Many countries are currently liberalising trade through bilateral and regional free trade agreements.

For a long time, tariffs were the most common protectionism instrument.

An interview with Jorge Jaraquemada, a lawyer by profession and Executive Director of the Jaime Guzmán Foundation of Chile, was President of the Council for Transparency of Chile.

The IDE 2014 of the Alternativas Foundation dedicated a chapter to the Bárcenas-Gürtel case, the Palau case and the case of the Andalusia Regional Government ERE.

The kidnapping of the public sector by the large economic groups that live entrenched within the structures of the State in pursuance of their own objectives is alarming.

On March 21st, 2018, the Spanish justice issued a European arrest warrant against the president of the Catalonian regional government, Carles Puigdemont.

Over the last few years, the European Union has created a "European Justice Area" based on the adoption of measures to advance judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters.

Tthe countries presented themselves as closed fortresses, protected by the principle of non-interference.

Three years ago, the so-called sovereignty process was unleashed and external attention on the Catalonian political situation has been increasing.

Nationalism and Populism are two issues that have gained general interest in this stage of history, characterized by globalisation.

Politics in polyarchies today seems to pivot around two major trends: on one hand, the establishment Political Parties, and on the other, the anti-system.

How do we explain the resurgence of populism in one country after another? Maybe in terms of common structural conditions or passive diffusion of ideas across contexts?

Since 2016, several political events have been worrying and have shaken the old continent over and over again.