From Cooperation to Competition: Economic Intelligence as Part of Spain's National Security Strategy

摘要

The consequences of the latest world financial and economic crisis have become quite apparent. Spain and the Spanish people are suffering the impact of both a lack of confidence in the international markets and a diminished access to finance mechanisms. To affirm that the economy is a transverse factor that determines in a direct and indirect way a country's alternatives in other matters and is key to a state's safety and well-being is saying nothing new. Accommodating the country's national intelligence structures to permit a suitable response to this increasing financial threat is an important challenge.