월간 보고서 FRIDE (스페인 마드리드 소재) 연락처: [email protected]

월간 보고서 FRIDE (스페인 마드리드 소재) 연락처: Wl.Han.Mi.Hee23@Gmail.Com

[KF 싱크탱크 인턴십] 월간 보고서 FRIDE (스페인 마드리드 소재) 연락처: [email protected]

Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior 월간 보고서 (1)

2015.09.01~2015.10.02

한미희 소속: 이화여자대학교 국제대학원 석사과정

HAN Mi Hee 05/10/2015

Contents 1. Introduction ...... 3 2. Working at the FRIDE ...... 3 2.1 FRIDE ...... 3 2.2 CASCADE ...... 5 2.3 KF and FRIDE Joint Research Paper ...... 6 2.4 Working Hours and Holidays ...... 7 3. Madrid ...... 7 3.1 Housing ...... 7 3.2 Transportation ...... 8 3.3 Mobile Phones ...... 9 3.4 Spanish Language Courses ...... 9 3.5 Food & Drink ...... 10 4. Others ...... 10

월간 보고서(1)

Last updated: 05 October 2015 HAN Mi Hee

1. Introduction

Congratulations on your internship, and welcome to Madrid and the FRIDE.

The purpose of this guide is to make your first few weeks a bit easier and your internship at the FRIDE very efficient by offering an inventory of tips on working at the FRIDE. This guide is developed by author based on her experiences during total six months of internship at the FRIDE (September 2015~February 2016). This monthly report will be aggregated as one final document in the end of the internship to guide prospective interns

Included in this guide and report are tips on: • Working at the FRIDE: surviving your first week, a rough guide to the organization, important people to know, and how to maximize your experience. • Official introduction on divisions and upcoming future events during your internship. • Getting around and living in Madrid: ways to get around the city and some tips on food.

This Guide does not include any information about entry or residence visas. To acquire proper visa for staying in Spain, please refer to Spanish Embassy in South Korea through the official website or contact FRIDE staff for more information and consultation. (http://www.exteriores.gob.es)

For example, the author acquired the Student Visa, since the total internship period is less than 6 months.

If you have any issues, don’t hesitate to get help through the official email [email protected]

2. Working at the FRIDE

2.1 FRIDE

FRIDE (Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior) or in English ‘Foundation for International Relations and Foreign Dialogue’ is a European think tank for global action, which provides innovative thinking and rigorous analysis of key debates in international relations. The mission is to inform policy and practice in order to ensure that the European Union (EU) plays a more effective role in supporting multilateralism, democratic values, security and sustainable development. Founded in 1999, it is headquartered in Madrid and Brussels, FRIDE seeks to enhance the southern European perspective within EU debates and the European perspective within Spain.

FRIDE’s research priorities include: - EU foreign and security policy in the reshaped global order - The extended neighbourhood of the EU to the South and to the East - EU strategic partnerships, emerging Asia and Latin America

FRIDE’s Research Areas include: - European Foreign Policies - The new global order - Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia - The Middle East and North Africa - Africa, Asia and the Americas

Ongoing Projects (as of 2015)

1. Agora Asia-Europe

- Monitor the EU’s approach and policy development towards Asia, within the broader perspective of Asia’s position in world politics. - Raise awareness among European and Asian policy-makers and civil society on the importance of Asia-EU relations. - Build a wider network of experts, practitioners and policy-makers dealing with EU-Asia affairs.

2. Atlantic Future

- Analyse fundamental trends in the Atlantic basin and to show how changing economic, energy, security, human, institutional and environmental links are transforming the wider area. - This project constitutes an unprecedented endeavour to link consolidated research lines with emerging ones within an interdisciplinary approach, and to create new tools that will serve the wider scientific and policy communities.

