Barcelona Centre for international Affairs

1 month ago | cidob.org | Francis Ghiles |Francis Ghilès

Five years after the United Kingdom officially left the European Union, geopolitical uncertainty has brought the countries on both sides of the channel closer. On 19 May 2025, the British government and the EU struck a “reset” deal to mark a new start for a post-Brexit era of bilateral cooperation. This agreement rests on three pillars: foreign and security policy, fisheries, and greater mobility for young people.

1 month ago | cidob.org | Francis Ghiles |Francis Ghilès

Five years after the United Kingdom officially left the European Union, geopolitical uncertainty has brought the countries on both sides of the channel closer. On 19 May 2025, the British government and the EU struck a “reset” deal to mark a new start for a post-Brexit era of bilateral cooperation. This agreement rests on three pillars: foreign and security policy, fisheries, and greater mobility for young people.

2 months ago | cidob.org | Francis Ghiles |Francis Ghilès

Algeria’s strategic doctrine has lost its shine. The country has the challenge of confronting the new geopolitical games in the region from a weaker position than it once had.  In the midst of a diplomatic crisis with France, Algiers sees how Morocco has built a solid network of economic friends across Africa and security links with Israel, and how Russia has turned Libya, Algeria’s troubled eastern neighbour into the operational hub of its ever-growing African cluster.

Mar 13, 2025 | cidob.org | Elvire Fabry |Sylvie Matelly

REGROUP Focus Paper No. 3 (2025)Faced with unprecedented economic, technological and geopolitical challenges, the European Union (EU) must strengthen its resilience and influence to remain competitive in a rapidly changing world. This focus paper analyses the main economic risks that could affect the EU between now and 2035.

Mar 5, 2025 | cidob.org | Pol Morillas

*This article was previously published in El País. In the context of growing transatlantic divergence—and internal division within the EU between integrationists and advocates of a Europe of nations—differentiated integration at various speeds can help unlock reforms and mechanisms for a geopolitical Europe with greater capacity in security and defense. There are crises that happen suddenly—Lehman Brothers, pandemics, or wars—that are met with extraordinary measures.