Modern Spain faces a serious set of domestic and foreign policy tasks in line with the general strategy to bring the country out of the protracted economic crisis, create favorable external conditions for long-term socio-economic development and strengthen Spain's position in the international arena. At the same time, the implementation of the tasks set is impossible without deep reforms. Under these conditions, the Spanish government is attempting to adapt foreign policy and organize the diplomatic service in accordance with the requirements of the time and on the basis of an expanded international agenda, while maintaining the traditional directions of foreign policy. The monograph presents to the reader new approaches of the Spanish government to the development of foreign policy decisions, examines the role and influence of scientific and analytical centers on the foreign policy process, analyzes the goals and objectives of Spanish foreign policy in the 21st century.