“The editing of this year’s report has been led by the Elcano Royal Institute, with editorial review provided from Ifri, MERICS, the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM), The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) and the Latvian Institute of International Affairs (LIIA), with active participation from all ETNC members. Preparatory work was conducted during meetings in May 2019 at the Institute of International Economic Relations (IIER) in Athens and in October 2019 at The Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Clingendael) in The Hague. The final chapters were submitted in November 2019.”