The Elcano Royal Institute for International and Strategic Studies (Spanish: Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos; RIE) is a think tank based in Madrid, Spain.
Real Instituto Elcano | |
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| Abbreviation | RIE |
|---|---|
| Formation | 2001 |
| Type | Think tank |
| Legal status | Foundation |
| Headquarters | Madrid |
| Website | http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org |
It was created on 26 November 2001 as private foundation, formed by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Economy, Defence and Education, Culture and Sport as well as the public railway company RENFE,[1][2] also receiving the additional funding from PRISA, CASA, CEPSA, SEAT, Indra Sistemas, the SGAE; Telefónica and Zeltia.[1] It was set up with the aim of "promoting in society the knowledge of the international reality and of the foreign relations of Spain in all its aspects."[3]
Organization
edit- Honorary President
- Felipe VI (King of Spain, formerly Prince of Asturias)
- Chairman of the Board of Trustees
- Eduardo Serra Rexach (2001–2005)[4]
- Gustavo Suárez Pertierra (2006–2011)[5]
- Emilio Lamo de Espinosa (since 2012)[6]
- Director
- Emilio Lamo de Espinosa (2001–2005)[6]
- Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias (2005–2012)[7]
- Charles Powell (since 2012)[8]
References
edit- Citations
- ^ a b Morales San-Juan 2017, p. 306.
- ^ "Aznar: 'Think tanks' a medida". La Marea. 23 October 2018.
- ^ "Orden ECD/2064/2002, de 24 de julio, por la que se inscribe en el Registro de Fundaciones la denominada "Fundación Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos", de Madrid" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado: 30201. 13 August 2002. ISSN 0212-033X.
- ^ "Grupo Zeltia nombra Consejero Independiente al ex ministro Eduardo Serra Rexach". www.eleconomista.es. elEconomista.es. 1 February 2007.
- ^ Villa, Octavio (9 November 2013). "En el PSOE habrá primarias, pero ahora urge más hacer un proyecto nuevo". www.elcomercio.es. El Comercio.
- ^ a b "Emilio Lamo de Espinosa nuevo presidente del Real Instituto Elcano". www.larazon.es. La Razón. 28 March 2012.
- ^ Andrés Sáenz de Santamaría, Paz (19 January 2019). "En memoria de Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias, un jurista eminente". www.elcomercio.es.
- ^ Jurado, Ángeles (16 March 2015). "Las ventajas de mirar al Sur". elpais.com. El País.
- Bibliography
- Morales San-Juan, Juan Carlos (2017). "La apuesta institucional del Real Instituto Elcano". Los centros de pensamiento y su influencia en la política exterior y de seguridad (PDF). Madrid: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. pp. 306–314.