Documentos CIDOB, Asia; 15

The two essays that this Document brings together have different origins, although they share a common thread: the emergence of Eurasia as a geopolitical reality with potential both for conflict and for co-operation. From his special condition of having formed part of the first Spanish embassy in the post-Soviet Kazakhstan and his current post as a diplomat in the Spanish mission to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, Martínez Montes proposes, first of all, the overcoming of the an idea of Europe confined to the European Union, through the incorporation of Eurasia as an area of reference, encompassing the set formed by the EU, Russia (CIS), inland Eurasia and China-East Asia as main actors. On the other hand, and to provide this area with more content, he points out the need to move on to action through the drawing up of a Eurasia Plan, which, drafted within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation, would allow for broadening the context of the traditional axes of Spanish foreign policy, while at the same time serving as a prior step in establishing a foreign policy of its own on a global scale.

Luis Francisco Martínez Montes is a Member of the Diplomatic Corps, Counsellor in the Permanent Mission of Spain to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

ISSN: 1696-9987 (print edition)
ISSN: 1697-381X (online edition)

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