3. CASCADE Exploring the Security-Democracy Nexus in the Caucasus

- Analyses the root causes of conflict and insecurity in the Caucasus, the links between the region and its wider neighbourhood, and regional security and democratization processes. - By conducting synergetic research on democracy and security in the Caucasus, the project intends to develop a set of proposals on how the EU could enhance its role in the region.

4. EUCAM

- Scrutinise European policies towards Central Asia, paying specific attention to security, development and the promotion of democratic values within the context of Central Asia’s position in world politics. - Enhance knowledge of Europe’s engagement with Central Asia through top-quality research and by raising awareness among European policy-makers and civil society representatives, as well as discuss European policies among Central Asian communities. - Expand the network of experts and institutions from European countries and Central Asian states and provide a forum to debate on European-Central Asian relations.

5. European Strategic Partnerships Observatory

- Provides information and analysis on the EU’s relations with its strategic partners and on the connection between bilateral partnerships and multilateral cooperation. - The purpose is to monitor the evolution of the partnerships, collect data and provide a regular stream of timely, tailor-made analyses from experts in Europe and beyond.

6. Geopolitics and transitions in the Arab World

- In collaboration with the Dutch development organisation HIVOS and with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway - aims to assess current trends in MENA geopolitical shifts and their linkages with domestic reform dynamics, in order to explore how these developments are likely to impact on the work and standing of international actors.

7. GREEN (Global Reordering European Networks)

- Aims at understanding the prospective directions of the emerging global governance structures and Europe’s place in them.

- The analysis focuses on the extant actors from the 20th century, 21st century rising powers, increasingly influential non-state actors (from civil and non-civil society) and the new transnational regulatory networks of public and private policy-makers and regional agencies.

(For further information please refer to www.fride.org, “Projects”)

*The “progress report” regarding each work projects I am working on will be updated in Monthly basis, thus essential info of the document will remain unchanged. • The progress report during First month of Internship (01/09/2015~02/10/2015)

1) FRIDE Publications Readings - “Fatal Attraction? Russia’s soft power in its neighbourhood” by Eleonora Tafuro, No 181 – May 2014, Policy Brief - “Conflicting aims, limited means: Russia in the Middle East” by Mark N. Katz, No 201 – May 2015, Policy Brief - “Patient, prudent, strategic? The 2015 United States National Security Strategy” by Giovanni Grevi, No 194 – February 2015, Policy Brief - “European integration starts abroad” by Giovanni Grevi, No 24 – July 2015, FRIDE Commentary

2) EUCAM Project Readings - “Moldova signs, Moscow sighs… for now” by Jon Boonstra, No 12 – June 2014, the FRIDE blog - “Discussing human rights with Central Asia is not enough” by EUCAM Watch, Issue 16 – July 2014 - “Reviewing the EU’s approach to Central Asia” by Jon Boonstra, No 34 – February 2015, Policy Brief

2.2 CASCADE

CASCADE is an international EU-funded research project led by the Foundation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme. CASCADE was selected under the EU FP7 call for proposal “Security and Democracy in the neighborhood: The case of the Caucasus”. The project is funded by the European Union and duration is 3 years (2014-2017). The project objectives include following points: 1) scrutinize Caucasian states and societies for the root causes of conflict and insecurity, 2) conduct synergetic research on democracy and security in the Caucasus, 3) analyze the links between the region and its wider neighborhood, 4) provide forward-looking analysis on regional security and democratization processes and 5) develop a set of proposals on how the EU could enhance its role in the region.

CASCADE brings together 9 research centers and institutes from across the EU, Russia and the Caucasus: - Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham - FRIDE (Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior, Spain) - Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI, Sweden) - Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany) - Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences (Russian Federation) - Center for National and International Studies (CNIS, Azerbaijan) - Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (GFSIS, Georgia) - International Center for Human Development (ICHD, Armenia)

