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High-Level Transatlantic Lecture by Heather A. Conley: “Transatlantic relations and global order in the 21st century”, 10 April 2019 (College of Europe Bruges)

Posted on 22/02/2019

High-Level Transatlantic Lecture by Heather A. Conley: “Transatlantic relations and global order in the 21st century”, 10 April 2019, The […]

“Regional Geopolitical Rivalries in the Middle East: Implications for Europe”, Ellie Geranmayeh (IAI, Italy)

Posted on 14/12/2018

Ellie Geranmayeh, Regional Geopolitical Rivalries in the Middle East: Implications for Europe, IAI Papers, 18:18, IAI, October 2018. The Middle […]

“The Controversial US Withdrawal From the Iranian Nuclear Deal and Its International Consequences”, Miroslav Tůma (IIR, Czech Republic)

Posted on 30/07/2018

On May 8, 2018, US President Donald Trump went through with his threat and, this time, has not submitted his […]

“The Long-Suffering Europeans Trying to Save the Iran Deal”, Tobias Schumacher (College of Europe Natolin)

Posted on 25/07/2018

The article, entitled “The Long-Suffering Europeans Trying to Save the Iran Deal”, was published just a few days before U.S. […]

“Relations between the US Intelligence Community and US Presidents, including the Trump Administration”, Gustavo Díaz Matey (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 25/07/2018

Intelligence is the main response to the risks and threats facing the national security of a country. The relationship of […]

“Shifting trafficking routes for illicit narcotics and the importance of Spain-US counter-narcotics cooperation”, Eric L. Olson & Nina Gordon (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 24/07/2018

Counter-narcotics cooperation between Spain and the US is of growing importance to both countries but remains limited in scope. Flows […]

“The Trump Administration’s National Security Strategy”, Carlota García Encina (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 24/07/2018

At the end of 2017 the US published a new National Security Strategy (NSS), replacing the previous NSS of 2015 […]

“The US-Europe vs. Russia Triangle”, Eugene B. Rumer (IAI, Italy)

Posted on 23/07/2018

Russia’s relations with Europe and the United States are at their worst since the end of the Soviet Union. Russian […]

“The sustainability of the questionable US presidency: The Trump era might last longer than expected”, Mika Aaltola (FIIA, Finland)

Posted on 20/06/2018

The 2020 US presidential election could be a close call with a narrow margin of victory. Many key factors underlying […]

“The security strategies of the US, China, Russia and the EU: Living in different worlds”, Mika Aaltola, Jyrki Kallio, Kristi Raik, Katri Pynnöniemi (FIIA, Finland)

Posted on 20/06/2018

This report analyzes and compares the security strategies of four major international actors: the United States, China, Russia and the […]

“Trump’s Iran sanctions gamble: Divergence across the Atlantic”, Katja Creutz & Ville Sinkkonen (FIIA, Finland)

Posted on 20/06/2018

Donald Trump’s new Iran policy, with the abandonment of the nuclear agreement and the reimposition of sanctions, reveals a fracture in […]

“The US-Japan-India-Australia Quadrilateral Security Dialogue: Indo-Pacific alignment or foam in the ocean”, Sophie Eisentraut, Bart Gaens (FIIA, Finland)

Posted on 25/05/2018

FIIA Briefing Paper 239, May 2018 In late 2017 the US, Japan, India and Australia re-launched the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, […]

“In the antechamber of a multi-front trade war”, Federico Steinberg (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 21/05/2018

The US president, Donald J. Trump, has extended the deadline given to the European Union (EU) by one month, until […]

“The US and North Korea: will their Presidents shake hands?”, Félix Arteaga, Mario Esteban (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 21/05/2018

The best news that we can hope for is that the summit does finally take place and that it serves […]

“Trade without Trump: The Way Forward, a European Perspective”, Ferdinando Nelli Feroci (IAI, Italy)

Posted on 21/05/2018

IAI Commentaries, 18:29, May 2018. President Donald J. Trump’s protectionist measures are not new to US politics. Previous presidents have […]

“The post-neoliberal US economy: the new active role of the state is necessary”, Miron Wolnicki, Ryszard Piasecki (CIFE)

Posted on 24/04/2018

In the past 75 years the world was either influenced by, competing with or learning from U.S. corporations. This is […]

“Perspectives on an Uncertain World: Japan-EU Views on the United States and Russia”, Kazuto Suzuki (IAI, Italy)

Posted on 21/04/2018

IAI Commentaries, 18:21, March 2018 Japan and the European Union share many commonalities. Both are advanced industrialized countries, are governed […]

“The Decline of the Big Five”, Veronika Bílková, (IIR, Czech Republic)

Posted on 28/03/2018

Is the supremacy of the Big Five, inherited from the mid-20th century, on the brink of its decline? Have the […]

