CENTER FOR GLOBAL ECONOMY

AND GEOPOLITICS

ANNUAL

REPORT

2016 2017

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Contents

03 About ESADEgeo

06 Education

09 Policy Debate

28 Publications & Research

35 Key Figures

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About ESADEgeo

Vision

To become the benchmark for other business schools in the study of globalisation

and organisations.

Mission

To provide organisations with the necessary tools to organise themselves and

strategise in a globalised world.

Programmes

Global Governance

Global Economy

Global Risks

ESADE China Europe Club

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Financial Supporters & Partners

Financial Supporters

Academic Partners

External

Brookings

CIDOB & IBEI

Georgetown University

European University Institute

Sciences Po

Internal

Chair in Leadership & Democratic

Governance

Department of Economics

ESADEgov Center for Public Governance

ESADE Law School

Observatory of Spanish Multinational

Companies

Global Governance

ESADE China Europe Club

Activity-based Partners

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Team

Javier Solana President of ESADEgeo

David Vegara Vice-President of ESADEgeo

Angel Saz-Carranza Director of ESADEgeo

Angel Pascual-Ramsay Director of the Global Risks Programme

Ivana Casaburi Director of the ESADE China Europe Club

Irene Alba Associate Director of ESADEgeo

Marie Vandendriessche Researcher & Project Manager, ESADEgeo

Óscar Fernández Research Assistant, ESADEgeo

Qiaoshan Xue Project Manager, ESADE China Europe Club

Non-resident fellows

Ruth Aguilera Full Professor at D’Amore-McKim School

of Business, Northeastern University

(Boston, MA)

Patrick Schena Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fletcher School,

Tufts University (Medford, MA) and Senior

Fellow and Co-head at SovereigNet

Paul Rose Professor at the Moritz College of Law

(Ohio State University) and Executive

Director of Law, Finance and Governance

(Columbus, OH)

Susanna Salvador PhD Candidate in Management Sciences,

ESADE

Adrià Albareda Research Associate, Institute for Public

Governance and Management, ESADE

Ryan Federo PhD in Management Sciences, ESADE

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Education

Teaching

MBA Course: Global Economy and Geopolitics in the 21st Century

Objective

In the increasingly globalised and complex world of the 21st century, it is crucial to

understand how the major issues on the international stage reverberate in

geopolitics, global governance and daily life. This course aims to comprehensively

address some of today’s most pressing international challenges and, in doing so,

enhance students’ capacity for strategic analysis related to these challenges.

Format

The course comprises eleven sessions. Dr. Solana teaches seven of the eleven

sessions. For three selected sessions, we invite prominent guest speakers. The

2016-2017 guest speakers were: Branko Milanovic, renowned specialist on

inequality at the City University of New York (CUNY) and former lead economist in

the World Bank's research department; Martin Indyk, Executive Vice President of

the Brookings Institution and former Special Assistant to President Clinton and US

Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations (2013-2014); and Shivshankar

Menon, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Institute of Chinese Studies in New

Delhi and Distinguished Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and former National

Security Advisor to the Indian Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary of India.

The remaining four sessions were taught by ESADEgeo faculty members David

Vegara, Angel Saz-Carranza, Angel Pascual Ramsay and Marie Vandendriessche.

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2017 MBA Sessions

Session 1 18th January

Geopolitics and Global Governance: An Introduction

Javier Solana

Session 2 25th January

The EU and its Economic Governance

David Vegara

Session 3 8th February

The US Election and its International Impact

& the Middle East Peace Process

Javier Solana & guest speaker: Martin Indyk

Session 4 22nd February

Global Security Trends & Hotspots

Javier Solana

Session 5 8th March

Energy & Climate Change: Geopolitics & Governance

Angel Saz-Carranza & Marie Vandendriessche

Session 6 22nd March

Inequality and its Effects

Javier Solana & guest speaker: Branko Milanovic

Session 7 5th April

Firms and Their Non-Market Environments

Angel Saz-Carranza

Session 8 19th April

The New Face of Risk: Global Risks for Business

Angel Pascual-Ramsay

Session 9 26th April

Emerging Markets in Geopolitics & Global Governance

Javier Solana & guest speaker: Shivshankar Menon

Session 10 10th May

Final Student Presentations

Javier Solana

Session 11 17th May

Concluding Debate & Farewell

Javier Solana

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Other lectures

Javier Solana

GEMBA (Global Executive MBA)

EMBA (Executive MBA)

BiGG (Bachelor in Global Governance)

MMBA (Multinational MBA)

Custom Programmes: Deloitte, Porsche, PwC, Inditex

David Vegara

Master of Finance

MIM (Master in International Management)

Master of Science – Global

Angel Saz-Carranza

EMBA (Executive MBA)

Executive Master in Healthcare Organizations Leadership

GIP - 2nd Edition Guanghua – FCB China meets Spain

IIMB (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore) – AMP (Advanced

Management Program)

KUBS GEMBA Immersion Week

Agenda Pública

Refresher Programme – ESADE Alumni

Strategic Management of Public-Private Collaboration

Directors Programme

REPSOL: Advanced Management Program 2017

BiGG (Bachelor in Global Governance)

BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration)

MIE (MSc Innovation & Entrepreneurship)

Master of Science – Global

MIM (Master in International Management)

MRes in Management Sciences

Angel Pascual-Ramsay

BiGG (Bachelor in Global Governance)

BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration)

CEMS Master’s in International Management

MIM (Master in International Management)

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Policy Debate

Seminars & workshops

“The Changing Political Environment”

4th October 2016, Madrid

“Digital technologies have transformed political

life. They have changed the way political leaders

and their voters relate to one another; as a

consequence, it has also changed citizens’ feeling

of democratic representation as well as their

electoral behaviour,” declared Enrico Letta, Dean

of the Paris School of International Affairs Sciences Po and former Prime Minister

of Italy, during a discussion held at ESADE as part of the presentation of the new

ESADE-KREAB programme “Public Agenda: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the

Origin and Development of Public Policies”. The event, entitled “The Changing

Political Environment”, also featured the participation of Josep Piqué, economist

and former Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, and ESADEgeo President Javier

Solana, who discussed current-affairs topics such as populisms, economic

globalisation and global governance.

