![The wreckage of a building in Ukraine, following Russian shelling (2022). Europe superpower](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/20240506-broeke-its-time-for-europe-to-think-and-act-as-a-superpower-2-368x240.jpg)
Themes
International conflicts
![The wreckage of a building in Ukraine, following Russian shelling (2022). Europe superpower](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/20240506-broeke-its-time-for-europe-to-think-and-act-as-a-superpower-2-368x240.jpg)
![NATO, EU and Lithuanian flags in Vilnius. Photo: NATO Summit 2023 -European Union.](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240531-simon-nato-eu-relations-in-wartime-368x240.jpg)
Thinking about NATO-EU relations in wartime
![Views of Bethlehem through the fences in the West Bank, Palestine.](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240517-gonzalez-martinez-opinion-publica-espanola-reconocimiento-estado-de-palestina-368x240.jpg)
Spanish public opinion regarding the recognition of the State of Palestine
![Person holding the flag of Palestine in the street. Background: Building facade in daylight.](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20240409-liel-spanish-recognition-of-palestine-368x240.jpg)
Spain’s recognition of the State of Palestine can make the difference
![Flags of the European Union (on the left) and Ukraine (on the right)](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20240321-borrell-ukraine-eu-368x240.jpg)
Ukraine has revealed to Europe the harshness of the world
![Russian gas production and processing plant near the town of Nov Urengoi. In the foreground a pipeline distribution complex. On the left, a transmission and telecommunications tower, and on the right, three smoke outlet towers](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20240308-policy-paper-futuro-gas-ruso-planta-novi-urengoi-368x240.jpg)
The future of Russian gas in the EU
![Headquarters of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. In the left foreground, a blue sign with the ICC logo. In the background, a bicycle parking area and the visitors’ entrance to the building](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20240307-torres-international-criminal-court-368x240.jpg)
The budgetary instrumentalisation of international criminal justice
![Flag of Ukraine waving on a bridge over the Irpin river, next to Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/20240220-ari22-milosevich-ucrania-368x240.jpg)
Ukraine as a mirror: should we pay an insurance premium?
![Destruction of al-Wahda Street after the Israel Defense Forces airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in May 2021. The al-Wehda Street is located in the densely populated neighbourhood of al-Rimal in Gaza City. R2P](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20240301-alexander-r2p-gaza-368x240.jpg)
The limits of international law: the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), Israel and the International Court of Justice
![Image of the Peace Palace at night in The Hague (Netherlands), seat of the International Court of Justice. The ICJ is the principal judicial body of the United Nations](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/20240201-ari13-remiro-corte-internacional-de-justicia-2-368x240.jpg)
Prospects and implications of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling in the case of South Africa against Israel
![An interior shot of the Peace Palace, the seat of the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial body of the United Nation. Israeli-Palestinian conflict](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/20240130-amirah-cij-israel-palestina-368x240.jpg)
A turning point for Israel and Palestine
![Gaza border with Israel. Distant view of residential houses in the northern part of the Gaza strip across an Israeli army post](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/20240123-ari8-lesser-gaza-368x240.jpg)