Roundtable Discussion “The ASEAN Economic Community: Potentials and Opportunities for all”
20 April 2016
Organized by Elcano Royal Institute, Embassy of Vietnam to Spain and Universidad Pontificia de Comillas. Welcome remarks: Julio Luis Martínez Martínez, rector of Comillas Pontifical University. Presented by Charles Powell, director of the Elcano Royal Institute, and Nguyen Ngoc Binh, ambassador of Vietnam to Spain.
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Seminar “The geopolitics of TTIP”
21 April 2016
Organized by Elcano Royal Institute and the Centre for European Reform (CER). Centered around the effects of the TTIP on foreign policy. With a keynote speech by Jaime García Legaz, Deputy Minister for International Trade, Spain.
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Seminar “Opportunities and challenges in the Western Mediterranean”
21 April 2016
Organized by Elcano Royal Institute and Fundación Cajasol. Centered around mutual opportunities in a strategic geoeconomic space, such as the increasing threat of jihadist terrorism in the region. Opening speeches by José Manuel García-Margallo, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Manuel Jiménez Barrios, Vice-president and advisor to the Presidency and to the Local Administration of the Andalusian regional government; Antonio Pulido, President of the Fundación Cajasol, and Emilio Lamo Espinosa, President of the Royal Institute Elcano.
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Event: “Brexit, a conversation regarding Britain’s European identity”
28 April 2016
Organized by Elcano Royal Institute and University CEU San Pablo. In honour of the publication of the book “Europe United, Eighteen speeches and a letter” by Winston Churchill. With the participation of Belén Becerril, author of the introductory commentary, and Charles Powell, author of the epilogue; accompanied by Simon Manley, British Ambassador in Spain and José María Beneyto, director of the book series, Roots of Europe.
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Presentation: “Elcano Global Presence Report”
4 May 2016
Organized by Elcano Royal Institute. With the participation of Emilio Lamo de Espinosa, president of the Elcano Royal Institute, and Elcano’s analysts Iliana Olivié and Manuel Gracia (coordinators of the Report and members of the Elcano Global Presence Index project), Félix Arteaga (Security and Defence) and Miguel Otero-Iglesias (International Political Economy).
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12th Edition of #Elcanotalks: “Digital Diplomacy: beyond Twitter and Facebook”
11 May 2016
Organized by the Elcano Royal Institute. With the participation of María Eugenia de la Rosa (@EUgeniadelaR), responsible for the European’s Commission Digital Communication (Representation in Spain) and Gonzalo Maldonado (@gmaldonator), Web Manager and Communications for the United Kingdom’s Embassy in Spain.
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#ElcanoDebate2 “Reforms and the Future of Cuba”
17 May 2016
Organized by Elcano Royal Institute and Fundación Botín. Obama’s recent visit to Cuba and the last Congress of the Cuban Communist Party have placed the spotlight once again on Cuba’s reforms. The debate aims to answer the following questions: Why reforms? What is going to be their outcome? Is there a clear action plan? Is the pace at which they’re being carried out the appropriate one? Are economic and political reforms taking place in parallel? With the participation of Yoani Sanchéz, blogger and Cuban activist, Carlos Alonso Zaldívar, ex-ambassador to Spain in Cuba and Carlos Malamud, Main Analyst for Latin America at RIE.
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Seminar “Applying Resolution 1325: Women’s leadership, necessary to achieve peace”
26 May 2016
Organized by Swedish Embassy in Spain and Royal Institute Elcano. Centered around the effects of the TTIP on foreign policy. With the participation of the Swedish Ambassador Lena Nordström, representative of the new Swedish Network of Female Peace Mediators and Javier Sanabria, General Director for the United Nations and Human Rights at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
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#ElcanoDebate3 “United Kingdom and the Future of Europe”
30 May 2016
Organized by Elcano Royal Institute and Fundación Botín. On 23 June, the UK will vote on whether to stay or leave the European Union. The outcome of this referendum will shape the future of Europe: in this debate, the panelists analysed the arguments given by those for and against the status quo. They also assessed the economic and geopolitical consequences of that outcome, both for the UK and the EU. The participants were Robin Niblett, Director, Chatham House; Pedro Schwartz, President, Mont Pelerin Society; Charles Powell, Director, Elcano Royal Institute. Moderated by Andrés Ortega, Senior Research Fellow, Elcano Royal Institute.
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Presentation: “Spanish-Mexican Relations Paper”
3 June 2016
Organized by Elcano Royal Institute. With the participation of Roberta Lajous, Mexico’s Ambassador to Spain, Trinidad Jiménez, Director of Telefonica’s Global Strategy for Public Affairs, Carlos Ávila, Director for Spain of Alfa Group; Amalia Navarro, Director of Communications for the Ibero-American General Secretary, and Carlos Malamud, Main Analyst for Latin America at RIE.
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Presentation of Working Document “The pending elections for Spanish Cooperation”
9 June 2016
Organized by Elcano Royal Institute. Debate about the possible contribution of Spain to the international aid and development agenda based on the working document which analyses the role of national parliaments in international development, the challenges faced in Latin America and the Medierranean, Spain’s contribution to the international agenda and identification of fourteen challenges. Moderated by Emilio Lamo Espinosa, President of the Royal Institute Elcano and with the participation of Gonzalo Fanjul, ISGlobal, Javier Pérez, CIECODE and Illiana Olivié and Aitor Pérez, researchers at RIE.
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