Third High-Level EU Diplomacy Lecture in Bruges by Javier Solana

27th October 2016, Bruges

The Department of EU International Relations and

Diplomacy Studies at the College of Europe,

Bruges, held the third annual EU Diplomacy

Lectures on 27th October 2016.

As the EU finds itself surrounded by a host of

challenges, the time has come to take decisive

steps to boost the Union’s Common Foreign and

Security Policy. In this lecture, Javier Solana

outlined the current state of the conflicts

surrounding the EU’s borders and offered a glance

at the outlook for the future.

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3rd Bilbao European Encounters 2016: The Challenges of European

Integration

7th November 2016, Bilbao

After the success in terms of both content and participation of the two

previous editions of the Bilbao European Encounters, which were mainly

academically focused, Globernance – the prestigious Basque Institute for

Democratic Governance – has proposed extending the process of reflecting

on the current challenges of European integration to the general public.

This new edition of the Bilbao European Encounters aimed to tackle the

main three challenges identified as essential to successful European

integration: the diverse Europe, the social Europe and the cosmopolitan

Europe. Javier Solana, President of ESADEgeo, and Daniel Innerarity, Director

of the Institute for Democratic Governance (Globernance), held a dialogue

entitled “The Cosmopolitan Europe: Democratising the Common

Challenges”.

Inauguration of the Public Agenda Programme

24th November 2016, Madrid

The Public Agenda programme offers a multidisciplinary approach to the

creation and development of public policies. It is a learning and dialogue

forum that features the participation of nationally and internationally

renowned figures from the political, business, academic and social spheres.

The programme aims to provide top managers at organisations with the

knowledge and tools they need to understand how the public agenda is

shaped, how to interact in a liquid relational ecosystem, and how to optimise

their performance in today’s context of change and uncertainty.

The Public Agenda programme was inaugurated at a policy seminar

featuring Enrico Letta on 4th October 2016. On 24th November, the

programme Public Agenda: Power and Counter-Power opened with a

session entitled “Geopolitics of Decisions: Centres and Peripheries”,

featuring Javier Solana.

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Global Annual Energy Meeting, 5th edition: “The Coming Energy Market”

25th November 2016, Madrid

ESADEgeo hosted the fifth edition of its annual meeting on energy strategies

together with KIC InnoEnergy, the Boston Consulting Group, the European

Commission, Gas Natural Fenosa, Obra Social “La Caixa”, Repsol and Aspen

Institute Spain.

The event consolidated the position of the Global Annual Energy Meeting as a

gathering and discussion forum for policymakers, sector analysts and business

executives in both energy-consuming and energy-supplying industries.

The meeting, held at Espacio Bertelsmann, featured several renowned speakers,

including: Tim Boersma, Acting Director, Energy Security and Climate Initiative,

Brookings Institution; Laszlo Varro, Chief Economist, International Energy Agency;

Tatiana Mitrova, Head of Oil and Gas, Energy Research Institute, Russian Academy

of Sciences; Konstantin Staschus, Secretary-General, ENTSO-E; Carmen Vindel,

Director of Regulatory and European Affairs, Gas Natural Fenosa; Christian

Egenhofer, Head of the Energy and Climate Programme, CEPS; Diego Pavía, CEO,

KIC InnoEnergy; and Iván Martén, Senior Partner, Managing Director and Vice-

Chairman of Energy Practice at the Boston Consulting Group.

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“Primakov Readings” International Forum

28th–30th November 2016, Moscow

The “Primakov Readings” – an international forum held in memory of the

outstanding politician, academic and journalist Yevgeny Primakov – took place on

28th-30th November 2016 in Moscow. The Congress Centre of Moscow’s World

Trade Centre hosted the event, which enjoyed the support of the Russian Chamber

of Commerce and Industry and the Primakov National Research Institute of World

Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO).

On 30th November, Vladimir Putin attended

the forum, which was held to study the

academic and political legacy of Yevgeny

Primakov. The agenda included speeches

by Russian and foreign politicians,

academics and public figures who knew Mr.

Primakov, including Dr. Javier Solana.

Networking Lunch with Javier Solana: The Future of Europe: Geopolitical and

Economic Trends

Urban Land Institute, 1st December 2016, Barcelona

The Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Barcelona District Council brought together the

members of the ULI at its annual networking lunch.

ESADEgeo President Javier Solana was the guest of honour at this event. Dr. Solana

discussed the future of Europe and the current geopolitical and economic trends.

He argued that demographic changes, Brexit, the growing economic influence of

the E7, and the newly elected US president will transform the current economic and

political landscape and alter the configuration of the continent.

