Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) special dossier
The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has the potential for extraordinary consequences. We assess its impact at distinct levels and areas, and the global challenges of managing this crisis.
Russia in Latin America: repercussions for Spain
Mira Milosevich-Juaristi. WP 13/2020 (English version) - 10/7/2020.
Russia’s future role in Latin America and how its actions will benefit or harm Spain remain unclear.
A plea for the German Presidency: invest boldly and smartly in the future of Europe
Nicoletta Pirozzi, Funda Tekin & Ilke Toygür. Expert Comment 26/2020 - 30/6/2020.
Expectations for leadership are high, as are hopes that the German Presidency of the Council of the EU will give substance to the claim ‘Together for Europe’s recovery’.
Living with COVID-19: The thinking behind Spain’s lockdown exit plan
Miguel Otero-Iglesias. Expert Comment 21/2020 - 2/6/2020.
Spain’s lockdown exit plan is based on four pillars: (1) proper data and healthcare capacities; (2) geographical asymmetry; (3) a two-way street with different speeds; and (4) subsidiarity and co-responsibility.
Expectations, competences and power: understanding the dynamics of EU institutions in tackling the COVID-19 crisis and setting the tone for the Conference on the Future of Europe
Ilke Toygür. Expert Comment 20/2020 - 2/6/2020.
It is vital to understand all its power dynamics before judging the EU’s performance while dealing with these multidimensional crises (such as the COVID-19 crisis), or any others to come.
EU-Japan cooperation on defence capabilities: possibilities?
Michito Tsuruoka & Daniel Fiott. ARI 76/2020 - 22/5/2020.
Europe and Japan have an interest in developing defence capabilities and research but there are challenges and cooperation is conditioned by a shifting geopolitical landscape.
Life beyond multilateralism? COVID-19, European strategic autonomy and Spanish foreign policy
Félix Arteaga & Luis Simón. ARI 74/2020 (English version) - 20/5/2020.
EU and Spanish foreign policy were undergoing a transition from multilateralism to strategic autonomy to adapt to an increasingly competitive geopolitical environment. However, COVID-19 raises questions about whether international politics will be characterised by a renewal of multilateralism or an aggravation of great power competition.
Rules-based connectivity, maritime security and EU-Japan cooperation in the Indian Ocean
Luis Simón & Tomohiko Satake. ARI 70/2020 - 14/5/2020.
This paper puts forward a number of specific proposals to further EU-Japan maritime security cooperation in the Indian Ocean region.
The influence –and weakness– of Spain’s European policy in the face of the pandemic: from a diagnostic to proposals and recommendations
Ignacio Molina & Federico Steinberg. ARI 68/2020 (English version) - 12/5/2020.
This paper analyses the position of Spain in the EU’s management of the present health and economic crisis.
Spain-China relations and COVID-19: the bright and dark sides of a necessary partnership for Spain
Mario Esteban & Ugo Armanini. ARI 62/2020 (English version) - 6/5/2020.
The COVID-19 crisis may be a turning point for China’s foreign relations. This paper analyses its impact on Spanish-Chinese relations, an issue of particular importance from a European perspective.
Regional or global player? The EU’s international profile
Iliana Olivié & Manuel Gracia. Elcano Policy Paper 2/2020 - 5/5/2020.
By means of the Elcano Global Presence Index, this policy paper aims to depict the EU’s international profile while tracking to what extent its features and the objectives of the EU’s global strategy are aligned with the volume, nature and geographical allocation of the Union’s external projection.
The end of globalisation? A reflection on the effects of the COVID-19 crisis using the Elcano Global Presence Index
Iliana Olivié & Manuel Gracia. ARI 60/2020 (English version) - 4/5/2020.
The health, economic, social and political crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic will also reconfigure international relations and globalisation.
Is Spain doing well or badly in its response to COVID-19?
Carmen González Enríquez. Expert Comment 16/2020 (English version) - 4/5/2020.
According to the GRID Index, which seeks to compare the quality of countries’ responses to COVID-19, Spain is ranked last. Is there any basis to this comparison in which Spain emerges so badly?
European defence should not be the casualty of ‘the Great Lockdown’
Elcano Royal Institute. 30/4/2020.
Europe is currently facing an unprecedented sanitary crisis, which will have gigantic economic consequences and could turn into a severe depression. A group of experts argue that defence should be included in the critical sectors as the EU renegotiates its next long-term budget that will seek to boost recovery.
Thirty years of EU-Mediterranean Policies (1989-2019): an assessment
Bichara Khader & Haizam Amirah-Fernández. WP 8/2020 (English version) - 27/4/2020.
This working paper seeks to present a critical overview of the EU’s latest major Mediterranean policies, analysing the context, the text and the pretext of each of these policies.
Oil markets, energy transition, climate governance and COVID-19: the short, the medium and the long term
Gonzalo Escribano & Lara Lázaro-Touza. WP 6/2020 - 22/4/2020.
While the priority of governments and citizens is undoubtedly the fight against coronavirus, the radical change in the short-term context should not distract energy and climate policy from the challenges it faces over the medium and long terms.
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