Domestic policy analysis by international actors

In this chapter we look at the relationship between international organisations and domestic policy analysis in Spain. We do this by focusing on crisis management relations of the two most recent transborder crises: the Great Recession and the COVID-19 pandemic. In line with the objectives of this edited volume we interrogate whether international organisations act as promoters or as producers of policy analysis and the factors that might facilitate or prevent this role. We claim that international organisations have a differentiated role depending on the type of crisis, the policy domains to which they pertain, and the degree of sovereignty exercised at state level. While policy actions of European institutions during the Great Recession took the form of coercion, the World Health Organization acted as ‘teachers of norms and policies’ during the COVID-19 crisis.