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Presentation of Global Cities: A Short History

13th December 2016, ESADE Barcelona

The presentation of the book Global Cities: A Short History, by Greg Clark, featured

the participation of top experts who discussed the current importance of global

cities. Participants included Angel Saz-Carranza, Director of ESADEgeo; Josep Maria

Coll, Researcher at the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) and

Coordinator of Wise Cities: A New Paradigm for Urban Resilience, Sustainability

and Well-Being; and Oriol Estela, General Coordinator of the Strategic Metropolitan

Plan of Barcelona.

Refugees, Brexit and Trump: What Will Happen to Europe in this Context?

14th December 2016, Barcelona

ESADEgeo President Javier Solana

held a dialogue session with David

Vegara, Vice President of ESADEgeo

and “la Caixa” scholarship recipient,

on the uncertain future of Europe in

an international context

characterised by a refugee crisis,

Brexit, and the election of Donald

Trump as President of the United States.

The dialogue formed part of “Horizons: Talks & Lectures”, an event series

organised by the Association of “la Caixa” Scholarship Recipients. With

support from Obra Social “la Caixa”, the Association organises talks and

lectures featuring renowned figures from various fields in which “la Caixa”

scholarship recipients have worked.

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War and Peace in the 21st Century. Colombia: The Peace Process

21st January 2017, Barcelona

Now in its 15th edition, the “War and Peace in the 21st Century” seminar – organised

by the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) with the support of the

Barcelona City Council, the collaboration of ESADEgeo and the sponsorship of Obra

Social “La Caixa” – analysed the Colombian peace process, the challenges that await

post-conflict Colombia, the international community’s involvement in the peace

process, and the implementation of the agreements reached in Havana.

The seminar featured the participation of high-profile figures such as Javier Solana,

Honorary President of CIDOB and former EU High Representative for the Common

Foreign and Security Policy; Sergio Jaramillo, Colombian High Commissioner for

Peace; Mark Freeman, Executive Director of the Institute for Integrated Transitions

(IFIT); Carlos Holmes Trujillo, member of the “Commission for No” and member of

the political party Democratic Centre; Eamon Gilmore, EU Special Envoy for the

Colombian Peace Process; and Shlomo Ben Ami, Vice President of CITpax.

7th Executive Development Forum

27th January 2017, San Sebastián

ESADEgeo President Javier Solana was the special guest at the 7th Executive

Development Forum, which was held on 27th January 2017 at the Kursaal in San

Sebastián. Iñigo Ucín, President of Mondragon, opened the event with some

remarks on the central theme of the event: intercooperation. Mr. Ucín was followed

by various speakers who discussed their personal experiences with

intercooperation projects. Participants had the chance to learn about projects led

by ATEGI, Mondragon Unibertsitatea, Hotteknik and Danobatgroup, among other

organisations.

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Trump Versus the World? The New United States and Europe’s Response

10th February 2017, Casa de América, Madrid

This discussion session marking the inauguration of Donald Trump as the President

of the United States was held at Casa de América in collaboration with ESADEgeo,

the Alternatives Foundation and El País.

The new president started his term with numerous foreign policy challenges and

multiple proposals that are unquestionably controversial in certain countries. The

European Union, although immersed in the Brexit process, must adequately

respond to the US president on matters of trade, foreign policy, security and the

environment.

The session featured the participation of Javier Solana, President of ESADEgeo,

board member at the Alternatives Foundation and former EU High Representative,

as well as Martin Indyk, Vice President of the Brookings Institution and former US

Special Envoy for Israeli–Palestinian Negotiations.

Munich Security Conference 2017

17th-19th February 2017, Munich

Javier Solana, who was honoured with the Ewald von Kleist Award at the 2010

Munich Security Conference (MSC) for his outstanding record in contributing to

international peace and conflict resolution, returned for the 53rd MSC this year.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel confirmed her participation in the MSC, which

took place from 17th to 19th February 2017. Confirmed participants included US

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Vice-President Mike Pence, US Defence Secretary James Mattis, UN Secretary-

General António Guterres, European Council President Donald Tusk, NATO

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, more than 30 heads of state and government,

over 80 foreign and defence ministers, and a particularly strong US Congressional

delegation.

The MSC 2017 agenda focused on the future of transatlantic relations and NATO

after the election of Donald Trump, the state of European cooperation in security

and defence matters, relations with Russia, the war in Syria, the security situation

in the Asia-Pacific region and information warfare.

ISA's 58th Annual Convention. Understanding Change in World Politics

22nd-25th February 2017, Baltimore

The International Studies Association (ISA) is one of the oldest interdisciplinary

associations dedicated to understanding international, transnational and global

affairs. Founded in 1959, its more than 7,000 members span the globe – comprising

academics, practitioners, policy experts, private sector workers and independent

researchers, among others. The Association has long served as a central hub for

the exchange of ideas and for networking and programmatic initiatives among

those involved in the study, teaching and practice of International Studies.

Ryan Federo, PhD in Management Sciences from ESADE Business School, took part

in a symposium conducted at the ISA Annual Convention: “To board or not to

board: The corporate governance of international governmental organizations”.

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El País Writers’ Breakfast

28th February 2017, Madrid

On 28th February, El País and Banc Sabadell hosted a writers’ breakfast entitled “The

Opportunity of Brexit” that featured the participation of Jaime Guardiola, Executive

Director of Banc Sabadell; Carles Casajuana, former Ambassador of Spain in the

United Kingdom; Javier Solana, President of ESADEgeo; Andy Mackay, Director of

the British Council Spain; Antonio Vázquez, President of IAG; León Fernando del

Canto, lawyer for Lincoln’s Inn; Christopher Dottie, President of the British Chamber

of Commerce in Spain; José Manuel Calvo, Deputy Director of El País; and Javier

Ayuso, Assistant to the Director of El País.

