Resumen de Does spain really need a foreign policy strategy? more than a proposal form a think tank

Laia Mestres

• 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.