1) CASCADE Project Readings - CASCADE Newsletter July – 2015

- “In need of a New Paradigm? Rethinking the European Neighbourhood Policy/ Eastern Partnership” by Laure Delcour, No 20 – April 2015, Eastern Partnership review - “Spoiler or facilitator of democratization?: Russia’s role in Georgia and Ukraine” by Laure Delcour and Katarvna Wolczuk, Democratization, Volume 22, Issue 3, 2015 - CASCADE Newsletter March – 2015 - “A broken region: evaluating EU policies in the South Caucasus” by Jon Boonstra and Laure Delcour, No 193 – January 2015, Policy Brief

2) Discovering and getting familiar with Caucasus Region - The whole introduction document about the CASCADE project given by Alba Toajas - “The coming EU-Eurasian Union crisis in the Caucasus” by Andrew Korybko in Oriental Review January 12 2015, full text in newcoldwar.org

3) CASCADE Network - Getting familiar with contact database and organization database in extranet of FRIDE. - Creating the account and establishing the Cascade Network database. - Searching for Think Tanks, NGOs, Research and Academic institutes focusing studies on Eurasia, Caucasus and European Studies. - Registering the Caucasus Database into the FRIDE Extranet. - Follow up with the network list in a regular basis.

4) Atlas Project as part of CASCADE - Skype meeting with Andreas on Tuesday (22/09/2015) - Instructions on Atlas project and CASCADE Network. - Research on academic institutions, NGOs, Think-Tanks and Research institutions from Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia, Turkey and Iran, for identifying potential network members. - Research on Airports on each country´s national airport from three nations. - Research on all the flights from Baku International Airport (Azerbaijan), including four additional airports of the country. - Air Astana, Azerbaijan Airlines, British Airways, Qatar Airways, avia24.net, google flights, airport official websites and etc., were used as a reference.

2.3 KF & FRIDE Joint Research Paper

As part of the MOU conditions between FRIDE and KF (Korea Foundation), the intern should submit the research paper conducted by him/herself at the end of the entire internship. The theme, thesis, terms and conditions of the final research paper should be consulted with the designated supervisor from FRIDE.

After having agreed decisions on the conditions of research paper, the intern can start conducting research, using the vast amount of research tools in FRIDE. The research should be revised and receive feedback from the supervisor in regular term. In any case of difficulties, intern should report to supervisor and consult in advance, in order to prevent deterioration of problem and quality of research paper.

1) Research Proposals - Wrote three research proposals in order to discuss on which I will work. - “Visibly Invisible: EU engagement in conflict resolution in the South Caucasus” by Tracey C. German (2007), European Security, 16:3-4, 357-374 - Search the materials for research. - Read materials about the CASCADE Project.

2) Decision on Research Theme - Received the research proposal confirmation from supervisor (Giovanni). - Research questions proposed by Giovanni and Jos. - Made the brief outline of research project. - Research on short literature list concerning the research project theme. - Key Think tank papers and academic articles about the EEU, and EU-EEU, with possible connection to third parties in Eastern Europe and South Caucasus.

3) Research - Read text on ¨The Eastern Partners, the EU and the Eurasian Economic Union¨. - Research on more articles and research papers on EU, EEU and South Caucasus. - 31 more found regarding the EEU integration and economic evaluation. - Search for more relevant articles on comparison between EU and the EEU. - The Reading process of all the found material is needed urgently.

2.4 Working Hours & Holidays

The intern or trainee is required to work 7 hours a day, 35 hours a week. Typical core office hours at 9-17h (with 1 h lunch between 14:00-15:00) though this is usually flexible (e.g. some take a 1.5 hr lunch and stay later). Arrange your schedule with your supervisor.

Trainees do not receive any official days off (other than bank holidays), but these can be arranged with your supervisor on an informal basis.

Spain bank holidays:

1 January Año Nuevo 1 November Día de Todos los Santos Día de Todos los Santos 6 January Epifanía del Señor 2 November Observado 3 April Viernes Santo 6 December Día de la Constitución Española Día de la Constitución Española 1 May Día del trabajador 7 December Observado 15 August La Asunción de la Virgen 8 December La Inmaculada Concepción 12 October Día de la Hispanidad 25 December Navidad

For more specific information please refer to national website of Spanish Government.

