The Spanish Committee of the World Energy Council (CECME), the Spanish Energy Club (ENERCLUB), the Spanish Institute of Strategic Studies (IEEE), and the Centro Superior de Estudios de la Defensa Nacional (CESEDEN), have presented the 13th edition of the publication “Energy and Geostrategy”, with the sponsorship of Repsol.

The following speakers took part in the meeting: Josu Jon Imaz, Duarte Bello, Teniente General Miguel Ballenilla y García de Gamarra, Landon Derentz (Vídeo), Victor Bados Nieto, Javier Canalejo Ariza, Claudio Aranzadi, Ignacio Urbasos, María del Mar Hidalgo García, Sehila M Gonzalez de Vicente, Inmaculada Martínez Rubio, Joe Calnan y Miguel Golmayo Fernández.

 The authors of the study and its coordinator, the former Minister of Industry and Energy, Claudio Aranzadi, analysed the issues addressed in this 2026 edition:

• Introducción. Claudio Aranzadi
• Interview with  Landon Derentz
• Natural gas geopolitics in a new order. Ignacio Urbasos
• The geopolitics of critical minerals for the energy transition. María del Mar Hidalgo García
• Fusion Energy. Sehila M Gonzalez de Vicente
• Artificial intelligence: the strategic catalyst for a resilient and decarbonised energy future. Inmaculada Martínez Rubio
• Geopolitics of Energy. A view from Canada. Joe Calnan
• Energy port infrastructures: pillars of global energy security. Miguel Golmayo Fernández

You can access the Energy and Geostrategy 2026 book: Energy and Geostrategy 2026

To access the Programme and Press Release, please click here.

Videos of the conference:

Full conference. To access click on: video.

The Spanish Committee of the World Energy Council (CECME), the Spanish Energy Club (ENERCLUB), the Spanish Institute of Strategic Studies (IEEE), and the Centro Superior de Estudios de la Defensa Nacional (CESEDEN), have presented the 12th edition of the publication “Energy and Geostrategy”, with the sponsorship of Repsol.

• Introduction. Claudio Aranzadi
• Interview with Enrico Letta, Italian politician, political scientist and teacher. He was Prime Minister of Italy between 2013 and 2014
• The energy transition in Latin America: challenges and opportunities. Fernando Maravall Herrero. Pablo Maravall Cifuentes. Miguel Peleteiro Cameo
• Financing the energy transition. Ana Rivero Fernández
• Global economic governance and the fight against climate change. Cullen S. Hendrix
• Los límites a las sanciones internacionales. El caso de la energía – The limits of international sanctions. The case of energy. Sonia Velázquez León
• Energy security in the NATO framework. Jorge Martínez Martí

• Full conference. To access click on: video.

• Introduction. Claudio Aranzadi
• Interview with the Director-General of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Francesco La Camera.
• Energy transition in military installations. Antonio González García.
• Energy transition in military operations. David Poza Cano.
• OPEC: a long history and an essential role in the energy future. Neil Atkinson.
• Energy networks, geopolitics and sustainable transition. Jorge Fernández Gómez y Jaime Menéndez Sánchez.
• Green industrial policies in a changing world: transatlantic cooperation and global implications of the Inflation Reduction Act and the Green Deal Industrial Plan. Pau Ruiz Guix.

• Introduction. Claudio Aranzadi
• Interview with the Third Vice-President and Minister for Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Mª Teresa Ribera.
• The effect of energy shocks on national economies. Trevor Tombe.
• Renewable fuels and their role in the current scenario. Berta Cabello Calvo.
• Nuclear energy in the energy transition. Cayetano López.
• The Caucasus in the European energy decoupling strategy. Colonel Felipe Sánchez Tapia.
• Can Latin America become an energy alternative to Russia? The Cases of Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil”. Tcol. ET Pablo Ahedo.

The Spanish Committee of the World Energy Council (CECME), the Spanish Energy Club (ENERCLUB) and the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE) presented the eighth edition of the publication “Energy and Geostrategy” on May 27th, 2021. The digital event, counted on the interventions of Antonio Brufau, President of Repsol; Iñigo Díaz de Espada, Chairman of CECME; María Victoria Zingoni, Chairman of Enerclub; and Juan Francisco Martínez, Admiral and Secretary General for Defense Policy, Ministry of Defense.

The event included a discussion on the main issues of Geopolitics in the world with the participation of Francisco José Dacoba, Brigadier General and Director of the IEEE, and Víctor Baz, Deputy Director of International Relations of Repsol.

The authors of the study and its coordinator, the former Spanish Minister of Industry, Claudio Aranzadi, analysed the topics addressed in this 2021 edition, whose structure is as follow:

• Introduction. Claudio Aranzadi
• Interview. Josep Borrell
• The impact of COVID-19 on the energy transition: a global perspective. David Robinson
• Geopolitics under the green deal: a challenge for the EU. Miguel Ángel Lasheras Merino
• Clean Hydrogen: Building Block of a New Geopolitical Landscape. Thijs Van de Graaf
• Energy Geopolitics in the Maghreb. The Rise and Fall of Two Energy Superpowers.The cases of Algeria and Libya. Ignacio Fuente Cobo
• Rare earths, a key piece in the energy puzzle. Ricardo Prego Reboredo

The publication “Energy and Geostrategy 2021” is available in the Spanish version here: “Energía y Geoestrategia 2021” and in the English version here: “Energy and Geostrategy 2021“.