This group of experts agreed on the importance of preventing the negotiations

between the European Union and the United Kingdom from taking on a punitive

character. If the negotiations were to take such a turn, Mr. Guardiola warned, “it

could threaten the growth of both parties”. According to Dr. Solana, “Europe,

starting with Chancellor Angela Merkel, is not in the mood for that confrontation

in these negotiations.” Mr. Casajuana observed, “It isn’t necessary: the British are

already punishing themselves with their decision to leave the EU. Everyone loses

in this situation.” Finally, Mr. Vázquez noted, “It is in Spain’s interest for things to

go well.”

The Populist Threat to European Democracy

6th March 2017, Madrid

Recent political events indicate that so-called populist movements are booming

both in Europe and in the United States. But are these movements really a threat

to democracy?

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Adam Michnik, Editor-in-Chief of the influential Polish newspaper Gazeta

Wyborcza, spoke about this important issue at the Carlos de Amberes Foundation.

Mr. Michnik was introduced by Javier Solana, who discussed how the rising populist

movements in Europe and the United States have altered the parameters of

international relations and forced us to reflect on the assumptions of democracy in

Europe and the shared principles that give meaning to alliances. The session also

featured the participation of Xavier Mas de Xaxàs (La Vanguardia), Anna Bosch (TVE

Internacional), Rafael Panadero, Head of World News at Cadena SER, and other

journalists specialised in international relations.

The Future of European Security

14th March 2017, Brussels

Concerns about the future of

NATO and Europe’s security have

been rising since President Trump

took office in January 2017. With

constant threats from terrorism to

cyber-attacks, a resurgent Russia

and the prospect of Brexit, is it time

for Europe, 60 years after the

Treaty of Rome was signed, to

profoundly rethink its security strategy and construct a new European security

package? These topics were discussed at an event in Brussels organised by the

European Council of Foreign Relations (EFCR). Participants included Mark Leonard,

Director of ECFR; Javier Solana, former High Representative for Common Foreign

and Security Policy; Helle Thorning-Schmidt, CEO of Save the Children

International; Nathalie Tocci, Deputy Director of IAI; Almut Möller, Co-director of

the ECFR Berlin office and David Herszenhorn, Chief Brussels Correspondent for

Politico.

Second Energy Union Tour

16th March 2017, Madrid

The Second Energy Union Tour, organised by the European Commission

Representation in Spain in collaboration with ESADEgeo, was held at the EU’s

institutional offices in Madrid on Thursday, 16th March 2017.

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This session was part of a series of dialogues with citizens, companies, academics,

government bodies, elected officials and civil society that focused on the main

energy-related challenges facing Europe as well as the European Commission’s

legislative and regulatory proposals under the umbrella of the Energy Union

Package.

After opening remarks by Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-

President of the European Commission, Álvaro Nadal,

Spanish Minister of Energy, and co-host Javier Solana,

President of ESADEgeo, this dialogue with the EU

Commissioner covered a wide range of topics. The

session consisted of three parts: energy and

geopolitical security; energy efficiency through

research and innovation; and energy and social

challenges.

Lunch with CEOs, by Javier Solana & David Vegara

16th March 2017, Barcelona | 27th March 2017, Madrid

Javier Solana and David Vegara, President and Vice President of ESADEgeo,

respectively, spoke at an exclusive lunch with CEOs on 16th March at ESADE’s

Barcelona campus. The meeting, entitled “European Societies from Geopolitical

and Economic Angles”, was attended by around 20 top Spanish business leaders.

Eugenia Bieto, Director General of ESADE, delivered the introductory remarks,

which were followed by Solana’s and Vegara’s speeches (“Geopolitical Challenges

Facing Europe” and “Brexit and Economic Challenges”, respectively). The same

event was replicated in Madrid on 27th March 2017.

Inequality and its Effects

22nd March 2017, Barcelona

Over the last few decades, inequality between countries and between the world’s

citizens has dropped for the first time since the Industrial Revolution. How can we

explain this? Has the recent financial crisis reversed previous trends? What do we

need to do to reduce inequality even further? And why is the fight against

inequality so important?

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This debate was organised within the framework of ESADE’s Big Challenges social

debate hub, in collaboration with ESADEgeo. The debate featured guest speakers

Branko Milanovic, Visiting Presidential Professor at the Graduate Center of the City

University of New York (CUNY) and Senior Scholar at the Luxembourg Income

Study (LIS), and Javier Solana, President of ESADEgeo. The welcome address was

delivered by ESADE Director General Eugenia Bieto.

2017 Osservatorio AIR Annual Workshop: Regulatory Agencies in a

multilevel setting

31st March 2017, Rome

The growing internationalization of markets and the widening and deepening of

EU integration create opportunities as well as challenges for national regulatory

agencies. How do agencies deal with this complexity in order to perform their

regulatory duties, and, in some cases, how do they even acquire a leadership role

in policy-making? In that regard, which differences do exist across countries and

sectors?

To tackle these questions, this workshop aimed at taking stock of existing research

on this topic, which has mostly focused on a limited number of sectors and/or levels

so far. What is more, this workshop enabled scholars to engage in a dialogue with

the representatives of a number of selected agencies.

Angel Saz-Carranza, director of ESADEgeo, participated in the second session of

the workshop presenting the paper “The governance structure of regulatory

networks: A QCA exploration”, with discussant Martino Maggetti (University of

Lausanne).

