Elcano Royal Institute

Elcano Royal Institute
Real Instituto Elcano
AbbreviationRIE
Formation2001; 23 years ago (2001)
TypeThink tank
Legal statusFoundation
HeadquartersMadrid
Websitehttp://www.realinstitutoelcano.org

The Elcano Royal Institute for International and Strategic Studies (Spanish: Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos; RIE) is a think tank based in Madrid, Spain.

It was created on 26 November 2001 as private foundation, formed by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Economy, Defence and Education, Culture and Sport as well as the public railway company RENFE,[1][2] also receiving the additional funding from PRISA, CASA, CEPSA, SEAT, Indra Sistemas, the SGAE; Telefónica and Zeltia.[1] It was set up with the aim of "promoting in society the knowledge of the international reality and of the foreign relations of Spain in all its aspects."[3]

  1. ^ a b Morales San-Juan 2017, p. 306.
  2. ^ "Aznar: 'Think tanks' a medida". La Marea. 23 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Orden ECD/2064/2002, de 24 de julio, por la que se inscribe en el Registro de Fundaciones la denominada "Fundación Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos", de Madrid" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado: 30201. 13 August 2002. ISSN 0212-033X.