If you are sick and cannot come to work, call your supervisor or assistant.

3. Madrid

3.1 Housing

In Madrid you can find plenty of areas and options which provide good places with relevant prices. You can find residences through multiple websites, among of them the most popular are: - Idealista (http://www.idealista.com) - Enalquiler (http://www.enaquiler.com) - Fotocasa (http://www.fotocasa.es/)

Most of the foreigners in Madrid prefer to share a room, or seek to find flat mates where you share everything except your own private room. Usually the rent for shared apartments cost between

300~450 euros per months. The price often includes electricity, Wi-Fi and water bills (except heating and etc.), however make sure and check the terms and conditions before you sign the contract.

Be aware that landlords may require additional documents, proof of funds, “attestations”, and other paperwork. Agencies may be reluctant to offer housing to foreigners seeking short-term stays (i.e. under 6 months).

Moreover, you can also find accommodations for students:

• MadridEasy (http://www.madrideasy.com/) o A company dedicated 18 years to the provision of housing for students from all over the world. o More than 850 rooms are located throughout the city, mainly focusing on central locations, safe neighborhoods. o 4 distinct housing options: rooms, apartments, student residences and host families. o Note that to cancel the deal you have 48 hours from the moment of reservation. Cancellations done 48 hours after a reservation may result in the forfeiture of the security deposit and service fee. Cancellations can be made via email at [email protected].

• DFLAT Madrid (http://www.dflatmadrid.com/) o Supply comfortable, quality apartments for short-term and long-term stays. Apartment can be rented by weeks, months or years with all legal guarantees. o Act as a middleman, looking for the best Madrid apartment rentals and connecting them to the customers. o Have more than 400 furnished lodgings and apartments in the districts such as Chamberi, Paseo de la Castellana, Nuevos Ministerios and etc. . Email: [email protected], [email protected] . Address: Calle General Martinez Campos 41, 8, 28010 Madrid-Spain . Telephone: +34 914 45 19 37 o The website is very well designed, all necessary information for your inquiries could be found easily.

3.2 Transportation

Getting around Madrid without a car is easy, with a very high density of metro stations, the BiciMAD public bike rental service, and walkable neighborhoods.

Metro

The Madrid Metro is well developed, with a dense network of some 300 stations and dozens of lines. The nearest stops to the FRIDE are Banco de España on Line 2 (Red) and Atocha on Line 1 (Bright Blue).

To use the metro, either purchase a Public Transport Card validity of which is 30 calendar days, rather than monthly. The card can be obtained on the internet, in tobacconists or by post, (though it will take at least a week to arrive by post – make sure you put your name and room number in the first line of the address as well if you live in a student residence, otherwise it will not be delivered). You can refer to www.tarjetatranportepublico.es for more details.

The Public Transport Card has different types of services and prices depending on the zones of journeys. Normal pass is for age 26-64, Youth pass is for under age 26, and Senior pass is from age 65.

You can find the price for monthly transport path by different types of pass and zones of metro. Note that with this transport pass you can also use Madrid urban bus network (except Airport Express line), Renfe commuter network, Light Rail network, Urban Bus Lines in other municipalities in Madrid Community and Inter-urban Bus lines in Madrid Community.

MONTHLY TRANSPORT PASS (PRICE IN EURO)

Pass B1-B2 B2-B3* A B1 B2 B3 C1 C2 E1 E2 /Zone B3-C1 C1-C2

Normal 54,60 63,70 72 47,90 82 89,50 99,30 110,60 131,80

Young 20

Senior 12,30 -

A single ticket is a good alternative if you will not be using the metro or Renfe regularly (you can also by a book of ten single tickets for ~12.20 EUR (zone A, B1,2,3) or ~11.20 EUR (for the remote sections of zones B1 and B2). To purchase a single ticket you have to pick the destination station of your travel and the amount of price will occur on the screen (usually 1.50~2.00 EUR in zone A).