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Closing Session of the 26th Permanent Seminar on Economic and Business

Ethics

16th June 2017, Valencia

On Friday, 16th June 2017, the closing session of the Étnor Foundation’s 26th

Permanent Seminar on Economic and Business Ethics was held in Valencia. The

theme of the session was “Companies’ Commitment to the Sustainable

Development Goals”. The guest speaker at the closing session, Javier Solana, spoke

about how public-private partnerships can help to achieve the Sustainable

Development Goals.

The 26th Permanent Seminar, which began on 26th October 2016, featured high-

profile figures such as Adela Cortina, Academic Director of the Étnor Foundation,

and Cayetano López, former Director General of the Spanish Centre for Energy,

Environment and Technology Research (CIEMAT). The seminar covered a wide

range of topics, including “The Digital Transformation of the Economy and its Social

Consequences” and “New Participatory Economies”.

Europe and Spain Face the Digital Transformation

19th June 2017, Madrid

On Monday, 19th June 2017, a conference entitled “Europe and Spain Face the

Digital Transformation”, organised by the ESYS Foundation, was held at the

headquarters of Telefónica in Madrid.

Participants included Telefónica President José María Álvarez-Pallete, who

delivered the opening remarks; ESADEgeo President Javier Solana, who gave the

introductory lecture of the first block, entitled “Digital Transformation, Security and

Globalisation”; former US Congressman and cybersecurity expert Mike Rogers; and

Emilio Lamo de Espinosa, President of the Royal Elcano Institute.

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International Law and New Wars

20th June 2017, London

This free talk, organised by the London School of Economics and Political Science

(LSE) and hosted by the Centre for Women, Peace and Security, took place on

Tuesday, 20th June 2017 and featured the participation of Javier Solana, President

of ESADEgeo.

The event presented Christine Chinkin and Mary Kaldor's new book, International

Law and New Wars, which examines how international law fails to address the

contemporary experience of what are known as “new wars” – instances of armed

conflict and violence in places such as Syria, Ukraine, Libya, Mali, the Democratic

Republic of Congo and South Sudan. International law, largely constructed in the

19th and 20th centuries, relies to a great extent on an outmoded concept of war

drawn from European experience: inter-state clashes involving battles between

regular and identifiable armed forces.

Value of Experience, Passion for the Future

5th July 2017, Barcelona

In honour of its 120th anniversary in 2017, Carburos Metálicos organised a

gathering that brought together representatives of various century-old companies

from all over Spain to discuss their experiences and their vision of the future.

The gathering, organised under the theme of “Value of Experience, Passion for the

Future”, took place on 5th July 2017 at Barcelona’s Liceu Opera House. The high-

profile business executives in attendance were treated to a keynote talk by Javier

Solana, President of ESADEgeo. The event also featured the participation of Josep

Oliu, President of Banc Sabadell; Antoni Aguilera, President of the Spanish Red

Cross in Catalonia; Ahmed Hababou, Vice President and General Manager of

Carburos Metálicos; and Jaime Malet, Chairman of the American Chamber of

Commerce in Spain.

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33rd EGOS Colloquium

6th-8th July, Copenhaguen

The European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) is a scholarly association

which aims to further the theoretical and/or empirical advancement of knowledge

about organizations, organizing and the contexts in which organizations operate.

As a collective, one of its main aims is to maintain and provide a voice for the critical

and analytical approaches of its members to the study of organization worldwide.

Angel Saz-Carranza, director of ESADEgeo, participated in a symposium conducted

at the meeting presenting a paper, co-authored with Adrià Albareda, nonresident

fellow at ESADEgeo: ‘The governance of meta-organizations: Determinants of the

board size of supranational lobby groups’.

2017 Academy of Management Annual Meeting

4th-9th July 2017, Atlanta

The Academy of Management is the preeminent professional association for

management and organization scholars. Founded in 1936, its global community

today is nearly 20,000 strong, spanning more than 120 countries.

At the 2017 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Angel Saz-

Carranza, director of ESADEgeo, and Ryan Federo, PhD in Management Sciences

from ESADE Business School, presented the paper ‘Governance in the UN System:

A configurational analysis of board designs for effective monitoring’.

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ESADE China

Europe Club

Forum 2016: 5th Annual Forum of the ESADE China Europe Club

24th October 2016, ESADE Barcelona

On 24th October 2016, the ESADE China Europe Club hosted its 5th Annual Forum

in Barcelona. The aim of the Forum is to provide a venue for the development of

commercial relations between Chinese companies established in Europe and

Western companies with interests in China.

This edition of the Forum featured the participation of various key figures from the

institutional and corporate worlds, including Eugenia Bieto, Director General of

ESADE; David Vegara, Vice President of ESADEgeo; Lyu Fan, Chinese Ambassador

to Spain; Eugenio Bregolat, former Ambassador of Spain to China; Tang Heng,

Consul-General of China in Barcelona; Joan Romero, Executive Director of Acció;

Jaume Collboni, Deputy Mayor of Barcelona; Josep Franch, Dean of ESADE Business

School; and Gerard Hernández, Partner at Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira.

The Forum featured two panel discussions.

The first, entitled “Pan-European Projects”

and moderated by David Vegara, Lecturer at

ESADE and Vice President of ESADEgeo,

focused on the content of the report Chinese

Investment Trends in Europe (2016-2017). The

panel was introduced by Ivana Casaburi,

Associate Professor at ESADE and Director of

the ESADE China Europe Club. The panellists were Timea Timar, Director of the

International Sales Centre Expansion Programme at Lenovo; Yan Zhou, Director of

the AVIC International Aero-Development Corporation and Vice President of Aritex

Cading; and Mario Martín, Director of Alliances at Telefónica Spain.

