International Organizations
The Draghi Report, 2 Years On: EU competitiveness and the crawling execution of an insufficient proposal
By Eduard Gracia · 18/09/2026
You can download the PDF version HERE. “We appear to be sleepwalking, and Draghi already warned us that this will lead to slow agony. I think that was wrong. It’s not going to be slow.” João Cotrim de Figueiredo, Portuguese MEP – quoted by H. Foy, FT, 15/7/2026 The politics of a historical […]
Adaptation and reemergence: the future of International Organizations
By Jofre Rocabert · 23/11/2025
Analysts of the new world order seem to assume that, in this era of global affairs, international organizations (IOs) are destined to become shells of their former selves. Hollowed-out structures without agency and weight of their own. And, while it is true that some IOs are seeing their capacities diminished and their goals repurposed, I […]
Climate Geopolitics, Human Rights, and the Whitewashing of Ethnic Cleansing: Azerbaijan and the COP29
By Catalonia Global Institute · 09/11/2024
By Abel Riu and Mercè Amich With COP29 set to begin in Baku on November 11, Azerbaijan will play a key role in the annual UN-organized climate change summit as the second member in the COP Presidency Trio. This “Troika,” established last year, coordinates the efforts of three successive presidencies -the United Arab Emirates, […]
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 […]
The European Union is an international organization
By Jofre Rocabert · 29/01/2021
The European Union seems to be living in an almost permanent institutional crisis. But looking at it through a wider perspective, we are still living in the historical period that the French inaugurated when they refused to ratify the constitutional treaty in 2005. The departure of the United Kingdom and the disintegration of freedom of […]