![Roundtable of the EU - Japan Summit held in Brussels (Belgium) on 13 July 2023. At the table: Ursula von der Leyen (President of the European Commission), Charles Michel (President of the European Council) and Fumio Kishida (Prime Minister of Japan). Japan is the EU’s closest strategic partner in the Indo-Pacific region](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231226-ari130-eu-japan-indo-pacific-760x406.jpg)
International Security
![Roundtable of the EU - Japan Summit held in Brussels (Belgium) on 13 July 2023. At the table: Ursula von der Leyen (President of the European Commission), Charles Michel (President of the European Council) and Fumio Kishida (Prime Minister of Japan). Japan is the EU’s closest strategic partner in the Indo-Pacific region](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231226-ari130-eu-japan-indo-pacific-760x406.jpg)
![NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (on the left) and the Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida (on the right) during the joint press statements. NATO Secretary General visited Japan in February 2023. Japan-NATO cooperation](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231222-ari129-tanaka-japan-nato-cooperation-760x406.jpg)
Benefits and challenges of Japan-NATO cooperation: grand strategic, strategic, and practical level of analysis
![A wall at Netiv HaAsara facing the Gaza border reads the words “Path to Peace” in Hebrew, Arabic, and English. Netiv HaAsara is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the north-west Negev, it nearly borders the Gaza Strip](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231211-tribuna-amirah-palestina-israel-paz-760x406.jpg)
Experts Comment
Recognising Palestine, a prerequisite for hope and peace
![Bilateral meeting with Park Jin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea and Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO, 29 - 30 January 2023.](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/armaniniestebansimon112823arieng-nato-rok-defence-cooperation-bridging-europe-and-the-indo-pacific3-760x406.jpg)
NATO-ROK defence cooperation: bridging Europe and the Indo-Pacific
![View of the Al Aqsa Mosque, one of the Muslim temples in Jerusalem and a flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231114-sicilialozanoarieng-guard-down-deconstructing-the-7-october-policy-defence-and-intelligence-failure-760x406.jpg)
Guard down: deconstructing the 7 October policy, defence and intelligence failure
![Column destroyed in the old city of Sinjar in northern Iraq during the war against Islamic State in 2019. Global terrorism](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231106-10-foro-elcano-terrorismo-global-760x406.jpg)
Event
10th Elcano Forum on Global Terrorism “Global terrorism’s new phase. Threat trends”
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Event
Debate “Palestine-Israel: Keys and consequences of the recurrent conflict in Gaza”
![qué esperar de la última guerra entre Israel y Hamas 2](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/que-esperar-de-la-ultima-guerra-entre-israel-y-hamas-2-760x406.jpg)
Debate “Context, development and consequences of the war between Israel and Hamas”.
![20231004 ARI89 Pacheco South korea Nato cybersecurity cooperation](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/20231004-ari89-pacheco-south-korea-nato-cybersecurity-cooperation-760x406.jpg)
Analysis
South Korea-NATO cybersecurity cooperation: learning to work together in the face of common threats
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Event
Seminar “Implementing the Strategic Compass. Challenges and opportunities”
![](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/natos-renewed-reach-to-asia-pacific-760x406.jpg)
Event
Roundtable “NATO’s renewed reach to Asia-Pacific: New venues for security cooperation between Japan and Europe?”
![Spain’s presidency of the Council of the EU. Flags of the European Union and Spain](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/decalogo-presidencia-europea-3-760x406.jpg)
Analysis