Pere Vilanova is a professor of political science and government at the University of Barcelona. He comments regularly on international politics in media organisations.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Catalonia referendum: a reality check
Optimism among Catalans after Sunday's vote should not disguise the significant challenges ahead if anything is to...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Catalonia’s sovereignist process: the moment of truth
The breach of the social contract is devastating. And it’s not exclusive to Catalonia and its sovereignist...
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Published in: HomeDrones: who wants what and why?
The use of drones responds to a simple equation: fewer casualties of one’s own soldiers and maximisation of enemy...
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Published in: HomeCatalonia: the case for glocal rethink
We do not know which classes are at loggerheads. We have to engage in a profound rethinking of one of the greatest...
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Published in: HomeCatalonia-Spain: Deadlock
September 11: the world - and Spain - is taken by surprise with the images of over a million people marching down...
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Published in: HomeMay and Spain's Bermuda Triangle
Real Democracy Now, if it had done nothing else, has rescued a supine Spanish electorate from the stultifying...