Global geopolitics and security This strategic line focuses on analysis and foresight of cooperation and conflict dynamics, as well as the actors and institutions with global reach.
Migrations CIDOB addresses migration from a triple perspective: as a subject of politicisation in public debates, as an object of public policy and in relation to its forms of governance.
Global cities and metropolises CIDOB analyses cities in global governance, as well as cities’ socioeconomic and environmental challenges.
Sustainable development This strategic line addresses development challenges holistically, within the SDGs framework for achieving the 2030 Agenda.
Europe The European Union is a reference point for CIDOB’s research. It considers the debates over the EU’s internal transformation and its role as an international actor.
The greater Mediterranean CIDOB broadens its focus from the Middle East and North Africa to the countries of the Sahel, Iran, Turkey and the Gulf, focussing on dynamics of fragmentation, interdependence and marginalisation.
Latin America and the Atlantic space CIDOB analyses the political changes taking place in the region and their effects, both on the countries’ development and international integration strategies, as well as on regional balances.
Other regions of interest CIDOB incorporates the dynamics of other regions of the world into its analysis. These include Sub-Saharan Africa and the Sahel and Asia-Pacific.
Biografías Líderes Políticos (Only in spanish) Biografías de Líderes Políticos es un servicio de CIDOB que ofrece biografías contextualizadas de dirigentes de todo el mundo. ACCESS
HIGHLIGHTED EVENT War & Peace in the 21st Century: Pre-release of the documentary film ‘Bouncing back. World politics after the pandemic’ Which international order will consolidate in the post-Covid-19 world? Will it be more conflictual? Or will new ways of frame the international cooperation arise? These and other related questions are addressed by several high-level experts in the documentary film ‘Bouncing back. World politics after the pandemic’ to be released next January 23rd 2021.
Jan 23 SEMINAR - Jan 23, 2021 War & Peace in the 21st Century: Pre-release of the documentary film ‘Bouncing back. World politics after the pandemic’
Jan 28 PUBLICATION PRESENTATION - Jan 28, 2021 Presentación ‘El mundo en 2021: diez temas que marcarán la agenda internacional’ en Barcelona Global
Jan 15 PUBLICATION PRESENTATION - Jan 15, 2021 Presentación ‘El mundo en 2021: diez temas que marcarán la agenda internacional’ en amec
Jan 14 PUBLICATION PRESENTATION - Jan 14, 2021 Presentación ‘El mundo en 2021: diez temas que marcarán la agenda internacional’ en el Colpis
CIDOB REPORT - 09/2020 UN @ 75: Rethinking multilateralism Pol Bargués, Research Fellow, CIDOB (coord.) Download
NOTES INTERNACIONALS - 12/2020 The world in 2021: ten issues that will shape the international agenda Eduard Soler i Lecha, Senior Research Fellow, CIDOB (coordinated and edited) Download