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This article discusses the impact of the War of Spanish Succession from 1701-1714, on Spanish foreign relations, with a particular focus on Italy. The authors comment on the role of Antonio de Ubilla, a Spanish statesman who served as a diplomat to Italy. They also examine the relations developed in Naples and Milan in support of Philip V, who claimed the throne after the death of Carlos II.

This article discusses the impact of the War of Spanish Succession from 1701-1714 on the Balearic Islands. The author comments on the impact of the war on Spanish foreign relations in Europe, particularly with the French monarchy, as the conflict pitted the House of Bourbon (France) against the House of Habsburg (Spain) over the right to the Spanish throne. The importance of the Balearic Islands, especially in naval combat, is also explored.

Contacts between China and Spain have a long tradition dating back to the first missions in the sixteenth century. However, there is a significant vacuum in the historiography on the interrelations between the two countries in the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century. Recent research projects are recovering a wealth of materials that testify an important presence of China in the Spanish culture of the period. In this context, this article analyses the presence of the visual imaginary of China in fin-de-siècle Spain. By looking at images and photographs of China in popular culture and the illustrated press, the article underscores the existence of a strong mediation of foreign sources simultaneous with direct approaches by Spanish diplomats, missionaries, and travellers, the productivity of a lack of direct knowledge and the continuity of an exotic imaginary. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This article shows how scientific travels contribute decisively to the construction of expert authority. An example of this can be observed in studying the work of the chemist José Casares Gil (1866-1961), who, together with other Spanish scientists, made several trips to European and Latin American countries. Some had formative and academic objectives, but others were related to diplomacy and cultural mediation in different spaces. Furthermore, he formed part of institutions that promoted scientific exchanges to modernize pedagogical practices in the teaching of chemistry in Spain and in America. But he was also a chemist who developed links and networks of contacts among a variety of different countries, which benefited both the institutions involved and the experts themselves who thereby strengthened their own scientific authority. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the late nineteenth century European intellectual circles participated in a debate on the possible confrontation between two so-called civilisations, represented respectively by Latin and Anglo-Saxon nations. The controversy moved to Latin America, where discussions showed certain peculiarities. Given the position occupied by Spanish intellectuals as links between Europe and the Western Hemisphere, this article seeks to emphasise how some prestigious Spanish publications dealt with the debate on race from 1898 to 1914. While the collaboration of foreign personalities and the publication of book reviews fostered the knowledge of this issue in Spain, one of the most important initiatives were the sections entitled ‘Review of Reviews’, which began to collect articles from other countries. The author takes as his object of study an important intellectual debate that transcended national borders and generated numerous reactions in both Europe and Latin America. This research demonstrates how the analysis of the Spanish press sheds light on the establishment of a circuit of opinions among foreign intellectuals. It not only allows to include Spain within a shared awareness network comprising European and Latin American nations, but also examines its special features within the transatlantic scenario. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A bitter conflict between the Spanish and Ottoman empires dominated the second half of the sixteenth century. In this early modern "global" conflict, intelligence played a key role. The Duchy of Milan, home to Simon Sacerdoti (c.1540-1600), a Jew, had fallen to Spain. The fate that usually awaited Jews living on Spanish lands was expulsion--and there were signs to suggest that King Philip II (1527-1598) might travel down that road. Sacerdoti, the scion of one of Milan's wealthiest and best-connected Jewish families had access to secret information through various contacts in Italy and North-Africa. Such intelligence was highly valuable to Spanish forces, and Philip II was personally interested in it. However, this required Sacerdoti to serve an empire--Spain--with a long history of harming the Jews, and to spy on the Ottomans, widely considered as the Jews' supporters at the time. This article offers a reflection on Simon Sacerdoti's story. Examining how a Jew became part of the Spanish intelligence agency helps us understand how early modern secret information networks functioned and sheds new light on questions of Jewish identity in a time of uprootedness and competing loyalties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In spite of the geographical distance, the Colombian immigrants associations in Spain have had a growing incidence upon the local topics of their country of origin; their actions have acquired a progressive transnational dimension. Amongst other practices, these associations have implemented numerous development projects in Colombia implying the vertical and horizontal mobilization networks in both, the country of origin and the country of destination. In parallel, the Colombian and