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A Belgian F-16 pilot, wearing a flight helmet, oxygen mask, and full flight suit, sits inside the bubble canopy of a grey F-16 Fighting Falcon. The cockpit features visible instrument panels and side-stick controls, with warning labels on the fuselage just below the cockpit. The aircraft is parked on the tarmac at Florennes Air Base under a bright, partly cloudy sky during a NATO Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) exercise. Defence

International Security

Europe’s best bet is to increasingly rely on itself for its own security and defence

By Emiliano Alessandri, Domenec Ruiz-Devesa // Posted on 24 Mar 2025

Roundtable discussion at the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Brussels on 18 December 2024, held in a modern conference hall with a multi-coloured geometric ceiling and a circular table. European and Western Balkans leaders are seated with laptops, microphones, and screens, engaging in discussions. A blue backdrop displays the event title, while glass windows and balconies accommodate translators and additional staff. Western Balkans

Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood

Transactional politics in the Western Balkans under Trump’s second term

By Miguel Roán // Posted on 03 Mar 2025

Official farewell ceremony for the T.10 military transport aircraft at Zaragoza Air Base. In the background, prominently displayed, is the grey fuselage of the aircraft, with some yellow details. It has high wings and two large visible propellers, one on each side. At the front, the slanted cockpit windows and the number 07 stand out. In the foreground of the image, blurred, several members of the Air Force are in formation. Most are wearing dark blue uniforms with matching caps. A person in the centre stands out, dressed in a green military uniform. Defence

International Security

All in? The revival of the Spanish and European defence industry

By Félix Arteaga, Daniel Fiott, Luis Simón // Posted on 25 Feb 2025

Detail of the Summit of Presidents of the Member States and Associate States of MERCOSUR in Montevideo (Uruguay), where participants are seated around a large conference table in a formal room, with the flags of MERCOSUR countries in the background, on 6 December 2024. EU-Mercosur

EU-MERCOSUR: a platform for a new era of transatlantic (and intra-regional Latin American) integration?

By Juan Carlos Berganza, Rodolfo G. Campos, Antoni Estevadeordal, Ernesto Talvi, Jacopo Timini // Posted on 14 Jan 2025

Flags of the European Union and the United States lined up on their masts at the entrance to the European Parliament during a meeting of leaders in 2017. Competitiveness

Technology and economics

Competitiveness: the widening gap between the EU and the US

By Judith Arnal, Enrique Feás // Posted on 29 Oct 2024

Pipeline in the Sines region, Portugal. US-EU relations

China, the US and the new world order

The trajectory of US-EU relations in a tumultuous year

By Liana Fix, Molly Carlough // Posted on 22 Jul 2024

Red Russian icebreaker in the icy waters of the North Pole during the day.

Climate and energy

Banning Russian LNG transhipment in European ports: a pragmatic and effective measure

By Ignacio Urbasos Arbeloa // Posted on 14 May 2024

Flag of Ukraine waving on a bridge over the Irpin river, next to Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv

Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood

Ukraine as a mirror: should we pay an insurance premium?

By Mira Milosevich-Juaristi // Posted on 04 Mar 2024

Gaza border with Israel. Distant view of residential houses and buildings in the northern part of the Gaza strip across an Israeli army post

International Security

Gaza and after: a transatlantic security perspective

By Ian Lesser // Posted on 23 Jan 2024

Front and back cover of the policy paper ‘Spearhead?: Spain, Europe and the battle for the global South’, with a red and gradient design, playing with triangles

Influence and image of Spain

Spearhead?: Spain, Europe and the battle for the global South

By Luis Simón // Posted on 28 Dec 2023

The Spanish Presidency of the Council and the future of the European Union 2

Future of Europe

Seminar “The Spanish Presidency of the Council and the future of the European Union”

// Posted on 21 Sep 2023

Spain’s presidency of the Council of the EU. Flags of the European Union and Spain

International Security

Ten principles for Spain’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2023

By Real Instituto Elcano // Posted on 24 Jul 2023