses of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

More than half the Qur’anic quotations used by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in its propaganda are faithful reproductions of the text but incomplete or truncated.

By Sergio Altuna Galán
20 Jun 2019 //
22 mins Reading time
United Nations Security Council. Photo: UN/Mark Garten (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
International Security Analyses

What next in export controls? Updating criteria and methodologies in non-proliferation and arms control

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.

By Gonzalo de Salazar
17 Jun 2019 //
16 mins Reading time
Future of Europe Policy Papers

Natural partners? Europe, Japan and security in the Indo-Pacific

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.

By Luis Simón
05 Jun 2019 //
18 mins Reading time

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