Site Map Spanish | English IS IN IS IN international and strategic studies About Elcano Researchers Topics Projects Global Presence Image of Spain Publications Activities Press Blog ‹ › We highlight Job Offer: Principal Researcher in Sub-Saharan Africa Elcano Royal Institute, 9/28/2017. The Elcano Royal Institute wishes to incorporate into its staff a highly qualified researcher specialized in the economy, politics and society of Sub-Saharan Africa to promote the research and analysis work to be carried out in this field. Read offer Latest posts Macron's speech, Le Roi: the score fine, but the concerto is missing Miguel Otero Iglesias. Comment Elcano 42/2017 - 2/10/2017. Macron's latest speech is the most pro-European that a French leader has heard since Mitterrand . The score sounds good, but the EU has already sinned in the past of overpromising and achieving only half. Spain-US relations at the dawn of the Trump era Juan Tovar Ruiz. ARI 74/2017 - 9/28/2017. On September 26, 2017, the president of the government, Mariano Rajoy , made his first official visit to the president of the United States, Donald Trump . Good news: synchronized global economic acceleration Frederick Steinberg. Comment Elcano 41/2017 - 27/9/2017. Tras varios años en los que la economía global crecía cada vez menos, desde mediados de 2016 y, sobre todo, durante 2017, se está produciendo un fuerte crecimiento sincronizado de la mayoría de los países, tanto avanzados como emergentes y en desarrollo. Turkey and the EU must stand together for a better future Ömer Çelik. 27/9/2017. As a candidate and negotiating country, Turkey is closely following the recent developments and debates about the EU’s current situation and future, since they are intimately related to its own future. Merkel paga un alto precio por su cuarto mandato Miguel Otero Iglesias. Comentario Elcano 40/2017 - 26/9/2017. La excepción alemana se ha acabado. Igual que sus vecinos el pueblo alemán y sus élites van a tener que enfrentarse al problema del nacionalismo excluyente, antiglobalización, anti-UE y antiinmigración. Los desafíos del segundo mandato de Rohaní Luciano Zaccara. ARI 73/2017 - 20/9/2017. ¿Cuáles son los desafíos internos –de la Guardia Revolucionaria y las restricciones económicas– y externos –la nueva escalada saudí-estadounidense y la crisis en el Consejo de Cooperación del Golfo– que el reelecto presidente Hassan Rohaní afrontará en los próximos cuatro años? Trump’s foreign policy: the revolution that has not happened – yet Ulrich Speck. Expert Comment 39/2017 - 19/9/2017. After eight months with Trump in office, US foreign policy is characterised not by disruption but by continuity. The Trump revolution in foreign policy has not happened. Los vicepresidentes de Ecuador y Uruguay afrontan graves problemas (y responden de modo distinto) Carlos Malamud. ARI 72/2017 - 19/9/2017. La figura del vicepresidente no está bien definida en los sistemas políticos latinoamericanos, fuertemente presidencialistas. Esto los coloca en una situación de debilidad frente a los presidentes, como muestran los recientes casos de Ecuador y Uruguay. Transforming the United Nations: countering the US budget-cut threats Jessica Almqvist. ARI 71/2017 - 18/9/2017. The US threat of budget cuts or other means of reducing the importance of the United Nations highlights the need for a more independent and balanced organisation through the reinvigorated role of other powers, such as the EU. Doña Cuaresma y don Carnaval, o dicho de otra forma, la UE y el presidente Trump Carlos Alonso Zaldívar. 18/9/2017. Los medios cuentan las cosas como si los líderes hicieran la historia; pero es la historia la que fábrica los líderes, va dando forma a lo que pueden hacer y acaba con ellos, si se empeñan en hacer lo que no pueden. The conundrum of Spain’s recovering economy and stubbornly high unemployment William Chislett. ARI 70/2017 - 15/9/2017. The economy has recovered from a deep crisis and is growing at more than 3% for the third year running, but the unemployment rate remains stubbornly high at 17.2%, though well down on the peak of 27.1% in 2013. The shrinking Euro-Mediterranean policy space Gonzalo Escribano. ARI 69/2017 (English version) - 14/9/2017. The transformations that have taken place in the EU’s Mediterranean Neighbourhood have reduced the options for a shrinking Euro-Mediterranean policy. El discurso sobre el futuro de la Unión Ignacio Molina. Comentario Elcano 38/2017 - 14/9/2017. El presidente Juncker ha dado por superada la crisis, ha despachado el Brexit en dos renglones y, aprovechando el momento favorable, ha marcado posiciones en el debate sobre la nueva Europa a 27. La reducción de espacio de las políticas euro-mediterráneas Gonzalo Escribano. ARI 68/2017 - 12/9/2017. Las transformaciones ocurridas en la vecindad mediterránea de la UE han reducido aún más las opciones de una política euro-mediterránea menguante. Kant vs Hobbes: elements of Germany’s emerging grand strategy Ulrich Speck. ARI 67/2017 - 11/9/2017. Putting its weight behind the status quo is at the core of Germany's emerging grand strategy. This involves keeping the EU up, the US in, and Russia and China out. More posts Follow our blog Go to blog Activities 05/10/2017 Conference: Tackling violent radicalization that leads to terrorism in the EU More activities Elcano in the press 09/19/2017 Cepsa joins the Business Advisory Council of the Elcano Royal Institute 09/11/2017 The Elcano Royal Institute and the Tres Culturas Foundation sign a collaboration agreement More news Projects Videos Go RielcanoTV Follow us In the Bulletin / Newsletter and on social networks Tweets from @rielcano Contact us | Legal Notice | Privacy Policy | Credits 2002-2017 © Fundación Real Instituto Elcano. 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