“We are at a pivotal moment for our shared security where we face a more dangerous and more competitive world with more frequent and sophisticated cyber-attacks, persistent terrorist threats and the security impacts of climate change.” Stoltenberg said at an event held by the School of Foreign Service and the Brookings Institution on October 5th. When NATO was formed as a military alliance between 12 North American and Western European countries with the aim of providing coll

Back to the 80s and 90s of the last century. Russia begins the process to destroy any ties with NATO. The Russian Foreign Ministry announced this Monday that it will close its representation before NATO in the Belgian capital, Brussels. This is due to the Kremlin's response to the expulsion of eight of its diplomats accredited to the organization accused of espionage. In this context of tension between Russia and NATO, the Russian Foreign Ministry has withdrawn the authorizat

On Wednesday, 27th October, the Elcano Royal Institute hosted its first in-person event since the pandemic began. The occasion: the celebration of a roundtable between senior political figures and security analysts to start the debate about Madrid’s future role as host of the next NATO Summit and its implications. Said meeting is scheduled to take place on 29-30 June 2022, commemorating the fortieth anniversary of Spain’s accession to the transatlantic organization. Unlike ot

At the end of the month of August the streets of Riga, the Latvian capital, light up. People were out in the streets celebrating that 29 years prior, the last day of the transitional period to independence had arrived. A celebration out of which Latvians make the most every year after 50 years of Soviet occupation (1940-1990), four of which the Nazis took control of the territory (1941-1945). All coming to an end on the 4th of May, 1990, when the Latvian Supreme Council deleg

On September 23rd, the Elcano Royal Institute organized a roundtable to address the geostrategic implications of a Taliban government in Afghanistan. The event was moderated by Charles Powell, Director of Elcano Royal Institute. He was accompanied by Aizaz Ahmad Chaudry (Director General of the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad – ISSI), Andrew Small (Senior Transatlantic Fellow, Asia Program, German Marshall Fund of the US – GMF) and Lailuma Sadid (Afghan Senior Corres

Despite the global crisis affecting the entire world, the EU is ready to reaffirm its identity. The importance of strengthening EU defence initiatives has been put forward on the two Council Meetings celebrated this month on the 6th and 10th of May where Defence Ministers and Ministers of Foreign Affairs respectively, were debriefed by the High Representative, Josep Borrell, about current affairs and the willingness of the EU to pursue a more strategic action on the security

San Fernando, its origin dates back to 1978. It is a military festival that values the work of all the military both inside and outside the borders. Last year, all those who participated in Operation Balmis were reminded, under the slogan: «To save lives, where our military, civil guards and police have worked in many functions to guarantee the safety, supplies and health of the citizens ». This year the celebration has been presided over by Don Felipe and Doña Leticia, in a

On April 4, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization celebrated its 72nd anniversary. On this important date, the Spanish Youth Atlantic Treaty Association wanted to recognize all the achievements of the organization as well as the role it will play in our future. Although this celebration seems just another year among many others, NATO members should symbolically renew their vote of confidence in the organization and continue to bet on it for another year. Countries such as No

In the webinar on “Ecological threats, peace, and Covid-19” -offered by Steve Killalea- we saw the environmental, social, political, economic and technological aspects of global change. During the last decades, more complex challenges have emerged regarding conflict, ecological threats and now, sanitary issues. The evolution of our realities leads to the necessity to define a new understanding of peace. The Institute for Economic and Peace has created the so-called ecological

The One Belt, One Road initiative was launched by Xi Jinping, the current president of the People's Republic of China, in 2013 with the goal of boosting the world economy in terms of international trade, finance, and tourism. At the same time, One Belt, One Road (OBOR) pursues to promote China's integration into a more global economy through building road, ports and railways and connecting counties between themselves (Dossou, 2018). This Chinese “friendly” policy is composed