ECFR Alumni · Head of ECFR Madrid Office & Policy Fellow
Multilateral diplomacy, European foreign and security policy, Spanish foreign policy, EU enlargement in the Western Balkans, Ukraine, nation-building
Spanish, English, French, German, conversational Serbo-Croat & basic Russian
Francisco de Borja Lasheras worked for ECFR until February 2018.
Francisco de Borja Lasheras participó el pasado 26 de febrero en la Conferencia Internacional “Civil Society and Beyond: A Joint Dialogue on the European Path”…
The sixth ECFR Foreign Policy Scorecard highlights the EU’s diminishing ability to influence its neighbours, and the neighbourhood’s growing impact on the EU
Spanish leaders need to face up to the strategic challenges of our time to prevent a Hobbesian world of the future
Russia's authoritarianism combines outright repression with a subtle use of modern Western strategies of media and PR
A new generation of politicians is challenging the old order in Ukraine – their success is vital for the country’s democratic future
De la serie 'Voces sobre Ucrania, voces de Ucrania', Francisco de Borja Lasheras da un discurso en el V Foro de Periodismo ante la…
Kateryna Dankova is the head in Oblast of the Democratic Alliance (Demallianz), recently elected as a representative in the local elections. …
This speech was held by the Deputy Director of ECFR Madrid, Francisco de Borja Lasheras, at a session on transitional justice in Bosnia 20…
EU’s weakness is prompting a new scramble for power for the Balkans with Russia, Turkey and other actors
The sixth ECFR Foreign Policy Scorecard highlights the EU’s diminishing ability to influence its neighbours, and the neighbourhood’s growing impact on the EU
The fifth edition of ECFR’s Foreign Policy Scorecard examines EU’s response to a year of crisis
The return of identity politics and nationalism has put the postmodern Europe that sought to dilute and mitigate national and regional identities on the ropes
Many crimes remain unanswered for, but with the Hague phase essentially over, it is about time for the difficult process of reconciliation
Spain faces its worst constitutional crisis since the failed 1981 coup d’état, driven by Brexit-style populism
Can the EU-Turkey relationship be salvaged? Key EU capitals give their views
Macron’s win was received with a sigh of relief across Europe, but what follows cannot be “politics as usual”. Can he garner support in the European Union?
In focusing exclusively on Western crimes, parts of the European Left are letting Putin and Assad off the hook for Syria and Ukraine
Ukraine’s pivot towards the West has barely begun, but fatigue and frustration are already setting in
This weekend’s parliamentary elections in Macedonia are, ironically, an exercise in strengthening anti-democratic forces
Francisco de Borja Lasheras gives a wake-up call for Europe to address its most pressing challenges before it is too late
What do EU countries think of Donald Trump’s victory?
Francisco de Borja Lasheras, jefe de la oficina de ECFR en Madrid, nos relata su viaje a Bosnia. …
Borja Lasheras, director de la oficina de ECFR en Madrid, refleja sus impresiones sobre Ucrania ahora que la liberalización de visados y el Acuerdo de…
This week, rather than putting out our ordinary podcast, we're leaving the floor to Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, head of ECFR Paris, who's hosting a discussion…
Nouveau podcast de notre série sur l'élection présidentielle de 2017 ayant pour objectif de traiter les thèmes d'actualité et de contribuer au débat…
Francisco de Borja Lasheras, director de la oficina de ECFR Madrid, entrevista a Andreja Stojkovski, presidente del Macedonian Centre for European Traininng, en Skopje, Macedonia
Mark Leonard speaks with Cristina Manzano, Editor-in-Chief of the Spanish newspaper Es Global, and Borja Lasheras, ECFR’s director of the Madrid office, about the new…
ECFR’s head of the Madrid office, Francisco de Borja Lasheras, speaks with Sergei Pronkin about why the Lenin monument in Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine was…
ECFR’s head of the Madrid office, Francisco de Borja Lasheras, speaks with Ukrainian teacher Mash Keli about what the situation is like now in Sloviansk…
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR experts Vessela Tcherneva, Silvia Francescon, Ulrike Franke, Borja Lasheras, and board member Ivan Krastev, about summer readings. The…
Francisco de Borja Lasheras, Director de ECFR Madrid, habla con Zoryan Kiss, un activista LGBT en Ucrania, sobre el progreso de los derechos del colectivo…
Borja Lasheras is quoted regarding Bosnia war
France 24 interviews Francisco de Borja Lasheras on the constitutional crisis as the Catalonia parliament reconvenes.
RTVE interviews Francisco de Borja Lasheras on the presidential elections in Rusia
El País interviews Francisco de Borja Lasheras about Catalan pro-independence propaganda spread on Russia public news.
Francisco de Borja Lasheras speaks about Catalonia's election this week