José Ignacio Torreblanca

José Ignacio Torreblanca Payá (born 1968) is a Spanish political analyst and political scientist. Working as opinion writer for El Mundo since 2018, he was the op-ed editor of El País from 2016 to 2018.

José Ignacio Torreblanca
Born	1968  Madrid
Alma mater	Complutense University of Madrid
Occupation	Political analyst, journalist
Employer	El Mundo (2018–) El País (2008–2018) Elcano Royal Institute (2004–2007) Elliott School of International Affairs European Council on Foreign Relations (2007–) European University Institute National University of Distance Education
Awards	'Salvador de Madariaga' Journalism Prize (2015)

Biography

Born in 1968 in Madrid,^[1][2] he earned a PhD in political science at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). He is full professor of the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED).^[3] He has been a researcher for the Elcano Royal Institute.

Torreblanca became a regular columnist for El País in 2008.^[4] A noted europeanist,^[5] he also was the director of the Madrid office of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) think tank.^[1] In June 2016, he became the director of opinion of El País.^[6]

After Soledad Gallego-Díaz became the new editor-in-chief of El País in June 2018, Torreblanca left the newspaper and was replaced as op-ed editor by Máriam Martínez-Bascuñán. Torreblanca subsequently joined El Mundo as opinion writer in September 2018.^[3][6]

Awards

• Salvador de Madariaga Prize [es]; written press (2015)^[7]

Works

• — (2001). The Reuniting of Europe: Promises, Negotiations and Compromises. London: Ashgate.^[8]
• — (2011). La fragmentación del poder europeo. Madrid: Icaria.^[5]
• — (2014). ¿Quién gobierna en Europa? Reconstruir la democracia, recuperar a la ciudadanía. Madrid: Catarata.^[9]
• — (2015). Asaltar los cielos. Podemos o la política después de la crisis. Barcelona: Debate.^[10]

References

1. "José Ignacio Torreblanca: "El océano es nuestro muro de Berlín"". Diario de Avisos. 24 November 2013.
2. Cerdá, Paco (9 March 2014). "José Ignacio Torreblanca: "Putin es la mirada de cobra que paraliza a esta Europa 'metrosexual"". La Opinión. A Coruña.
3. "José Ignacio Torreblanca, exjefe de Opinión de 'El País', ficha por 'El Mundo'". elconfidencial.com. 3 September 2018.
4. Terrasa, Rodrigo (28 February 2016). "La fiebre de los politólogos de cabecera". elmundo.es.
5. Ortega, Raimundo (1 October 2011). "Miré los muros de la Europa mía..." Revista de Libros.
6. Zarzalejos, Álvaro G. (18 July 2018). "'El País' da un vuelco a su consejo editorial tras sacar a Rubalcaba y al resto de externos". elconfidencial.
7. "Álvaro Goicoechea, José Ignacio Torreblanca y Angels Barceló, premios Salvador de Madariaga de periodismo". La Nueva España. 12 March 2015.
8. Zank, Wolfang (2004). "Anmeldelse: José I. Torreblanca: The Reuniting of Europe : Promises, Negotiations and Compromises. London, Ashgate, 2001". Journal of Contemporary European Studies. 12 (1): 131–132.
9. Vidal-Folch, Xavier (3 October 2014). "Europa desde la iconoclastia". El País. Babelia.
10. Juliá, Santos (3 June 2015). "Hacia la estación Finlandia". El País.