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The 23rd Province: Taiwan Seen From the Mainland
By Rita Giménez · 20/06/2023
In April, when we saw high-level European representatives visiting China, and the media centered on the Chinese military actions near the region, it was a good moment to ask ourselves a rather complex question: “will Taiwan become the 23rd Chinese province, or will it remain a de facto sovereign state?” The diverging answers to this […]
After the elections, geoeconomics will rule Turkey’s foreign policy
By Miquel Vila · 12/05/2023
Main takeaways Turkey’s economic constraints, rather than ideological priorities, will determine the foreign policy of the winner of Sunday’s election. Tensions with the West are set to ease. Even if Erdogan wins, he will have to take a more conciliatory approach towards the EU and in issues like Sweden’s accession to NATO. The EU represents […]
Video “Secessionist movements and internationalization strategies: a comparative study”
By Catalonia Global Institute · 04/05/2023
We are glad to share the video of the April 20th presentation of the report by Abel Riu and Daniel Roldán at la Casa de la Convalescència in Barcelona as part of the event “The struggle for self-determination and independence around the world: success, resilience and survival,” organized by the Catalan National Assembly and the Unrepresented Nations and […]
Secessionist movements and internationalization strategies: a comparative study
By Catalonia Global Institute · 16/04/2023
The report “Secessionist movements and internationalization strategies: a comparative study” analyzes the international strategies of diplomatic and paradiplomatic engagement of ten secessionist movements, partially recognized state-like entities, and UN member states, from Europe, Asia, and Africa. We review how different actors that aspire to achieve international recognition behave, and how this contributes to the success […]
Cape Independence: The Return of History to South Africa
By Sven Etienne Peterson · 04/04/2023
South Africa has become immortalized in the collective memory of the Western world through a narrative of heroism and hope molded by the socio-political circumstances of the 1990s. The South Africa that most people know is one of Nelson Mandela, the defeat of Apartheid, and the promise of an exciting future guided by justice, courage, […]
Denmark: the new soft-hard diplomacy
By Catalonia Global Institute · 12/02/2023
With the hardening of geopolitics in Europe, and above all, since the start of the Ukraine war, it is becoming increasingly clear that there is a twist in the way the hard side of foreign policy combines with the soft version of diplomacy and international relations. In fact, after the Second World War, from the […]
Challenges for Catalonia in the new geopolitical context of the Mediterranean
By Catalonia Global Institute · 03/02/2023
Check out the summary of our fourth report, where we analyze the geopolitical changes taking place in the Mediterranean and their implications for Catalonia. Link to the summary
The rise of Space Commands
By Marçal Sanmartí · 20/01/2023
There is nothing new under the sun Many were surprised when the United States announced the creation of a Space Force as a separate branch of its army in 2019. The truth is that the concept is not new. The very first Space Force was created back in 1992 by Russia. But it had a […]
The new Giorgia Meloni’s government and Italian Geopolitics (II): The foreign policy of Giorgia Meloni
By Narcís Pallarès-Domènech · 19/12/2022
In the first installment of this series we defined the geopolitical scenario where the new Italian government will have to deploy its foreign policy strategy. We can now move on to dealing with the priorities of Meloni’s government and its foreign policy agenda. Giorgia Meloni’s foreign policy Foreign policy is a key point for the […]
The new Giorgia Meloni government and Italian Geopolitics (I): the roots of Italian foreign policy
By Narcís Pallarès-Domènech · 10/12/2022
New Italian government and new political cycle. The new Italian government led by Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the right-wing Fratelli d’Itàlia (FDI), represents a historical political shift. Her arrival at the executive has begun a new political cycle in the Italian Republic that could represent a new era, comparable to the arrival of Silvio […]