The second panel discussion, entitled “Investment Trends in Spain”, was moderated

by David Höhn, Partner Responsible for Chinese Practice at KPMG Spain. The

panellists were Enrique Pérez, Sales Director of the Business Unit of Huawei Spain;

Ramón Robert, CEO of RCD Espanyol de Barcelona; and Sun Jian, Director and Vice

President of the Changyu Group and Director of Hacienda y Viñedos Marqués del

Atrio.

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Trends in Chinese Investment in Spain

21st March 2017, Madrid

On 21st March 2017, the ESADE China Europe Club and KPMG co-hosted a seminar

entitled “Trends in Chinese Investment in Spain” in Madrid.

The seminar featured the participation of various key figures from the institutional

and corporate worlds, including Hilario Albarracín, President of KPMG Spain;

Enrique Verdeguer, Director of ESADE Madrid; Lyu Fan, Chinese Ambassador to

Spain; and María Luisa Poncela, Spanish Secretary of State for Commerce.

The seminar featured a panel discussion entitled “Chinese Investment in Southern

Europe”, which was moderated by David Höhn, Partner Responsible for Chinese

Practice at KPMG Spain. The discussion focused on the findings of the report

“Chinese Investment Trends in Europe (2016-2017)”. The panel was introduced by

Ivana Casaburi, Associate Professor at ESADE and Director of the ESADE China

Europe Club. The panellists were Albert Oñate, General Manager of COSCO

Shipping Lines Spain, S.A.; José María López, CEO of Urbaser; and Ying Xue, Director

of ZTE Spain. Antonio Hernández, Partner Responsible for Internationalisation and

Energy Strategy at KPMG Spain, delivered the closing remarks.

Chinese Investment in Europe: China Casts its Eye on Southern Europe

22nd March 2017, Lisbon

Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE), ESADE Business School and

Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira e Associados jointly organised this conference on

22nd March 2017 at Nova SBE in Lisbon. Faculty members from both schools and

senior executives from Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira e Associados and other

companies shared valuable insights on the recent economic situation and growing

potential of China and Southern Europe.

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The opening remarks featured Daniel Traça, Professor and Dean at Nova School of

Business and Economics; Josep Franch, Professor and Dean at ESADE Business

School; and Gonçalo Bastos Lopes, Partner at Cuatrecasas. The closing remarks

were made by Manuel Caldeira Cabral, Portuguese Minister of Economy.

The event included two panel discussions. In the first one, “Trends in Chinese

Investment in Europe”, Ivana Casaburi, Professor at ESADE and Director of the

ESADE China Europe Club, presented a report entitled Chinese Investment Trends

in Europe (2016-2017). The other speakers included Luis Amado, Former

Portuguese Minister of State and Foreign Affairs; Francisco Mendes Palma, CEO of

AICEP Global Parques; and You Zhang, Chief Representative Officer at ICBC

Portugal.

The second panel discussion, “Opportunities and Challenges for Chinese Investors

in Portugal”, included Bernardo Mendia, Vice-President of the Portugal-China

Association of Young Entrepreneurs; Vasco Bivar de Azevedo, Partner at

Cuatrecasas; Sérgio Martins Alves, General Secretary of the Portuguese-Chinese

Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCILC); Yong Wen, Executive Director of Level

Constellation; and Daniel Traça, Professor and Dean at Nova SBE.

ESADE Association of Chinese Students Visits Barcelona Activa

24th April 2017, Barcelona

On 24th April 2017, the ESADE China Europe

Club and Barcelona Activa organised a visit by

the ESADE Association of Chinese Students to

the facilities of Barcelona Activa. The 14

students were accompanied by Qiaoshan Xue,

Project Manager of the ESADE China Europe

Club, and Jiang Li, President of the ESADE

Association of Chinese Students. The visit

took place at Barcelona Activa’s

Entrepreneurship Centre and Business Incubator.

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Delegation from the Group of Bank of China’s Former President

5th May 2017, Barcelona

On 5th May 2017, the Spanish subsidiary of the China Construction Bank received a

delegation from the group of the former President of the Bank of China, Lihui Li.

Participants included Liu Jiang, General Manager of the China Construction Bank in

Barcelona; Lu Wang, CFO of China Certification

& Inspection Group Barcelona; Ruiqi Li, CFO of

Huayi Compressor Barcelona; Shenghao Yan,

General Manager of Baosteel Barcelona;

Verónica Tan, Barcelona City Council; and

Qiaoshan Xue, Project Manager of the ESADE

China Europe Club, who introduced the club to

the delegation and presented a copy of the

report Chinese Investment Trends in Europe

(2016-2017) to the Chinese business executives.

