Does Spain Really Need a Foreign Policy Strategy? More than a Proposal from a Think Tank

Abstract

In March 2014, the Elcano Royal Institute presented the Report “Towards the Strategic Renewal of Spain’s Foreign Policy”, whose aim was to provide general guidelines and some specific suggestions for a Spanish long-term strategy on external action. This Report was a direct demand from the Spanish government to this think tank as a previous step to work on the first-ever External Action Strategy. The Elcano Royal Institute brought together more than 200 experts from different fields (Public Administration, University and Think Tanks, Business, Parliament) to make an in-depth reflection on the future of Spanish foreign policy and on how Spain can become a more strategic actor in this ever-changing globalized world.