{"id":1089,"date":"2015-07-22T12:05:02","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T16:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brookings.alley.test\/experts\/javier-solana\/"},"modified":"2022-08-14T08:44:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T08:44:17","slug":"javier-solana","status":"publish","type":"expert","link":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/expert\/javier-solana\/","title":{"rendered":"Javier Solana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Javier Solana is a distinguished fellow in Foreign Policy at Brookings, president of ESADE Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics (Barcelona-Madrid), senior fellow at the Hertie School of Governance (Berlin), chairman of the Aspen Institute Spain, and advisor to the Institute of Modern International Relations of Tsinghua University. He is also member of the board of the International Crisis Group, the European Council on Foreign Relations, Criteria Caixa, La Caixa Banking Foundation, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Munich Security Conference, and the International Advisory Board of BP. In addition, he is visiting professor at the London School of Economics, where he was awarded an honorary degree in December 2010, and Fisher Family Fellow at Harvard University\u2019s Belfer Center. He is the former secretary general of NATO, European Union high representative for common foreign and security policy, and secretary-general of the Council of the European Union. At Brookings, he provides counsel on the research program and participates in policy debate.<br \/>\nSolana began his long career in public service when he was elected to the Spanish Parliament in 1982. He held a number of portfolios over the 13 years he served in the Spanish cabinet, including minister of culture and minister of education and science. In July 1992, he became Spain\u2019s minister of foreign affairs, a post he held until December 1995, when he became NATO secretary general. At NATO, he is credited with bringing much-needed re-organization and revitalization to the organization\u2019s military structure.<br \/>\nIn October 1999, Solana left NATO to become the secretary general of the Council of the European Union and its first high representative for the common foreign and security policy. His primary task was to put forth ideas and analyze policy options in an effort to help EU leaders agree on foreign and security policy issues, thereby giving the Union more political weight in international affairs. He also assumed a leadership role in world affairs as the EU&#8217;s de facto foreign minister.<br \/>\nSolana spent six years as a Fulbright Scholar in the United States and received his doctorate in physics from the University of Virginia.<br \/>\n<strong>Affiliations:<\/strong><br \/>\nAspen Institute Espa\u00f1a, chairman<br \/>\nBP, International Advisory Board, member<br \/>\nCentre of Human Dialogue, honorary president<br \/>\nCouncil on Foreign Relations, Global Board of Advisers, member<br \/>\nCriteria Caixa, board member<br \/>\nESADEgeo, president<br \/>\nEuropean Council on Foreign Relations, board member<br \/>\nFundaci\u00f3n La Caixa, board member<br \/>\nGlobal Commission on Drug Policy, member<br \/>\nHarvard University, Belfer Center, fisher family fellow<br \/>\nHertie School of Governance, senior fellow<br \/>\nHuman Rights Watch, board member<br \/>\nInstitute of Modern International Relations, Tsinghua University, advisor<br \/>\nInternational Crisis Group, board member<br \/>\nLa Caixa Banking Foundation, board member<br \/>\nLondon School of Economics, senior visiting professor<br \/>\nMadariaga-College of Europe Foundation, president<br \/>\nMunich Security Conference, board member<br \/>\nMuseo Nacional del Prado, board member<br \/>\nYalta European Strategy, board member<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":462123,"template":"","class_list":["post-1089","expert","type-expert","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/expert\/1089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/expert"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/expert"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}