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It has recently become known that China is building 119 silos for intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), probably of the DF-41 type. The discovery is, potentially, one more step in the probable radical change of the structure of China's nuclear force, something that the Asian country has been carrying out for some years. However, the news does not take analysts and observers of Chinese nuclear strategy completely by surprise. For some years now, there has been a growing number of indications and rumors that China is updating and modifying its conservative nuclear strategy, which consisted of maintaining a very small number of warheads and low alert levels, moving towards a much larger arsenal. and with alert levels comparable to those of Russia and the USA. (Continued…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want access to the full text, you can subscribe to [Keep reading…]

France declared a few days ago its decision to end Operation Barkhane in the Sahel. The question now arises regarding the consequences that this decision could imply for security in Mali, neighboring countries and a hypothetical increase in the jihadist threat against Europe. A topic discussed a few months ago by the RAND Corporation, an institution that brought together several experts in regional security in the Sahel to debate the implications of a then hypothetical French withdrawal from Mali and the end of Operation Barkhane. The arguments put forward in the debate were published following Chatham House style rules (preserving the anonymity of the participants to encourage speculation and free debate). (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Revista Ejercitos taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers to [Keep reading…]

That the United States has been the hegemonic power during the last decades is an incontestable fact. However, the emergence of the People's Republic of China and its growing relevance have raised questions about the continuity of American leadership and hegemony. The era of strategic competition between great powers has arrived and the relationship between both States will determine the course of our century. Particularly as a result of recent events, one of the scenarios where such competition could develop has been the Republic of China or, also known, Taiwan, one of the most painful vestiges of Chinese humiliation and a place where the actions of the great powers will have impact on the tone of the competition that will take place over the next few years. (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 [Keep reading…]

To analyze any military confrontation between Israel and Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza on the other hand, we must start from the basis that the Israeli objectives regarding Gaza, in any of the conflicts of recent years, since Sharon's disengagement plan, They have never been about destroying Hamas, as that could lead to chaos in the Strip. Hamas, although it carries out terrorist activities, is not a simple terrorist group that acts in the shadows. Hamas, in addition to managing services to the population in Gaza, is a much less extremist group than other Islamic groups and contributes to partially deradicalizing the local population, limiting clashes and combats to the Palestinian national cause and not to an international Islamist agenda. (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 [Keep reading…]

The current cycle of violence between Israel and Hamas, as well as with the other militant groups in Gaza (Hamas and Islamic Jihad are the two main ones, but there are myriad smaller groups), has its immediate origins in the issue of forced evictions of Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem, and the incidents around the Temple Mount and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Surprisingly, Hamas gave an ultimatum to Israel to withdraw its security forces from Sheikh Jarrah and the Al-Aqsa mosque on May 10. (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.