Aspen Institute España will bring together alumni from different editions of the Global Politics Program to discuss “Beyond Multilateralism” on Thursday, February 10. The session will feature Javier Solana, President of Aspen Institute Spain and President of EsadeGeo, and Juan Moscoso del Prado, Senior Fellow at EsadeGeo (Esade), former Deputy and Aspen España Fellow.
Javier Solana
Javier Solana is president of ESADE – Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics (Barcelona-Madrid), president of the Royal Board of the Prado Museum, President of the Royal Board of Trustees of the Prado Museum, President of the Scientific Committee of the “la Caixa” Foundation, as well as President of the Aspen Institute Spain. He is also a board member of the Council on Foreign Relations (New York). He served as Secretary General of NATO from 1995 to 1999 and as High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of the European Union from 1999 to 2009. Previously, he held several ministerial posts in the Spanish government, including Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Juan Moscoso del Prado
Juan Moscoso del Prado is a Senior Fellow at EsadeGeo and a professor at the ESADE Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics, as well as Head of the Technical Assistance Department to the Secretary-General and International Relations at the Economic and Social Council of Spain (CES).
He has 30 years of experience as an economist, analyst, private consultant, and advisor to various companies, as well as to educational institutions and civil society organizations and foundations, specializing in International Economic Relations and Geopolitics, Economic Analysis and Research, Finance, Institutional Relations, Diplomacy, and European Affairs, in both the public and private sectors. His professional experience includes roles at Indra, Repsol, Analistas Financieros Internacionales (AFI), the Spanish Economic and Social Council (CES), the Congress of Deputies, and Banco Español de Crédito (BANESTO). He has been an associate professor at Universidad Carlos III of Madrid and professor and program director at Deusto Business School (University of Deusto). He has also worked as an expert for the European Commission, the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
He served as a Member of the Spanish Parliament in the 8th, 9th, and 10th legislatures representing Navarra (2004–2016), where he was spokesperson for the Committee on Economy and the Joint Committee for the European Union, a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, President of the Parliamentary Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, delegate to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and member of its coordination committee with the United Nations (UN). He was also a member of the Federal Executive Committee of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE). In 2011, he was a candidate for Mayor of Pamplona and subsequently served as city councillor.
He is the author of “Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurial Function in Spain” (Institute of Economic Studies, 2008), “Being on the Left Today” (Deusto, 2014), and more than 400 articles on economics, international relations, European affairs, and politics in specialized journals and media outlets. He is currently a contributor to El Mundo – Actualidad Económica. As a lecturer and professor in a wide range of forums (universities, postgraduate programs, think tanks, foundations), he has participated as a speaker in more than 200 conferences and seminars in 80 countries.
He is a Fellow of Aspen Institute Spain (and Director of the Global Politics and Citizenship Program), a Fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, a member of the Council of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), and a member of the boards or governing bodies of several foundations. He completed his secondary education in Pamplona and in the United States. He speaks English and French.
Global Politics Program
This session forms part of the Global Politics Program organized by Aspen Institute Spain as part of its commitment to democratic values and its mission to create spaces for debate. The program offers a pluralistic environment in which participants can explore, over the course of a year, a wide range of topics such as geopolitics, ethics and leadership, and international economics.
The program also facilitates the building of personal relationships among participants that go beyond political affiliations, which are essential for finding common ground and developing innovative solutions to the challenges facing our country. Its objective is to provide a forum for debate for individuals with a political vocation and a commitment to public service who have demonstrated leadership potential.
