Alerts, alarms and threats: how much should the people of Europe be told? (ARI)
A public awareness campaign about what al-Qaeda and its affiliated groups keep trying to do in Western Europe should neither raise alarm nor minimise the problem.
International Security
Economic Intelligence: An Operational Concept for a Globalised World (ARI)
Economic security policies consist in the prevention and avoidance of all situations that can disrupt the life of firms or States. In France, economic security is seen through the prism of ‘economic intelligence’, which aims to encompass all aspects of globalised risks and opportunities.
How the Terrorist Attacks of 2001 Have Signalled a Fundamental Change in the Nature of Conflict (ARI)
There are still fundamental questions to be answered on the nature of conflict post-9/11 and our existing understanding of war must be reassessed.
NATO’s Evolving Role in an Age of Globalization
A speech by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in a conference organised by the Elcano Royal Institute in Madrid on 10 September 2010.
Cyber Security in Spain: A Proposal for its Management (ARI)
Social, economic and cultural relations are increasingly dependent on information and communication technologies and infrastructures (cyberspace), making it necessary to devise a national security system (cyber security) that can manage the risks that threaten their adequate operation.
Prospects for North Korea-South Korea Relations after the Cheonan Incident (ARI)
This ARI explores the situation in the Korean peninsula after the sinking of the Cheonan on 26 March 2010 and stresses the need for a new South Korean policy towards the North.
Africa, AFRICOM and the Path to Stability
Lecture by Ambassador Vicki Huddleston, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, at the Círculo de Bellas Artes (Madrid) on 17 June 2010.
Jihadism in Portugal: Grasping a Nebulous Reality (ARI)
Although for the most part inconclusive, signs of possible Jihadist activity in Portugal suggest certain similarities with the risks present throughout Europe.
Back to Earth: Nuclear Weapons in the 2010s (ARI)
Throughout 2009 it seemed that both nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament were going to make real, fast and lasting progress. Unfortunately, reality bit back and 2010 has shown scant progress in disarmament and not much success in non-proliferation.
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