Articles by Daniel Pérez García

Jihadist radicalization, and its violent consequences, continues to be one of the great current challenges of international security. The latest mobilizations of terrorist fighters towards Iraq and Syria highlighted the need to reinforce and transform prevention, detection and detention instruments. This has led to numerous regional and global initiatives and programs to combat this phenomenon, which require greater involvement from civil society to make a qualitative leap. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

Russia's anti-terrorist policy has been very active since the 90s. Its current threats range from the Islamist insurgency resulting from the conflicts in the North Caucasus to the establishment of Daesh proxies in its own territory. Likewise, it continues to have a strong foreign presence in the fight against jihadist terrorism while its geopolitical interests in the Near and Middle East intersect. However, it is one of the most vulnerable countries to jihadist propaganda and the special focus of radicalization and Islamist mobilization to fight in Iraq and Syria persists. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

When talking about the expansion of jihadism on the African continent, little emphasis is usually placed on the extensive presence of Hezbollah. The spotlight tends to focus on the proxies of Daesh and Al-Qaeda in the region, as the Lebanese terrorist group strengthens its presence on the continent outside of media attention. The expansion of Hezbollah's power in Africa ranges from religious and cultural influence to military establishment, as well as the logistical base of its global organized crime network. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is today the most powerful jihadist organization in Syria. Following the fall of the Daesh Caliphate and the growth of HTS, the Syrian group governs the province of Idlib. The former Al-Qaeda proxy in Syria follows a model similar to that of Hamas or Hezbollah. In the voice of experts, reasoning as a resistance movement. Now, its leader, Al Jolani, seeks to launder the organization's reputation by granting interviews to international media to try to improve its global perception. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

The phenomenon of globalization and the breaking down of traditional borders, as we see in communication or the financial world, has been a process from which terrorist organizations have also benefited. Something that we clearly observe in groups like Hezbollah, which have developed an entire global network of organized crime that extends across five continents. These illicit activities allow the Lebanese group to finance its actions with ease after the drop in revenue from Iran. Currently, Hezbollah stands as the most funded terrorist group in the world, earning multimillion-dollar income through drug trafficking, smuggling and money laundering. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.