As Google Maps does not incorporate some of the routes, trip planning via the “Madrid Metro/Bus/Cercanias App” or Madrid metro website is recommended.

Renfe

It is the modern, extensive and efficient railway system that offers every level of rail service, from local destinations to high-speed InterCity links. With Renfe you can easily visit the major cities such as Seville, Malaga, Barcelona and Valencia. The timetable and ticket information could be found here.

Cycling

To complement your metro pass, sign up for an annual BiciMAD membership (€15-25 per year). Stations are available everywhere, and this is often faster than using the metro for short trips. The other benefit is that you can actually see the city, rather than being stuck underground.

3.3 Mobile Phone

If you are already living in Europe, you may opt to use your existing number and SIM card. For those of you coming from outside of Europe, it will probably make more sense to get a Spanish number.

A number of service providers are available, including a few discount carriers which do not have physical locations. • Vodafone: 15 EUR plan (Super Yuser) includes 1.2GB of data, 60 minutes of phone calls and 60 texts. • Orange:

Opening an account is quite easy, and in some cases, can be done online (e.g. Vodafone). You may need a Spanish mailing address to receive your SIM card. If you are mailing it to the FRIDE, ensure you are mailing it with correct address.

3.4 Spanish Language Courses

Although you may have the interview with FRIDE in English prior to come to Madrid, most of the colleagues and staffs at FRIDE are fluent in Spanish. You may find English is enough for working and getting around, however my suggestion is try to learn the language taking the advantage of your residence in Madrid.

There are plenty of ways you can learn Spanish, either by study yourself, do language exchange or register for language courses. Among of them the latter is the most efficient and organized, but you have to invest money.

Refer to the following language centers, most of them offer student discounts. - Inhispania (http://www.inhispania.com/index.php) o Provide intensive courses, evening courses and personalized courses. Usually the prices are calculated per week, depending how many hours or times you have the class. o For evening courses (which will be the most relevant case for you) are available from October to June and have 12 weeks program, 4 hours per week. o Students discount is available if you identify you are a student, for example for evening courses you can get approximately 120 EUR discount from original price. - Linguaschools madrid (http://www.linguamadrid.com/)

3.5 Food & Drink

There are a number of supermarkets in Paris but the most common chains are:

• El Corte Ingles – in the middle for price range and quality • Dia% - One of the cheapest supermarkets, not the best quality but you can find good deals.

Good areas for bars are:

• Chueca • Plaza del Sol • La Latina

Good areas for restaurants are:

• Plaza del Sol • Gran Via

4. Others

*The “progress report” regarding each work projects I am working on will be updated in Monthly basis, thus essential info of the document will remain unchanged.

• The progress report during First month of Internship (01/09/2015~02/10/2015)

1) Orientation and First days of work - Brief explanation from Alba Toajas about FRIDE - Read FRIDE’s operational handbook. - Read FRIDE’s last publications on the Web. - Checked the projects related to CASCADE and EUCAM - Wrote a brief paragraph about me for the introducing email to everyone. - Met with new people and got familiarized. - Checked the website www.esglobal.org

2) Events and Seminars - Induction Session with Deputy Director and Communications Team (Ana) on Thursday (10/09/2015)

- Induction session with Director of FRIDE (Giovanni Grevi) in Monday morning (14/09/2015) - Staff Meeting on Tuesday morning (15/09/2015)

3) Administrational Businesses - Went to Vodafone for the Simcard in Friday morning (04/09/2015) - Searched for house and moved in during the weekends near Sol Plaza. - Registered for the Spanish class for 12 weeks starting from Thursday (10/09/2015) - Joined the football club in Madrid on Friday (11/09/2015) and went for the Away Game (12/09/2015).

4) Other Minor Works - Translation assistance from Russian to English of the text interview of Mikail Barah, the interview on the Russian airstrikes to Syria.