{"id":33749,"date":"2026-01-08T15:15:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/?page_id=33749"},"modified":"2026-01-08T15:33:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:33:59","slug":"amin-lejarza-de-bilbao-essalhi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/es\/amin-lejarza-de-bilbao-essalhi\/","title":{"rendered":"Am\u00edn Lejarza de Bilbao Essalhi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"33749\" class=\"elementor elementor-33749\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d827834 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d827834\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1bcd2be\" data-id=\"1bcd2be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49e7b1d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"49e7b1d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Am\u00edn Lejarza de Bilbao Essalhi<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1367822 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1367822\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4251242\" data-id=\"4251242\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a25b43c elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"a25b43c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"yulia-osmolovska\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6208a61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6208a61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"503\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Amine-Lejarza-e1763561608403.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-33751\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Amine-Lejarza-e1763561608403.png 503w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Amine-Lejarza-e1763561608403-14x12.png 14w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d4ec0b0\" data-id=\"d4ec0b0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-782646a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"782646a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Am\u00edn Lejarza de Bilbao Essalhi <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a Spanish political scientist and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Transatlantic Dialogue Center. His work focuses on projects in Spain, Brussels, and Colombia.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His professional activities are centered on strengthening Spanish\u2013Ukrainian relations, with a particular emphasis on engagement with key stakeholders in the political, academic, military, and defense-industry sectors. He advances this work through the organization of policy discussions, conferences, and public events.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His research interests include European security, geopolitics, the defense industry, and the development of diplomatic relations between Spain and Ukraine.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Am\u00edn Lejarza\u2019s analysis has been featured in leading international media outlets, including <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cadena COPE, RNE, Canal 24 Horas, and El Independiente (Spain), as well as CNN (United States), France 24 (France), and NTN24 (Colombia).<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to his role at the Transatlantic Dialogue Center, he serves as President of the pan-European organization Eurodefense Young Spain. He has more than six years of experience as a strategic consultant and is a Senior Researcher at the International Security Observatory think tank. His previous professional experience includes positions as a researcher at the porCausa Foundation and as a legal advisor at the European Commission.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He holds a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Political Science and Public Administration from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rey Juan Carlos University (Madrid)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Law from the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Universit\u00e9 de Li\u00e8ge and the Universit\u00e9 Libre de Bruxelles.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amin is fluent in Spanish, English, French, and Arabic.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Am\u00edn Lejarza de Bilbao Essalhi Am\u00edn Lejarza de Bilbao Essalhi is a Spanish political scientist and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Transatlantic Dialogue Center. 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