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SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES<br />

Xavier Ruiz, Aitana Sánchez Gijón, Ignacio Santillana, Raúl Santoro, Fidel<br />

Sendagorta, Eduardo Subirats, Julio Tascón, Gabriel Tortella, Carolina Turba,<br />

Laura Turégano, José Luis del Valle, Fern<strong>and</strong>o Vallespín, Tunku Varadarajan,<br />

Jim Wilson, Stephen Wright <strong>and</strong> Juan Antonio Yáñez-Barnuevo. My youngest<br />

son, Benjamin, helped to prepare one of <strong>the</strong> appendices, <strong>and</strong> his bro<strong>the</strong>r,<br />

Tomás, came to <strong>the</strong> rescue when I got myself into a muddle on <strong>the</strong> computer.<br />

I would like to thank Antonio Garrigues for inviting me to speak at <strong>the</strong><br />

10th anniversary meeting of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Spain</strong>-US Council in Seville. I would also like<br />

to acknowledge <strong>the</strong> generous assistance provided by <strong>the</strong> King Juan Carlos I of<br />

<strong>Spain</strong> Centre at New York University, which invited me to <strong>the</strong> Centre so that I<br />

could conduct some research in <strong>the</strong> <strong>United</strong> <strong>States</strong>. Lastly, <strong>the</strong> following people<br />

read all or parts of <strong>the</strong> book <strong>and</strong> made comments: Javier Rupérez, <strong>Spain</strong>’s<br />

ambassador to <strong>the</strong> <strong>United</strong> <strong>States</strong> (2000-2004) under <strong>the</strong> second government of<br />

<strong>the</strong> Popular Party; Carlos Westendorp, <strong>the</strong> current ambassador to <strong>the</strong> <strong>United</strong><br />

<strong>States</strong> under <strong>the</strong> Socialist government; Tom Burns; Jaime Carvajal; Mauro<br />

Guillén; Paul Isbell, <strong>Elcano</strong>’s Senior Analyst, International Economy; Manuel<br />

Moreno; Charles Powell, <strong>Elcano</strong>’s Assistant Director of Research <strong>and</strong><br />

Analysis; Lidia del Pozo <strong>and</strong> Luis de Velasco. Last, but not least, it was a<br />

pleasure to work again with Pilar Tena, <strong>Elcano</strong>’s Assistant Director for<br />

Institutional Relations.<br />

WILLIAM CHISLETT,<br />

Madrid, Buendía <strong>and</strong> New York, October 2005<br />

chislett@arrakis.es

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