You can read the Program and the Press release here.

Videos of the session:

• Full Session. Available here: video

The Spanish Committee of the World Energy Council (CECME), the Spanish Energy Club (ENERCLUB) and the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE) presented the seventh edition of the publication “Energy and Geostrategy” on Oct 7th, 2020. The digital event, counted on the interventions of Antonio Brufau, President of Repsol; María Victoria Zingoni, Chairman of Enerclub; Iñigo Díaz de Espada, Chairman of CECME; and Juan Francisco Martínez, Admiral and Secretary General for Defense Policy, Ministry of Defense.

The chapters of this seventh edition were:

• Introduction. Claudio Aranzadi
• Interview with Carlos Pascual, Senior Vicepresident of Global Energy and International Relations, IHS MARKIT
• Strategic rivalry between China and the U.S. in the area of energy. Isidoro Tapia Ramírez
• Geopolitics in the Eastern Mediterranean: more than just gas. Felipe Sánchez Tapia
• Electrical sector´s security in Spain. Alberto Carbajo Josa
• Energy sustainability in the defence and security sector – global, European and NATO context. Manuel Francisco Arribas Tiestos and David Martín Borreguero

The publication “Energy and Geostrategy 2020” is available in the Spanish version here: “Energía y Geoestrategia 2020” and in the English version here: “Energy and Geostrategy 2020“. Additionaly, you can find the leaflet with infographics that summarice the main messages of each chapter here.

You can read the Program and the Press release here.

Videos of the session:

• Interview for Carlos Pascual, Senior Vicepresident of Global Energy and International Relations, IHS MARKIT. Available here: video
• Full Session. Available here: video

The Spanish Committee of the World Energy Council (CECME), the Spanish Energy Club (ENERCLUB) and the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE) presented the sixth edition of the publication “Energy and Geostrategy” on May 23th, 2019. The event, attended by more than 400 professionals from energy and defence sectors, counted on the interventions of Antonio Brufau, President of Repsol; Miguel Antoñanzas, Chairman of Enerclub; Iñigo Díaz de Espada, Chairman of CECME; and Rafael Sánchez Ortega, Lieutenant General and Director of the Higher Center for National Defense Studies (CESEDEN).

The chapters of this sixth edition were:

• Introduction. Claudio Aranzadi
• Interview – Interview for the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol
• Geopolitics of Energy and Game Theory. Manuel Conthe
• Canada´s Role in Global Energy Markets. Jennifer Winter
• Geostrategy and Energy in the Gulf of Guinea. Emilio Sanchez de Rojas
• The Changing Context for the Geopolitics of Energy: A European View on How Climate Change Starts Affecting Energy Security. Christian Egenhofer & Milian Elkerbout
• Give Peace a Chance: New Opportunities in Saudi Arabia’s Geo-economy. Miguel Angel Lasheras

These topics were debated by a panel where the authors and its moderator, Claudio Aranzadi, the ex-Minister for Industry, intervened.

The day ended with a round table discussion with Claudio Aranzadi, Francisco José Dacoba, Brigadier General and Director of the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE), and Marta Camacho, Director of Institutional Relations for Spain and Europe at Repsol

The publication “Energy and Geostrategy 2019” is available in the Spanish version here: “Energía y Geoestrategia 2019” and in the English version here: “Energy and Geostrategy 2019“.

You can read the Program and the Press release here.

Videos of the session:

• Interview for the Deputy Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Paul Simons. Available here: video
• Opening Session. Available here: video
• Authors Panel. Available here: video
• Final Considerations. Available here: video

The Spanish Committee of the World Energy Council (CECME) and the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE) presented the fourth edition of the publication “Energy and Geostrategy” on May 29th, 2018. The event, attended by 400 professionals from energy and defence sectors, counted on the interventions of Iñigo Díaz de Espada (Chair, CECME), Miguel Ángel Ballesteros (General Director, IEEE), Miguel Antoñanzas (Vice chairman, Enerclub), Antonio Brufau (Chairman, Repsol), and the Subsecretary of Defence, Arturo Romaní.

The chapters of this fifth edition were:

• Introduction. Claudio Aranzadi
• Interview for the Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy D. Miguel Arias Cañete.
• Challenges and opportunities of climate governance. Implementing the Paris Agreement and ratcheting up ambition. Lara Lázaro Touza
• The Role of Energy in the Russian Federation’s Geostrategy. José Pardo de Santayana
• Turkey: geopolitics, energy and political survival . Melike Janine Sökmen y Eduard Soler i Lecha
• Security, Development and Energy: the three challenges facing the Sahel . Beatriz Mesa
• India: Energy Geo-Politics . Sunjoy Joshi y Lydia Powell

These topics were debated by a panel where the authors and its moderator, Claudio Aranzadi, the ex-Minister for Industry, intervened.

