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International Security

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
Influence and image of Spain Policy Papers

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.

By Félix Arteaga
05 Jun 2019 //
4 mins Reading time
Jihadists who left Spain for Syria as foreign terrorist fighters but have returned. Palmyra, Syria
International Security Experts Comments

Jihadists who left Spain for Syria as foreign terrorist fighters but have returned

One fifth of the 230-235 jihadists who between 2012-2018 travelled from Spain to Syria and Iraq as FTFs have already returned.

By Fernando Reinares
20 May 2019 //
5 mins Reading time
Selection of tweets by diplomats, MFAs and embassies.
International Security Analyses

The ‘dark side’ of digital diplomacy: countering disinformation and propaganda

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.

By Corneliu Bjola
15 Jan 2019 //
16 mins Reading time
Ending Zero-Zero under China’s shadow (Fire missile, Computerspielemuseum - Berlin. Photo: Timo Maier (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). Elcano Blog
Global Spectator Experts Comments

Ending Zero-Zero under China’s shadow

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.

By Andrés Ortega
30 Oct 2018 //
6 mins Reading time

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