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Besides presenting the Spanish Security Strategy, he's President and Rafik Hariri Professor of the ESADE Global Center for Economy and Geopolitics and a distinguished Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution (Washington DC). He is also Honorary President of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (Geneva); Chairman of Executive Committee Global Institute of Barcelona; member of the boards of the International Crisis Group, the European Council on Foreign Relations and Human Rights Watch. He's also a Senior visiting professor at the London School of Economics, which recently invested him as Doctor Honoris Causa.

“Who do I call if I want to call Europe?” Asked Kissinger once. Javier Solana was that person for 10 years.

Solana's mandate at NATO's, coincided with a crucial stage in the history of the Western defense organization. Among the most important issues were sending to Bosnia-Herzegovina the first mission of peacekeepers led by the Alliance; the return of France, the creation of the Combined Joint Task Forces; the reform of military structures; the invitation to former communist states to join the organization and the founding of NATO-Russia relations.

In 1999, Solana left NATO to become secretary-general of the Council of the EU and its first High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, tasked with presenting ideas and analyzing policy options to help EU leaders agree on foreign and security policy issues, thereby giving the Union more political clout in international affairs. Champion of multilateralism and Europeanism Solana produced the first strategic security doctrine of the EU and gave substance to the European Security and Defense that premiered operational bodies and launched its first missions, military and civilian, to manage security crisis.

Javier Solana has received major awards and honors such as the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabel la Católica; the distinction of Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece and the Order of St Michael and St George. He has also received the Grand Cross Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; the Statesman of the Year Award by the East West Institute in New York and the prestigious Charlemagne Prize. Today he continues its important work focusing on the development of the Spanish Security Strategy and as Chair of Leadership and Democratic Governance in ESADE. He has also received the French Legion of Honor and the European Carlos V Award. He has also received the French Legion of Honor and the European Carlos V Award.

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