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.
International Security
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.
The EU’s Internal Security Strategy (ARI)
The EU Justice and Home Affairs Council approved its Internal Security Strategy on 25 February 2010.
Russian Security Policy and Cooperation with the West (ARI)
The West must find new ways to cooperate with Russia now that Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev have used its energy revenues to transform the country into a resurgent power and developed an assertive policy towards the West.
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