The Elcano Royal Institute for International and Strategic Studies (

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

: ''Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos''; RIE) is a think tank based in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

, Spain. It was created on 26 November 2001 as private foundation, formed by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs,

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and Education, Culture and Sport as well as the public railway company

RENFE Renfe (, ), officially Renfe-Operadora, is Spain's national state-owned railway company. It was created in 2005 upon the split of the former Spanish National Railway Network (RENFE) into the Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias ( ...

, also receiving the additional funding from PRISA, CASA,

CEPSA Moeve, formerly known as Cepsa, (, "Spanish petroleum company, S.A.") is a Spanish multinational integrated energy and petroleum company headquartered at Torre Cepsa in the Cuatro Torres Business Area in Madrid. As of 2024, Moeve produced ...

SEAT A seat is a place to sit. The term may encompass additional features, such as back, armrest, head restraint but may also refer to concentrations of power in a wider sense (i.e " seat (legal entity)"). See disambiguation. Types of seat The ...

Indra Sistemas Indra Sistemas, S.A. () is a Spanish information technology and defense company. Indra is listed on the Bolsa de Madrid and is a constituent of the IBEX 35 index. The current executive chairman is Ángel Escribano. In 2018 and 2019 Indra was fi ...

, the SGAE;

Telefónica , S.A. () is a Spanish multinational telecommunications company with registered office and headquarters located in two different places, both in Madrid, Spain. It is one of the largest telephone operators and mobile network providers in the ...

and Zeltia. It was set up with the aim of "promoting in society the knowledge of the international reality and of the

foreign relations of Spain The foreign relations of Spain could be constructed upon the foreign relations of the Hispanic Crown. The personal union of Castile and Aragon that ensued with the joint rule of the Catholic Monarchs was followed by the annexation of the Kingdo ...

in all its aspects."

Organization

;Honorary President *

Felipe VI Felipe VI (; Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Grecia; born 30 January 1968) is King of Spain. In accordance with the Spanish Constitution, as monarch, he is head of state and commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armed For ...

(King of Spain, formerly Prince of Asturias) ;Chairman of the Board of Trustees: *

Eduardo Serra Rexach Eduardo Serra Rexach is a Spanish politician and businessman, who served as the Minister of Defence from 1996 to 2000 during the government of José María Aznar. He is the only person to have held public office with all three governing parties ...

(2001–2005) *

Gustavo Suárez Pertierra Gustavo Suárez Pertierra (born 1949) is a Spanish jurist and politician. He served as Minister of Education and as Minister of Defence during the governments of Felipe González. Biography Born on 27 February 1949 in Cudillero. He earned a Ph ...

(2006–2011) * (since 2012) ;Director * Emilio Lamo de Espinosa (2001–2005) * Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias (2005–2012) * Charles Powell (since 2012)

References

;Citations ;Bibliography * {{authority control Think tanks based in Spain Foreign policy and strategy think tanks in Spain Think tanks established in 2001