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Countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Elcano Blog
International Security Experts Comments

The ‘cyber’ priorities among the MENA States

The MENA countries focus seems favour those threats to the model of political stability and social peace defined by the regimes.

27 Feb 2020 //
6 mins Reading time
Press conference by EC Presidente Ursula von der Leyen and HRVP Josep Borrell Fontelles, following the special College meeting (8/1/2020). Photo: Jennifer Jacquemart / ©European Union, 2020. EC – Audiovisual Service
International Security Analyses

A geopolitical Commission? Beware the industrial-strategic gap in EU defence policy

To what extent will the European Commission’s efforts to promote a rationalisation of the European defence industry be based on a common political and strategic vision about the future of European defence?

By Luis Simón
10 Jan 2020 //
10 mins Reading time
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

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