Breakfast Seminar: “One Belt One Road in the Era of the Globalisation

Reversal”

15th May 2017, Barcelona

This seminar was held on Monday, 15th May 2017 at ESADECREAPOLIS. Tamyko

Ysa, Vice-Dean of Research at ESADE, and Yabin Wu, Executive Dean of the Institute

for Global Value Chains at the University of International Business and Economics,

opened the seminar. The opening was followed by a discussion on the topic “One

Belt One Road in the Era of the Globalisation Reversal”, featuring Yabin Wu; Bai

Gao of the High-speed Railway Development Research Centre at Southwest

Jiaotong University; Jaume Hugas, Department of Operations, Innovation and Data

Sciences at ESADE; and Carles Roig of the

Department of Operations, Innovation

and Data Sciences at ESADE. A guided

tour of ESADECREAPOLIS led by its

Director General, Oriol Alcoba, closed the

seminar. The event was attended by

Yingqi Wang, Economic and Commercial

Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in

Spain, as well as institutional

representatives and members of ESADE

China Europe Club, such as Cuatrecasas, Keeway Motor, Acció, COSCO Shipping,

Haier, Air China, Antai Trading, China Certification Inspection Group, Baosteel,

ZPMC and AVIC.

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Publications & Research

Opinion pieces

Javier Solana. “Frenar el avance del populismo”, El País – 11th September 2016

Javier Solana. “European Defense Integration Now”, Project Syndicate – 20th

September 2016

Javier Solana. “Hacia una seguridad europea efectiva”, El País – 28th September

2016

Javier Solana. “Syria’s Darkest Hour”, Project Syndicate – 19th October 2016

Javier Solana and Strobe Talbott. “The Decline of the West, and How to Stop It”,

The New York Times – 19th October 2016

Ryan Federo and Ángel Saz-Carranza. “Devising Strategic Plans to improve

Organizational Performance of Intergovernmental Organizations”, Global Policy –

23rd October 2016

Javier Solana. “Un otoño más oscuro en Siria”, El País – 24th October 2016

Angel Saz-Carranza. “¿Es tan fiero el lobo? Los arbitrajes inversor-estado”, Agenda

Pública – 3rd November 2016

Javier Solana. “Why Multilateralism Still Matters”, Project Syndicate – 29th

November 2016

Javier Solana. “The Year That Ended an Epoch?”, Project Syndicate – 23rd December

2016

Ivana Casaburi. “China mira hacia el Sur de Europa”, Invest in Spain – 30th December

2016. No. 30, 2016

Ivana Casaburi. “Europa como destino de inversión china”, ESADE Directivos y

empresas – 30th December 2016. No. 151, 2016

Javier Solana. “Trump, Irán y la estabilidad”, El País – 19th January 2017

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Javier Solana. “Trump, Iran, and Stability in the Middle East”, Project Syndicate –

23rd January 2017

Javier Solana. “The European Union First”, Project Syndicate – 18th February 2017

Javier Solana. “Europa primero”, El País – 22nd March 2017

Javier Solana. “A Turkish Thorn in the EU’s Side”, Project Syndicate – 23rd March

2017

Javier Solana. “Más necesaria que nunca / Análisis”, El Tiempo – 25th March 2017

Javier Solana. “Turquía, anclada a un referéndum”, El País – 13th April 2017

Javier Solana. “Trump’s Quixotic Energy Policy”, Project Syndicate – 21st April 2017

Javier Solana. “Trump y los molinos de viento”, El País – 9th May 2017

Javier Solana. “The Iranian Opportunity”, Project Syndicate – 22nd May, 2017

Ivana Casaburi. “Chinese investment trends in Europe: China casts its eye on

Southern Europe”, China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham – 24th May 2017

Javier Solana. “Una nueva oportunidad para Irán y para la región”, El País – 17th

June 2017

Javier Solana. “Revisiting the Global Order”, Project Syndicate – 23rd June 2017

Angel Saz-Carranza. “El CETA y el nuevo contrato social”, Agenda Pública – 27th

June 2017

Javier Solana. “A vueltas con el orden global”, El País – 6th July 2017

Javier Solana. “The Flip Side of Euro-Atlantic Integration”, Project Syndicate – 21st

July 2017

Javier Solana. “The Flip Side of Euro-Atlantic Integration”, Brookings – 27th July 2017

Javier Solana. “El reverso de la ampliación euroatlántica”, El País – 2nd August 2017

Javier Solana. “The Balkans Between Competing Poles”, Project Syndicate – 28th

August 2017

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Appearances in the media

El País. “¿Un paso atrás para el mundo?” – 11th February 2017

Cinco Días. “Indyk: ‘Para Trump, el mundo se reduce a China, México, Japón y

Alemania’ – 11th February 2017

El País. “España juega sus cartas en el ‘Brexit’” – 5th March 2017

El Economista. “El vicepresidente Sefcovic inicia la Gira de la Unión Energética” –

16th March 2017

El Economista. “Nadal reclama más interconexión al vicepresidente de la Comisión

Europea” – 17th March 2017

El Tiempo. “Más necesaria que nunca / Análisis” – 25th March 2017

La Vanguardia. “Solana defiende la colaboración público-privada en el desarrollo

sostenible” – 17th June 2017

LawyerPress. “Roca Junyent concede a Javier Solana el IV Premio Derecho y

Sociedad por su trayectoria al servicio de la convivencia” – 22nd June 2017

La Vanguardia. “El despacho Roca Junyent otorga el premio Dret i Societat a Javier

Solana” – 22nd June 2017

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ESADE China Europe Club

La Vanguardia. “China invirtió 1.037 millones en España durante el año 2015” – 25th

October 2016

ABC. “La inversión china en España se duplicó en 2015 hasta los 1.835 millones” –

25th October 2016

El Mundo. “La inversión china en España crece un 120%” – 25th October 2016

El País. “La china HNA adquiere un 25% de la cadena hotelera Hilton” – 25th

October 2016

La Vanguardia. “China se hace con todo. El gigante asiático supera a EE.UU. en

compras extranjeras y despierta recelo” – 30th October 2016

Expansión. “La inversión extranjera ‘pasa’ de la política” – 6th February 2017

La Vanguardia. “Catalunya se afianza como puerta de entrada de China en Europa”

