{"title":"The European difficult goal of being strategically autonomous","authors":"Carlos Martí Sempere","doi":"10.32796/cice.2024.107.7801","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32796/cice.2024.107.7801","url":null,"abstract":"The issue of the “strategic autonomy of the European Union (EU)” is being subject to high interest within the EU policy circles. This term, originally propelled by France and mainly focused on defence, has evolved to include a much broader set of security considerations as the economy, the health or technology to just name a few. However, this concept still retains an important defence dimension. This paper deeply explores this issue, mainly in relation to the defence dimension, but looking at the organizational, industrial and technological aspects which are closely related, trying to identify the different constraints that may bound or endanger this autonomy.","PeriodicalId":479600,"journal":{"name":"Cuadernos económicos de ICE","volume":" 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141677673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Política y economía ante el nuevo desorden mundial","authors":"Juan Luis Manfredi Sánchez, Ana Manero Salvador","doi":"10.32796/cice.2024.107.7804","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32796/cice.2024.107.7804","url":null,"abstract":"La guerra de Ucrania ha consolidado los grandes cambios estructurales de la política y la economía global. Bajo el paradigma de la desglobalización, Estados Unidos y China abren una nueva era de competencia. La Unión Europea aspira a consolidar su ruta geopolítica, mientras que otros actores consolidan su capacidad e influencia. En materia económica, el retorno del Estado abre un nuevo escenario de política industrial y las cadenas globales de suministro representan la llave de la internacionalización. En perspectiva jurídica, el orden liberal se desvanece ante los constantes ataques de Rusia, China o las tesis políticas nativistas. En suma, se analiza la nueva era internacional.","PeriodicalId":479600,"journal":{"name":"Cuadernos económicos de ICE","volume":" 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141678707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"BRICS+: a Wake-Up Call for the G7?","authors":"Katrin Kamin, Rolf J. Langhammer","doi":"10.32796/cice.2024.107.7802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32796/cice.2024.107.7802","url":null,"abstract":"The paper explores whether the changing dynamics of the BRICS potentially influence the formation of economic and political blocs and investigates whether BRICS+ can serve as a geoeconomic counterweight to the G7. Evaluating the impact of resource endowment, trade relations, political regimes, and financial market roles of BRICS+ members on the global economic and political landscapes, the article discusses the geopolitical importance of BRICS+, and the G7 responses. We conclude that the BRICS+ serve as a wake-up call for the G7, urging a reassessment of political and economic ties in the face of a changing global scenario.","PeriodicalId":479600,"journal":{"name":"Cuadernos económicos de ICE","volume":" 44","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141678639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"La materialización del impacto comercial de la guerra en Ucrania en América Latina","authors":"Kathia Michalczewsky","doi":"10.32796/cice.2024.107.7786","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32796/cice.2024.107.7786","url":null,"abstract":"La invasión de Rusia a Ucrania tuvo efectos sobre América Latina, principalmente, a través de la variación de los precios en algunos productos básicos clave en los que los países de la región comparten ventajas comparativas con las economías involucradas en el conflicto. La suba de las cotizaciones se materializó en aceleración de la inflación y deterioro de los términos de intercambio. La mejora esperada fue, en rigor, limitada a algunos países especializados en la exportación de combustibles. Las oportunidades para cubrir mercados que quedaran desatendidos por Rusia y Ucrania solo se concretaron en unos pocos productos específicos y determinados mercados. ","PeriodicalId":479600,"journal":{"name":"Cuadernos económicos de ICE","volume":" 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141679468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"La batalla de las narrativas en la guerra de Ucrania: implicaciones para un mundo en transición","authors":"P. Moral","doi":"10.32796/cice.2024.107.7800","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32796/cice.2024.107.7800","url":null,"abstract":"La guerra entre Rusia y Ucrania desencadenó una batalla de narrativas estratégicas que tenían como fin legitimar sus respectivas causas ante las audiencias internacionales. Ucrania se erigió como un mártir de la libertad que luchaba tanto por su supervivencia como por la de los valores liberales occidentales. Rusia, en cambio, impulsó una narrativa antioccidental que propugnaba un nuevo modelo de gobernanza global. Con la prolongación del conflicto, tanto Kiev como Moscú se centraron en persuadir al sur global, cuyo ascenso acelera la transición hacia un orden internacional multipolar, tanto en lo material como en el terreno de las ideas.","PeriodicalId":479600,"journal":{"name":"Cuadernos económicos de ICE","volume":" 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141677321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Geoeconomic spheres: The Age of Economic Multipolarity and Regionalism","authors":"Eduardo Castellet","doi":"10.32796/cice.2024.107.7803","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32796/cice.2024.107.7803","url":null,"abstract":"With globalization being challenged by the end of unipolarity, international economics and supply chains are being redesigned to account for national security. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the cut-off of Russian gas to the European Union, and the purposeful employment of debt and shipping lanes to achieve political objectives forces the Western allies to de-risk their markets and economies. While protectionism is widely seen as inevitable, its lack of practicality prevents it from being a suitable replacement. Regional integration, and the creation of ally-based supply chains, however, present a unique opportunity in economic statecraft: to simultaneously strengthen alliances and de-risk our economies.","PeriodicalId":479600,"journal":{"name":"Cuadernos económicos de ICE","volume":" 17","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141679315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The energy trilemma once more: new relations between accelerating decarbonization, ensuring energy security and promoting economic development in a new era of geopolitical and geoeconomic competition","authors":"Pau Ruiz Guix","doi":"10.32796/cice.2024.107.7781","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32796/cice.2024.107.7781","url":null,"abstract":"Una aceleración del ritmo de la descarbonización y el despliegue de energía limpia impulsada por objetivos de mitigación climática y seguridad energética está definiendo una nueva era de política industrial y competencia geoeconómica. Este articulo explora cómo el trilema energético, la complejidad de afrontar los objetivos de sostenibilidad, seguridad y equidad energética a la vez, ha evolucionado después de la invasión rusa de Ucrania, y qué nuevas tensiones surgen entre sus tres patas en el contexto actual de tensión geopolítica. El articulo concluye que, si bien surgen nuevos desafíos difíciles para lograr la sostenibilidad, la seguridad y la equidad simultáneamente en el contexto actual, existen opciones para garantizar transiciones energéticas rápidas, seguras y justas.","PeriodicalId":479600,"journal":{"name":"Cuadernos económicos de ICE","volume":" 46","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141680193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From complex to weaponized interdependence: Scenario-building in the Arctic","authors":"Iris Thatcher","doi":"10.32796/cice.2024.107.7799","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32796/cice.2024.107.7799","url":null,"abstract":"The Ukraine war poses significant challenges to the Arctic and its mantra, “High North – Low Tension.” The pause of the Arctic Council, widespread sanctions against Russia and the expedited application of Finland and Sweden to NATO are changing the contours of the region. This article analyzes how the Russian invasion of Ukraine impacted Arctic affairs through the lens of the Sino-Russian relationship, utilizing Farrell and Newman’s (2019) concept of weaponized interdependence to outline future geopolitical scenarios. Findings indicate that Western incorporation of Beijing in Arctic dialogues is key to hedge economic, political and security dependencies to Russia.","PeriodicalId":479600,"journal":{"name":"Cuadernos económicos de ICE","volume":" 30","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141677782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}