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Session at the European Parliament, with the European Union logo in the background and blurred human figures in motion. Deepening for widening

Future of Europe

Deepening for widening: A Spanish perspective on the reforms needed to ensure and improve the governance of an enlarged EU

By Ignacio Molina, (coords.) // 31 Oct 2024

11 mins

Seven flags of the European Union, with blue background and yellow stars, flying in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels (Belgium) during the day. Middle East

International Security

The Middle East: reclaiming our shared Humanity

By Josep Borrell // 19 Nov 2024

15 mins

20241114 Briones LázaroTouza LópezGunn cautiously pessimistic about cop29

Climate and energy

Cautiously pessimistic about COP29?

By Andrea Briones, Lara Lázaro Touza, Elena López Gunn // 14 Nov 2024

24 mins

From left to right: Javier Milei, Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou, Ursula von der Leyen, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and Santiago Peña in Montevideo (Uruguay), following an agreement reached during the 2024 EU-Mercosur negotiations. In the background, the flags of the European Union and Mercosur can be seen. EU-MERCOSUR Agreement

Technology and economics

Twenty-five years later, white smoke for the EU-MERCOSUR Agreement

By Enrique Feás, Carlos Malamud, Federico Steinberg, Ernesto Talvi // 17 Dec 2024

13 mins

Publications

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

Latin America Analyses

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

The EU-Mercosur agreement boosts tariff reduction and strengthens a strategic relationship between the two regions.

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

6 mins

Second-generation ethanol production plant at Bonfim Bioenergy Park, Guariba, São Paulo, with heavy machinery in the foreground. Mercosur-EU agreement

Climate and energy

The Mercosur-EU agreement as a model for open decarbonisation

Mercosur-EU agreement transforms global trade by prioritising clean energy, sustainable industrial chains and joint climate goals.

By Gonzalo Escribano // 07 Jan 2025

8 mins

Low view of the façade of the building of the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic with a blue and white Argentine flag flying under a clear sky. Stabilisation plan

Latin America

The Argentine stabilisation plan: a complex work of monetary and exchange rate engineering

Hybrid monetary policies and exchange rate controls underpin the stabilisation plan, balancing inflation control with economic challenges.

By Ernesto Talvi, Sofía Harguindeguy // 19 Dec 2024

14 mins

Partially collapsed building in Letur (Albacete) with shattered walls, exposed bricks, broken windows, and debris scattered around, showing damage caused by the ‘DANA’ storm. water

Inside Spain

Spain’s stressful water problem

Spain has been hit by torrential rain, causing deadly flooding, and by drought, all caused by country's persistent water management issues.

By William Chislett // 17 Dec 2024

7 mins

Latin America Analyses

A decisive moment for Argentina’s Stabilisation Plan: now it’s the IMF’s turn

By Ernesto Talvi, Sofía Harguindeguy // 03 Dec 2024

14 mins

Climate and energy Analyses

Analysing the impact of climate change on wind and wave renewable energy resources: global and regional scenarios

By Paula Serras, Alain Ulazia, Gabriel Ibarra-Berastegi, Jon Sáenz, Sheila Carreño-Madinabeitia, Ganix Esnaola // 28 Nov 2024

18 mins

Future of Europe Analyses

Europe after the elections: the centre holds out, but for how long?

By Piotr Maciej Kaczyński // 20 Nov 2024

38 mins

Inside Spain Experts Comments

Spain’s complex demographic reality

By William Chislett // 19 Nov 2024

7 mins

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Influence and image of Spain

Presentation of the Elcano Policy Paper: ‘Spain in the world in 2025: perspectives and challenges’

Fundación Botín

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China, the US and the new world order

Roundtable ‘Trump is back. What does it mean for the US and the world?’

Fundación Botín

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China, the US and the new world order

Webinar ‘India among powers: USA, China, Russia and Pakistan’

Three European Union (EU) flags fly in the wind at full mast outside the windows of the Berlaymont building, the headquarters of the European Commission (the EU executive) in Brussels, Belgium Dissecting the Draghi Report

EU flags and banner with the logo of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU as decoration in the Europa building in Brussels, Belgium Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU 2023

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