The Comit? des Sages: a wise idea?
European leaders are set to examine Nikolas Sarkozy’s proposal to launch a “Comit? des Sages” but the proposal has so far been received with scepticism by most stakeholders
Experts & Staff
José Ignacio Torreblanca
Head, ECFR Madrid
Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise
Technology and geopolitics, EU strategic autonomy; disinformation and influence operations
Languages
Spanish, English
Biography
José Ignacio Torreblanca is a senior policy fellow and head of the Madrid office of the European Council on Foreign Relations, a position he has held since the launch of ECFR across Europe in 2007. Torreblanca is also Professor of Political Science at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) in Madrid.
He is a weekly columnist in EL MUNDO as author of the blog “Café Steiner” and a weekly contributor on RNE (Spanish National Radio) and RTVE. Previously, he was Editorial Director of EL PAIS where he also authored a weekly column in the International Section and a blog.
Torreblanca holds a PhD in Political Science from the Complutense University of Madrid.
Demasiado poco y demasiado tarde
Europa ha hecho demasiado poco y demasiado tarde en Afganist?n
Much work to do
Ratification and implementation of the new EU treaty is an opportunity to win the argument for Europe’s global role
Only an open Europe can promote open societies abroad
Together with monetary union, enlargement is the only real breakthrough the EU has witnessed in the last decade
In the media
The 7 October attacks are to Israel as the Twin Towers are to the United States
José Ignacio Torreblanca analyses current international affairs
José Ignacio Torreblanca on internal relations in Spain
José Ignacio Torreblanca on why Puigdemont’s exile in Belgium is advantageous for Sánchez
What we have to do, as we do in the NATO framework, is to be able to be operable together; [i.e.] to be interoperable, to be able to deploy and deter together
José Ignacio Torreblanca analyses the debate on the need for Europe to develop its own army due to its security vulnerability
Rutte’s humiliating letter to Orban to secure his support for NATO Secretary General. He apologises for what he said in 2021 and promises to exempt Hungary from contributing to European defence
José Ignacio Torreblanca on Rutte’s maneuvers to become NATO’s Secretary General