“Towers and walls against multiculturalism: Hispanics and Spanish in the Trump Presidency”, Ángel Badillo Matos (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 12/03/2018

The election of Donald Trump has generated new tensions around the public use of Spanish in the US and, above […]

Trump’s first year at the helm: Towards a zero-sum world?, Ville Sinkkonen & Mika Aaltola (FIIA, Finland)

Posted on 26/02/2018

Donald Trump’s first year as President has been marked by continuity in US security policy, a partial challenge to the […]

Between change and continuity: Making sense of America’s evolving global engagement, Mika Aaltola, Charly Salonius-Pasternak, Juha Käpylä, Ville Sinkkonen (FIIA, Finland)

Posted on 26/02/2018

This report investigates the evolution of America’s global engagement. In particular, it examines both the longer-term trends and the more […]

The narrowing gap between nuclear and conventional weapons, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 22/02/2018

in Elcano Blog, 13 February 2018 The nuclear arms issue is back, in its strategic rather than its tactical or battlefield […]

Trump, Europe and one year into the US Presidency, Salvador Llaudes (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 22/02/2018

in Experts Comments, 19 February 2018 Trump´s controversial attitude has remained intact during his first stay in the U.S Presidency. In […]

Donald Trump´s Twitter account: a brief content analysis, Juan Antonio Sánchez-Giménez, Evgueni Tchubykalo (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 22/02/2018

in Analyses of the Elcano Royal Institute (ARI), 15 February 2018 Donald Trump has become the first US President to actively use […]

US Trade Policy: America Resigns from its Leading Role as a Global Rule-setter, Johanna Jacobsson (FIIA)

Posted on 25/01/2018

Donald Trump’s first year in office is approaching its end. While the most feared scenarios in the area of US […]

“Trump and what caused him”, Andrés Ortega, January 2018 (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 23/01/2018

Why did Trump arrive in the White House is still at the heart of the debate. The plenty of causes […]

Major Powers in Shared Neighbourhoods: between Cooperation and Competition, Simon Schunz, Sieglinde Gstöhl and Luk van Langenhove (eds.) (College of Europe Bruges)

Posted on 09/01/2018

Special issue of Contemporary Politics, vol. 24, no. 1, 2018 Contemporary global politics is characterised by multipolarity: globalisation and the […]

Background report: “German-American Dialogue on the Post-Soviet Space: “From ambition to pragmatism?” (IEP, Berlin)

Posted on 07/12/2017

On 28 and 29 November 2017, the fourth workshop of the German-American Dialogue on the Post-Soviet Space was held, in […]

«America First» undermines the West, Andrés Ortega (Elcano Institute)

Posted on 07/12/2017

Just a few months into his presidency Donald Trump has pulled out of the Paris climate change agreement, consigned the […]

Republican government in the United States: Its implications for US foreign policy, Anna Kronlund (FIIA, Finland)

Posted on 24/10/2017

The 2016 elections in the United States resulted in Republican victories at both state and federal levels. After the years […]

‘Mourning for America’: Donald Trump’s Climate Change Policy, Michael Mehling & Antto Vihma (FIIA, Finland)

Posted on 24/10/2017

Donald Trump projects slogans more than strategy, yet his administration has moved quickly and with vigour to dismantle existing […]

Trump’s foreign policy: the revolution has not happened – yet, Ulrich Speak (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 18/10/2017

Expert Comments, October 2017 After eight months with Trump in office, US foreign policy is characterised not by disruption but […]

Transforming the United Nations: countering the US budget-cut threats, Jessica Almqvist (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 18/10/2017

Analyses by Elcano Royal Institute (ARI), September 2017 The US threat of budget cuts or other means of reducing the […]

The Role of Iran and the United States of America in Geopolitics of Central Asia, Guli Yuldasheva, Andris Spruds and Diana Potjomkina (LIIA, Latvia)

Posted on 26/09/2017

This monograph by Dr. Guli Yuldasheva offers a fresh, detailed overview of geopolitical and geoeconomic (energy and transport-transit corridors) processes […]

The EU and Geopolitics in the Mediterranean, in European Policy Briefs, MedReset, Anoush Ehteshami, Ariabarzan Mohammadi (IAI, Italy)

Posted on 25/09/2017

Anoush Ehteshami, Ariabarzan Mohammadi, The EU and Geopolitics in the Mediterranean, in European Policy Briefs, MedReset, Policy Briefs 2, IAI, […]

Beyond a war of words? Assessing tensions on the Korean peninsula, Jyrki Kallio, Charly Salonius-Pasternak, Bart Gaens & Ville Sinkkonen (FIIA, Finland)

Posted on 25/09/2017

An exchange of bellicose rhetoric between North Korea and the US has caused serious global concerns about a possible military […]