William Chislett, a former correspondent of The Times of London in Madrid and then the Financial Times in Mexico writes a monthly article (Inside Spain) for the Elcano Royal Institute. Elcano published three of his books on Spain. He covered Turkey for the Institute.
He has a weekly column in the online newspaper El Imparcial.
You can contact me at:
wchislett [at] gmail [dot] com
Spain: What everyone needs to know
What happens in Spain, among the euro zone's largest economies, matters. Its high unemployment (over 26%), burgeoning public debt, and banking crisis will be formative for the zone's future.