Catalans Likely to Keep Disobedience Civil
The Cipher Brief asked Marc Gafarot, a public affairs consultant and specialist in secessionist movements who is based in Barcelona, to comment after Spain’s central […] More
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Catalonia Strife Could Take Economic Toll, Hurting Nationalist Cause
Over the weekend, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy responded to the independence referendum, which the Catalonian government held on October 1, with an announcement that […] More
Madrid and Catalonia Place Bets on Spain’s Future
The crisis in Catalonia is reaching a decision point as the Spanish senate gets ready to vote on Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s proposal to use […] More
More Complexity Ahead If Catalonia Doesn’t Declare Independence
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced this weekend that his government would invoke Article 155 to depose the current regional government and impose direct rule […] More
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Barcelona: Complex Attack Significantly More Dangerous if ISIS-Inspired
Spanish authorities said Friday the deadly attacks in Barcelona and a seaside town are linked and long-planned by a terrorist cell. While several people have been arrested […] More
Barcelona: Complex Attack Significantly More Dangerous if ISIS-Inspired
Spanish authorities said Friday the deadly attacks in Barcelona and a seaside town are linked and long-planned by a terrorist cell. While several people have been arrested […] More
Spain a Fault Line Between Islam and the West
Thursday’s attack in Barcelona – and possibly today’s attack in Finland – are yet more tragic examples of how common objects such as vehicles and […] More
Network Take: Clapper and McLaughlin say Spain a Likely Target
Spanish authorities said Friday the deadly attacks in Barcelona and a seaside town are linked and long-planned by a terrorist cell. While several people have been arrested […] More
Intel Sharing Critical as Terror Strikes Another NATO Ally
As a close counterterrorism partner of Spain, the United States will be active in the ongoing investigation into the terrorist attack in Barcelona and any […] More
European Intel Bound Closer by Terror
In the wake of the deadly terrorist attack in Barcelona, Spain, Spanish authorities and partner nations’ intelligence services will be working to uncover as many […] More
Barcelona Attack: ISIS Plot or Copycat Contagion?
Terrorists used a car to mow down pedestrians on Thursday in Barcelona’s Las Ramblas district, killing over a dozen people and leaving many more injured […] More
What Happens in the Middle East Doesn’t Stay in the Middle East
Another deadly terrorist attack hit the streets of Europe Thursday, leaving at least 13 people dead and dozens injured. A van drove through a pedestrian […] More
In Brexit, EU Holds the Cards
British Prime Minister Theresa May and her Conservative Party’s upset electoral loss on Thursday has thrown British politics into chaos and called May’s survival as […] More
Spain's New Fully-Functioning Government May Not Work
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was recently reinstated to form a minority government, following a ten-month period of political deadlock in which no party could […] More