Spain and the United States - Real Instituto Elcano
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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