Southern and Southeastern Europe

Brexit & the New Geopolitical Order – Moving Forward, Charting the Economic Relationship Between the UK, EU and the US

By Global Business & Economics Program

On Thursday, October 5, 2017, the Atlantic Council co-hosted a Brexit seminar, in collaboration with the British American Business Council of Greater Philadelphia.

Castello Joins KQED Radio to Discuss Catalonia Independence Referendum

By Carles Castello-Catchot

Listen to the full discussion here.

The military implications of Catalonian secession—an update

By James Hasik

assuming that Catalonia was admitted to NATO, what would the newly independent country contribute? At the 2014 Strategic Foresight Forum at the Atlantic Council, Anne Marie Slaughter of the New America Foundation opined that an independent Catalonia would do a fine job of defending itself. After all, Catalonia is a country of over 7 million people, with more than $300 billion in GDP. Spending just 1.6% of that—well below the widely-ignored NATO threshold, of course—provides over $4.5 billion annually. y de-emphasizing the military forces that any landlocked country will have, and instead steering investments towards those it is comparatively positioned to provide, Catalonia could punch above its weight in European political affairs.

Future Tense: What Next for Catalonia?

Catalonia’s controversial independence referendum has left Spain with many unanswered questions and an unclear path forward, according to Carles Castello-Catchot, chief of staff in the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security. On October 1, the regional government of Catalonia in northern Spain went ahead with a referendum that Spain’s constitutional court had deemed […]

Ellinas in Cyprus Mail: Significant Role for Gas in Rapidly Changing Energy Mix

By Charles Ellinas

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Castello Joins Bloomberg’s El Financiero to Discuss the Secession Vote and Police Intervention in Catalunya

By Charles Castello-Catchot

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Castello joins TV3 to Discuss the American Position Toward Conflict in Catalonia

By Charles Castello-Catchot

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TRADE IN ACTION September 21, 2017

By Global Business & Economics Program

THIS WEEK IN TRADEToday, September 21, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada provisionally enters into force. It has been eight years since the start of negotiations and all chapters, except for the Investment Court System, are entering into force. What next? CETA needs to pass 42 national and regional […]