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23F or ‘The Coup that Never Was’
by Laura Hamilton Last month marks the 32nd anniversary of 23F, the failed military coup in Spain, which threatened to challenge the state’s transition to democracy. On the 23rd February 1981, the...
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From Syria to Spain: Lessons from History?
by Tom Colley Guernica(by René Iché, 1937) The philosopher Hegel famously stated: ‘We learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.’ Others counter that since we cannot yet predict...
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The Spanish succession: continuity of a dynasty
By Sophie Bustos: Picture by Manel Fontdevila. Submitted for the cover of the satirical periodical ‘El Jueves’, but was censored by the publisher of the magazine. Published on ‘Strife’ by permission of...
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‘Yes we can’: some considerations about Podemos
By Sophie Bustos: A new political force emerged in the May 2014 European elections. Being the third Spanish political force in the European Parliament, the far-left party Podemos proved that a new...
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NATO, State (Re)emergence, and Military Capabilities and Commitments: the...
By: Alex Calvo USS John Fitzerald Kennedy entering Tarragona Harbour in 2002. The city could be an alternative to Rota as a home port for the US Navy missile defence destroyers in the Mediterranean....
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An ‘Islamic State of Al-Andalus’: a too distant dream?
By Georgina McDonald Figure 1 The Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba (Image credit: Author’s own, G.M.) Cementing and expanding the Islamic State is of the utmost importance to its leaders and supporters of...
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