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.
International Security
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The coming Defence: criteria for the restructuring of Defence in Spain
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.
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