Elcano Royal Institute
The Elcano Royal Institute for International and Strategic Studies 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, also receiving the additional funding from PRISA, CASA, CEPSA, Seat, Indra Sistemas, the SGAE; Telefónica and Zeltia. 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."Organization
;Honorary President
;Chairman of the Board of Trustees:
;Director
