The Russian people’s fondness for chess is known, so much so that it is a compulsory subject in schools. Either for this reason or because of a natural predisposition, most of the great chess geniuses were born in Russia or in some of the republics that made up the USSR. Mikhail Tal, Petrosian, Karpov, Kasparov, Kramnik, were world champions who came from there. 

ALUMNI NETWORK | César Rina Simón

Decadence and Regeneration in 19th Century Spain. The Projective Look Towards America
The Kingdom of Spain entered the 19th century in a deep political and institutional crisis, invaded by Napoleonic troops, without dynastic references and in a deep colonial crisis that would cause the gradual loss of the overseas empire. 

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OPEN TRIBUNE | Oliver Penela Esteban

The Role of Regional Courts in South American Integration Processes: a Cross-Examination with the European Experience of the European Union’s Court of Justice
After more than half a century of existence, the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereinafter CJEU) has developed an intense jurisprudential activity that was a powerful and efficient instrument integrating the EU’s legal system. 

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CURRENT NEWS | Gabriel Moreno González

A Reform of the European Union in a Municipalist Way
There are many of us already who state that one of the great tasks pending in the political and constitutional reality of the European countries, is to tackle once and for all, with vigour and energy, the second major decentralisation, that of the local level. 
 

PUBLICATIONS | Carlos V y el mar: el viaje de circunnavegación de Magallanes-Elcano y la Era de las Especias

In January 2020, the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation along with the University of Extremadura proposed the idea of commemorating the V Centenary of the expedition of the first round the world, in relation to the imperial policy of the emperor, holding a course at the monastery of Yuste, where experts and students were invited to reflect on the meaning of that event. The course was held online from 21 to 25 September 2020.