The publication “Energy and Geostrategy 2018” is available in the Spanish version here: “Energía y Geoestrategia 2018” and in the English version here: “Energy and Geostrategy 2018“.

You can read the Program and the Press release here.

Videos of the session:

• Interview for the Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy D. Miguel Arias Cañete. Available here: video.
• Summary of the session. Available here: video.
• Opening Session. Available here: video.
• Authors Panel. Available here: video.
• Final Considerations. Available here: video.

The Spanish Committee of the World Energy Council (CECME) and the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE) presented the fourth edition of the publication “Energy and Geostrategy” on May 11th, 2017. The event, attended by 400 professionals from energy and defence sectors, counted on the interventions of Arturo Gonzalo (Chair, CECME), Miguel Ángel Ballesteros (General Director, IEEE), Antonio Brufau (Chairman, Repsol), and the Minister of Defence, Dolores de Cospedal.

The chapters of this fourth edition were:

• Renewable Energies and the Renewal of Geopolitics
• The US energy policy and its geostrategic implications
• Energy and Geopolitics in Latin America
• Energy geopolitics in the Mediterranean
• Rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia in the geostrategic context of energy

These topics were debated by a panel where the authors and its moderator, Claudio Aranzadi, the ex-Minister for Industry, intervened.

Moreover, a Session for Final Comments was held at the end of the event, where Marta Camacho, Secretary General of CECME, General Miguel Ángel Ballesteros, and Claudio Aranzadi intervened.

The publication “Energy and Geostrategy 2017” is available in the Spanish version here: “Energía y Geoestrategia 2017” and in the English version here: “Energy and Geostrategy 2017“.

You can read the Program and the Press release here. The pictures of the event are available here.

Videos of the session:

• Summary of the session. Available here: video.
• Opening Session. Available here: video.
• Authors Panel. Available here: video.
• Final Considerations. Available here: video.

The Spanish Committee of the World Energy Council (CECME) and the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE) presented the 3rd edition of the publication “Energy and Geostrategy” on May 12th, 2016. The event, attended by 400 professionals from energy and defence sector, was inaugurated by the Chief of Staff, General Admiral Fernando García Sánchez. Antonio Brufau, Repsol’s Chairman; Pedro Miró, Enerclub’s Chairman, and the General Miguel Ángel Ballesteros, Director of the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies, along with Arturo Gonzalo, CECME’s Chairman, also participated at the Opening Session of the event.

• The Impact of Jihadism on the Energy Sector.
• Liquefied Natural Gas as a geopolitical factor (LNG).
• Naval control of the Energy Maritime Routes.
• Oil and Gas Prices and World Geopolitics.
• A new trilemma: water, food and energy.

These topics have been debated by a panel where the authors and its moderator, Claudio Aranzadi, the ex-Minister for Industry, intervened.

Moreover, a Session for Final Comments was held at the end of the event, where Marta Camacho, Secretary General of CECME; General Miguel Ángel Ballesteros, and Claudio Aranzadi intervened.

The publication “Energy and Geostrategy 2016” is available in the Spanish version here: “Energía y Geoestrategia 2016” and in the English version here: “Energy and Geostrategy 2016“.

You can read the Program and the Press release here. The pictures of the event are available here.

Videos of the session:

• Summary of the session. Available here: video.
• Opening Session. Available here: video.
• Authors Panel. Available here: video.
• Final Considerations. Available here: video.

The Spanish Committee of the World Energy Council (CECME) and the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE) presented the 2nd edition of the publication “Energy and Geostrategy” on May 13th, 2015. The event took place at the Campus Repsol auditorium, and was officially inaugurated by the State Secretary for Defence, Pedro Argüelles Salaverría. Arturo Gonzalo, Pedro Miró and Antonio Brufau, the presidents, respectively, of CECME, Enerclub and Repsol, as well as the Director of IEEE, Artillery Brigadier-General Miguel Ángel Ballesteros, took part in the Opening Session.

During the event, relevant aspects of the current energy agenda were analyzed from a geopolitical perspective. The discussed issues were the influence of Russia on European energy security, the effect of the conflicts in the Middle East on the energy industry, the prospects for nuclear energy, the universal access to electricity and its role against poverty and the activity of the energy industry in the Arctic. These subjects were evaluated in a panel discussion among the authors of the study and the moderator, former Minister for Industry, Claudio Aranzadi. The event also included some final remarks by Miguel Ángel Ballesteros, Brigadier-General of Artillery, Arturo Gonzalo and Claudio Aranzadi.

The publicaction “Energía y Geoestrategia 2015” is available in its Spanish version: Energía y Estrategía 2015 (21 Mb) and in English: Energy and Geostrategy 2015 (21 Mb).

To read the Programme, Press Release and Publication, please visit: here.

Video summary of the event here: Vídeo.

Video with the conclusions of the event here: Vídeo.