Alex Calvo
Alex Calvo is a Professor of International Relations and International University in Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain).
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Spanish Arrests of Russia-Connected Individuals Illustrate Complex Dynamics of Madrid’s Relations With Moscow
Two arrests in Spain’s two biggest cities have brought to the fore the complex issues of Russian cyber activities in the West and relations between Madrid and Moscow. On January...
Spanish Court Issues Arrest Warrants Against Russian Officials Accused of Organized Crime Links
Reports on May 3 revealed that the Spanish National High Court’s Central Investigative Court Number Five issued a series of international arrest warrants against 12 Russian citizens, including some figures...
Asia Ahmed Mohamed: Spain’s Islamic State Recruiter in Ceuta
Born into a Muslim family in Spain’s Ceuta, Asia Ahmed Mohamed is just one of several Spanish women who have traveled to Iraq or Syria to join the Islamic State...
Spain’s African Exclave of Ceuta: Mainstay of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean?
On August 5, 2015, four Russian warships—the missile cruiser Moskva, the escort ship Pytlivy, the large sea tanker Ivan Bubnov and Shakhtyor, a rescue tug—docked at the Mediterranean port of...