Amiland links to this article on Spanish diplomacy and Spain's place in the world from the International Herald Tribune. I think it's very good and have nothing much to add, except that I'm not worried about the PP's performance in the upcoming elections. They'll suffer a few losses but nothing huge--a couple of mayoralties and a region or two. The PP will continue to control regional and local governments almost everywhere but the Basque country, Andalusia, and Catalonia.

By the way, the article is seven pages long--you need to click on the almost invisible "Next Page" in the lower right.