Is there a new autocracy promotion?
By Peter Burnell (24/03/2010) Working Paper

Are established authoritarian regimes seeking converts to their form of rule beyond their own borders? We need to examine the claims more closely so as to answer this question in a way that helps the cause of international democracy promotion devise an effective response.
The future of the Eastern Partnership: Challenges and Opportunities
By Publicaciones FRIDE (24/02/2010) Other publications
This report presents a summary of the main discussion points of the seminar ‘The Future of the Eastern Partnership: Challenges and Opportunities‘, co-organised by the Spanish EU Council Presidency, the Embassies of the Republic of Poland and of the Czech Republic in Madrid in cooperation with FRIDE on January 27–28, 2010.
Post-Orange Ukraine: The lesser evil?
By Balázs Jarábik, Natalia Shapovalova (21/01/2010) Policy Brief

Explaining Spain's unfulfilled potential
By Richard Youngs (12/01/2010) Policy Brief
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With Spain having taken over the EU presidency, FRIDE's team of researchers offers a stock-take of Spanish foreign policy. Examining eight areas of Spain's external relations, we offer some guidelines for the improvement of the government’s foreign policy.
- Spain's War in Afghanistan, Edward Burke
- Why does Spain not have a policy for Latin America?, Susanne Gratius
- Spain's Diminished Policy in the Mediterranean, Kristina Kausch
- Spain in Africa: The Reluctant Newcomer, Stefan Meyer
- Spanish Development Policies: The Obstacles to Progress, Nils-Sjard Schulz
- Spanish Foreign Policy in the Balkans: Wasted Potential, Sofía Sebastián
- Does Spain have an Ostpolitik?, Natalia Shapovalova
- Immigration and Foreign Policy: The Economic Crisis and its Challenges, Laura Tedesco
Spain's Diminished Policy in the Mediterranean
By Kristina Kausch (12/01/2010) Policy Brief
Spain’s weight and presence in the southern Mediterranean have declined in recent years.
Spain in Africa: The Reluctant Newcomer
By Stefan Meyer (12/01/2010) Policy Brief
Spain is a newcomer to Africa. Since 2004, remarkable efforts have been undertaken to put Sub-Saharan Africa on the map of Spanish foreign policy.