Spanish states have shown a renewed interest in supporting these actions. In this article we ask ourselves how is that these dynamics, raised by migration, could contributed to the construction of a new transnational social space between both countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The Spanish self-governing regions' international actions date back as far as the 1980s. Together with the Basque Country, Catalonia is the Spanish self-governing region with the most active trajectory of international action. Catalan international action, which is a pioneer in the Spanish context, came to be slowly but progressively accepted as a normalized form of conduct by the Spanish state, as was the international action of other Spanish self-governing regions. Nevertheless, this normalization did not eliminate conflict, which continued to surface, though sporadically and without representing significant problems. However, things appear to have changed recently. Since 2012, Catalonia has been immersed in the process of independence or national transition. In this context, the Catalan Government's international action has taken new directions and created new instruments. For the first time in the history of Catalonia's international action, we witness clear signs of protodiplomacy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In this article, the issue of Turkish image which was based on sometimes rumours and mostly the events that happened in the Golden Age of Spain -and also usually appears as a negative image- will be discussed. As it is known, the Turks, who were perceived as "the other" in the Christian world, have been described as barbarian and relentless enemies in Medieval Europe. The situation of the Turks and the Spaniards, who often confronted with each other throughout history, was reflected in the work of many Spanish writers. In this article, the classical Spanish writers' views about the Turkish world will be discussed and especially objective attitude of Cervantes towards the Turks will be emphasized. Furthermore, parallel cases of the Spanish and Turks will be explained with some examples. Furthermore, parallel cases of the Spanish and Turks will be explained with some examples. It is thought that it is important to translate this article into Turkish as it reflects the viewpoint about Turks in this (i.e. classical) period from a wider perspective by referring to the Works of many classical period Spanish writers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Spanish Cooperation has already available a large number of evaluations. Their final purpose is to serve as an instrument of accountability and to contribute to evidence-based decision making. Our aim in this paper was to synthesize and highlight some of the key findings of the evaluations, managed by the Division of Evaluation and Knowledge Management (SGCID) from 2013 to 2016. These findings have been gathered around some topics: design, structure of the cooperation system, policy implementation, management for development results, and evaluation and knowledge management. Currently there is an open debate around the priorities of the 5lh Master Plan that are still to be decided, being a valuable opportunity to make decisions to improve quality and effectiveness of the Spanish Cooperation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Florentine humanists of the 15th century combined public service with their work as historians. Quevedo followed that tradition from his first works like España defendida, and the Discurso de las privanzas. In 1613 he decided to travel to Italy to serve as secretary and right hand man of the Duke of Osuna, viceroy of Naples and Sicily. These were times of an intense activity, described in Grandes anales de quince días, a work written to prove his innocence and to win over the new monarch and his ministers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This essay analyzes the travel account authored by Moroccan ambassador Muhammad al- Ghassanı, who visited Spain in 1690 -91. The account shows the evolution of the early modern frontier between Christian Europe and Islamic North Africa, from a militarized boundary to the development of diplomatic relations. Both an agent and witness of that history, al-Ghassanı describes a heterogeneous space: he surveys the border, explores the foreign land of modern Spain, and reimagines the memory of al-Andalus. His important account, based on sharp observation and serious research, helps nuance the prevailing view that Arab culture had ignored Europe before the nineteenth century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An essay is presented on the Spanish writings of English traveller Anthony Sherley which show ways that address Anglo-Spanish relations from the 1580s to the 1620s. These writings include one on the convenience of the Prince of England's marriage with the Infanta of Spain and one on the world's political weight. Also discussed are the global early modern, views of several scholars on Sherley's writings, and Sherley's political connections.

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The goal of this article is to study the great Spain–Portugal supply area as part of the international deployment of the Etappenorganisation before and during the Second World War. To accomplish this objective, the records of the German Naval War Command are analysed to demonstrate three hypotheses: Spain was part of the Etappenorganisation long before the beginning of the war; she played an important role in the preparation of supply vessels and blockade runners, supported by Spanish non-belligerence; the dismantling of the Etappenorganisation in Spain provisionally began in 1942 and continued in the following years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]