Advisory Council

Approved by the Board of Trustees of the Elcano Royal Institute at its meeting of 15 December 2022, the Advisory Council brings together former members of the Scientific Council who maintain links with the Institute’s activity and global projection, thus preserving the great intellectual capital accumulated in recent years.

It shares with the Scientific Council the aim of strengthening and multiplying the analytical capacity and impact of the Elcano Royal Institute on the academic community, think tank networks and society, thus contributing to its mission.

Advisory Council members (in alphabetical order)

Manuel Alcántara

Professor of Political Science
University of Salamanca

Francisco Aldecoa

Professor of International Relations. Faculty of Political Science and Sociology
Complutense University of Madrid

Paz Andrés Sáenz de Santa María

Professor of Public International Law
University of Oviedo

José M. de Areilza Carvajal

Secretary General
Aspen Institute España

Esther Barbé

Senior Research Associate, IBEI
Professor, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Lluís Bassets

Deputy Director
El País

Belén Becerril Atienza

Professor of Public International Law and International Relations
CEU San Pablo University

José Luis Calvo Albero

Colonel of the Army, Diploma in General Staff
Director of the Division of Coordination and Studies of the General Secretariat for Defence Policy, Ministry of Defence of Spain

Carlos Carnero

Senior Advisor
Vinces Consulting

Emilio Cassinello

Director General
Toledo International Center for Peace (CITPax)

Carlos Closa

Research Professor
Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos (IPP) – CSIC

Juan José Escobar

Ambassador on special mission for the Expo Málaga 2027 candidacy
MAEUEC

Enrique Fanjul

Trade Technical Expert and State Economist

Caterina García Segura

Full Professor in International Relations
Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Vicente Garrido

Director
Instituto de Cuestiones Internacionales y Política Exterior (INCIPE)

Carlos Gaspar

Senior Researcher
Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais (IPRI)

Enrique Herrera Viedma

Vice-Rector for Research and Transfer
DECSAI – University of Granada

Carlos López Blanco

Senior Consultant
Flint Spain

Susana Malcorra

Senior Advisor
IE University

Stefano Manservisi

Special Advisor to Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni, and former Director-General of Department for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO)
European Commission

Ramon de Miguel

Ambassador of Spain

Moisés Naím, PhD

Distinguished Fellow
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Julia Alicia Olmo y Romero

General Consul of Spain in Houston
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ana Palacio

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs

Eduardo Posada Carbó

Director of the Latin American Centre (Oxford School of Global and Area Studies), Professor of the History and Politics of Latin America & William Golding Senior Fellow of Brasenose
University of Oxford

Michael Reid

Visiting Professor in Practice
London School of Economics (LSE)

Belén Romana

Economist, Non-executive Director
Santander, Aviva and Chair of the Board of Digital Future Society

Felipe Sahagún

Professor and Journalist

Diego Sánchez-Ancochea

Professor of the Political Economy of Development Latin American Centre (Oxford School of Global and Area Studies)
University of Oxford

Félix Sanz Roldán

President of the Social Council
Consejo Social de la UCLM

Fidel Sendagorta

Ambassador of Spain

Anna Terrón

Senior Fellow
Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

José Ignacio Torreblanca

Head of office and Senior Policy Fellow
ECFR Madrid

Manuel Torres

University Professor of Political Science and Administration
Universidad Pablo de Olavide of Seville

Jordi Vaquer

Secretary General
Metropolis

Richard Youngs

Senior Associate. Democracy and Rule of Law Program
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Javier Zarzalejos

Director
Fundación FAES