Vol. 4 No. 1 (2025): January to April

The Peruvian Army Center for Strategic Studies (CEEEP) presents the 11th edition of the Journal Seguridad y Poder Terrestre, which aims to disseminate original and unpublished research on security, defense and institutional management. This publication is structured in four lines of research: Strategic Assessment; Strategic Anticipation; Strategic Art and Land Power; and Strategic Leadership and Institutional Management, which guide the analysis and projection of contemporary scenarios. In this issue, each article was selected for its methodological rigor, its contribution to the academic debate and, in those relevant cases, for the support of the military experience of its authors, which reinforces the authority and credibility of the studies presented.

To begin with, the article “La Rinconada: Zone of Threats and Challenges to National Security” - prepared by Lieutenant Colonel of the Peruvian Army (EP), Manolo Eduardo Villagra; Major General Oscar Luis Calle Perez; Dr. Juan Carlos Liendo O’Connor; and Dr. Diana Selene Rosell Claudet - is part of the Strategic Evaluation line. This study, based on a qualitative analysis and field work, examines the challenges derived from informal mining and organized crime, highlighting the need to anticipate and mitigate risks that affect the stability of public order.

Next, the article “The Armed forces in the control of internal order and in support of the Peruvian National Police for its reestablishment”, written by Mr. Ddedwin Galindo Gonzales, is related to the line of Strategic Leadership and Institutional Management. The study analyzes the collaboration between the Armed Forces (FF. AA.) and the National Police of Peru (PNP), framed in the Legislative Decree Nº 1095, identifying regulatory gaps and proposing inter-institutional coordination mechanisms that optimize the response to crisis situations and strengthen internal order.

Next, the article “Geopolitical Perspectives in Syria After the Fall of Bashar al-Assad”, presented by Dr. Mariano López de Miguel, is framed in the line of Strategic Anticipation. This analysis addresses the reconfiguration of power in Syria after the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, assessing the implications of the intervention of national and international actors and offering a critical view on territorial fragmentation and new emerging geopolitical scenarios.

Subsequently, the article “Generative Artificial Intelligence: A Prospective Analysis of its Implications for Security and Defense”, written by Dr. Boris Saavedra, is associated with the Strategic Anticipation line. The author evaluates, from a prospective perspective, the technological advances and risks inherent to the implementation of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI), emphasizing the need to balance innovation with adequate oversight to ensure strategic stability.

Similarly, the article “Towards the Conquest of Space: Challenges and Perspectives of Argentine Aerospace Police”, presented by Dr. María Ana Leal, is situated in the lines of Strategic Assessment and Strategic Art and Land Power. The author examines the evolution of Argentine aerospace policy, highlighting the relevance of technological autonomy and international cooperation in a context of global competition, and underlines the strategic role of space as an instrument of defense and power projection.

Finally, the article “Exo-criminality of risk: An Emerging Challenge to the Security of states and democratic stability”, by Dr. Pablo Zeballos and Dr. Douglas Farah, is oriented towards the line of Strategic Anticipation. The authors introduce the concept of Exo-Crime Risk (ECR) and analyze how external factors, such as migratory dynamics and social crises, facilitate the integration of new criminal structures, representing a threat to democratic stability and requiring coordinated strategies at the national and international levels.

The 11th edition reaffirms CEEEP’s commitment to the generation of rigorous knowledge and the strengthening of institutional security, inviting academics, researchers and professionals to reflect on current strategic challenges and to rethink intervention policies in an environment of growing complexity and change. The journal is thus established as a space for critical and constructive exchange that promotes interdisciplinary dialogue and inter-institutional collaboration in pursuit of development and national security.