TERRITORIAL DIMENSION OF FOREIGN POLICY OF SPAIN AT THE TURN OF XX–XXI CENTURY

Abstract

Foreign policy of Spain has acquired a stable multivector character. Spain is actively trying, with account of available resources and ambitions, to take a proper place in Europe, Latin America and the world as a whole. The article reveals the goals of foreign policy of Spain: substantiate foreign policy vectors; to show territorial dimension of foreign policy; to uncover strategy of external actions; to substantiate multilevel action line between Spain and the USA. Much attention is paid to Ibero-American relations. The foreign policy triad of Spain is issued: European, NorthAmerican and Latin-American. Considerable attention is paid to the issue of the interaction of the country under consideration with NATO, the formation of a European missile defense system. The article analyzes the situation in the disputed territories, in particular, in Gibraltar. A new direction of Spanish foreign policy is its relations with the States of East Asia. The growth of investments in Vietnam and Malaysia is considered. Spain continues to focus on North Africa. The article describes special Spanish-Moroccan relations. The status of Western Sahara and the ownership of the Canary Islands also contribute to concerns of Madrid in the South. The special connection with the countries of the Mediterranean basin within the framework of the Barsolon process is emphasized. The article analyzes the internal party debates in the state about military actions with NATO allies. A feature of Spanish foreign policy is the wideranging hearings on the country’s further military doctrine. It is argued that the country seeks to realize its national interests through participation in organizations in which it is far from the key.

Keywords

• foreign policy of spain
• european vector
• european council
• north-american vector
• “atlantic axis”
• latin-american vector
• barcelona’s declaration