– 10th February 2017

Expansión. “La Ruta de la Seda: un ‘Plan Marshall’ para impulsar a China” – 13th

May 2017

Interviews

Angel Saz-Carranza – Capital Radio | 16th September 2016

Javier Solana – Radio Euskadi | 8th November 2016 | “Elecciones en EEUU”, on

Programa Boulevard

Javier Solana – Deia, Noticias de Bizkaia | 9th November 2016

Javier Solana – CIDOB | 22nd November 2016 | “Atlantic Voices Interview with Javier

Solana”

Angel Saz Carranza – Global Governance Institute | 15th December 2016

Javier Solana – Cadena Ser | 20th December 2016 | “Atentado Berlín 19-D”, on Hoy

por Hoy

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Javier Solana – RNE | 20th January 2017 | “Donald Trump hará un llamamiento a la

unidad consciente de que se enfrenta a un país dividido”

Martin Indyk – La Vanguardia | 9th February 2017 | “Alemania y ustedes, la UE, ahora

son rivales de EE.UU.”, in La Contra

Branko Milanovic – TV3 | 22nd March 2017

Branko Milanovic – La Vanguardia | 29th March 2017 | “Sólo el 20% de lo que ganas

depende de tu talento”, in La Contra

Ivana Casaburi – Público | 3rd April 2017 | “Portugal é o país da UE onde o

investimento chinês tem mais peso”

Branko Milanovic – El País | 19th April 2017 | “Las nuevas soluciones contra la

desigualdad no están inventadas”

Javier Solana – Brookings | 12th May 2017 | “Europe and the world”

Javier Solana – Antena 3 | 16th May 2017 | “Deberíamos encontrar sólo al secretario

general y, cuando toque, pensar en quien lleva la representación del PSOE a las

instituciones”, on Espejo Público

Javier Solana – RNE | 12th June 2017 | “1977: el corazón de la Transición”

Javier Solana – Valencia Plaza | 17th June 2017 | “Cuando las clases medias se

sienten perdedoras, hay graves consecuencias económicas”

Javier Solana – Levante | 17th June 2017 | “La vida ha cambiado mucho más deprisa

que la izquierda”

Javier Solana – Financial Times | 22nd June 2017 | “How America’s friends and

enemies have adjusted to the age of Trump”

Javier Solana – Cadena Ser | 10th July 2017 | “La caída de Mosul es un paso

importante hacia el fin del DAESH”, on Hoy por Hoy

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Book reviews

Shadi Hamid (2014), Temptations of Power: Islamists & Illiberal Democracy in a

New Middle East; Oxford University Press | 30th September 2016

Bobo Lo (2015), Russia and the New World Disorder; Brookings Institution

Press/Chatham House | 31st October 2016

Carol Wise, Leslie Elliott Armijo and Saori N. Katada 82015), Unexpected Outcomes:

How Emerging Economies Survived the Global Financial Crisis; Perseus | 30th

November 2016

Jerry Kaplan (2015), Humans Need Not Apply: A Guide to Wealth and Work in the

Age of Artificial Intelligence; Yale University Press | 31st December 2016

David Shambaugh (2016), China’s Future; Wiley Academic | 31st January 2017

Dani Rodrik (2015), Economics Rules: Why Economics Works, When It Fails, and

How to Tell the Difference; Oxford University Press | 28th February 2017

Robert B. Reich (2016), Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few; Vintage | 31st

March 2017

John Andrews (2016), The World in Conflict: Understanding the World’s

Troublespots; The Economist | 28th April 2017

Robert D. Blackwill and Jennifer Harris (2016), War by Other Means: Geoeconomics

and Statecraft; Harvard University Press | 31st May 2017

Antoine Van Agtmael and Fred Bakker (2016), The Smartest Places on Earth: Why

Rustbelts Are the Emerging Hotspots of Global Innovation, PublicAffairs | 30th June

2017

Darrell M. West (2016), Megachange: Economic Disruption, Political Upheaval, and

Social Strife in the 21st Century, The Brookings Institution, Washington DC | 31st

August 2017

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Other Publications

Report in press: "Tendencias de la inversión china en Europa 2016-17" (2016),

ESADE China Europe Club – 26th October 2016

“ESADE Economic and Financial Report” (2017) 1st Semester 2017 #20. Department

of Economics, Finance and Accounting, ESADE

“ESADE Economic and Financial Report” (2017) 2nd Semester 2017 #21. Department

of Economics, Finance and Accounting, ESADE

Books & chapters

Innerarity, D. & Seguró, M. (2017). ¿Dónde vas, Europa? Chapter: “Europa hacia el

exterior”, by Javier Solana (pp. 113-124). Barcelona, Herder Editorial.

Working papers

#29 | April 2017

Angel Saz-Carranza and Michiel Van Acoleyen. Who Has the Ear of the

Commission?

Energy Paper #1 | April 2017

Marie Vandendriessche, Angel Saz-Carranza and Jean-Michel Glachant. The

Governance of the EU’s Energy Union: Bridging the Gap?

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Key Figures

#23 Education 19 Programmes

4 Custom Programmes

#32 Policy Debate 19 Conferences [participants]

13 Events [organizers]

#67 Publications & Research 31 Opinion Pieces

19 Interviews

11 Book Reviews

6 Other Publications

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