Editing Think tank (section)

==== Spain ====
The [[Elcano Royal Institute]] was created in 2001 following the example of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) in the UK, although it is closely linked to (and receives funding from) the government in power.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Chatham House |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/about |access-date=26 May 2020 |website=Chatham House |language=en |archive-date=8 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508143330/https://www.chathamhouse.org/about |url-status=live }}</ref>

More independent but clearly to the left of the political spectrum are the Centro de Investigaciones de Relaciones Internacionales y Desarrollo (CIDOB) founded in 1973; and the Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE) established in 1999 by Diego Hidalgo and main driving force behind projects such as the Club de Madrid, a group of democratic former heads of state and government, the Foreign Policy Spanish Edition and [[DARA (international organization)|DARA]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2019}}

Former Prime Minister [[José Maria Aznar]] presides over the Fundación para el Analisis y los Estudios Sociales ([[FAES]]), a policy institute that is associated with the conservative Popular Party (PP). Also linked to the PP is the Grupo de Estudios Estratégicos (GEES), which is known for its defense- and security-related research and analysis. For its part, the [[Fundación Alternativas]] is independent but close to left-wing ideas. The Socialist [[Partido Socialista Obrero Español]] (PSOE) created Fundación Ideas in 2009 and dissolved it in January 2014. Also in 2009, the centrist [[Union, Progress and Democracy]] (UPyD) created Fundación Progreso y Democracia (FPyD).