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Volume 23, Issue 49 (2025)
The future of the battlefield. Technology-driven predictions in the land domain
Michal Hrnčiar, Jaroslav Kompan, Jan Nohel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1323
Volume 22, Issue 48 (2024)
False dichotomies of war during the Chilean social outbreak
Eduardo Andrés Hodge-Dupré
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1360
Volume 22, Issue 47 (2024)
Lynchings and organized crime. An analysis of collective violence in Mexico
Mario Pavel Díaz-Roman, Carolina Jasso-González, Daniel Nava-Cortés
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1370
Multidimensional and energy poverty, security and robustness of the Colombian electrical grid. An analysis of their correlation
Andrea Franco-Correa, Gabriel Villalobos-Camargo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1371
Migration and citizen security. Analysis of the impact of the Venezuelan exodus in Peru (2018-2023)
Héctor Javier Bendezú-Jiménez, Aníbal Erik Romero-Bendezú, José Antonio Chumacero-Calle
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1372
Volume 22, Issue 46 (2024)
Collective efficacy for two urban environments in the Metropolitan Area of Valley of Mexico
José Ángel Fernández-Hernández
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1304
Community policing and citizen trust. The cases in Nezahualcóyotl and Mexico City
Sergio Padilla-Oñate
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1297
The impact of insecurity and citizen participation on satisfaction with democracy
Arturo Alvarado-Mendoza
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1302
Survival strategies and neighborhood cohesion facing COVID-19 in Nezahualcóyotl and the Historical Center
Julio César Martínez-Sánchez
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1322
Organized crime in Mexico City's Historic Center. Paradox, perception, and evidence
Mario Pavel Díaz-Roman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1296
Validating the concept of collective efficacy. A study in Latin American neighborhoods
Liliana Manzano-Chávez, Williams Jiménez-García, Fernando Vega-Torrejon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1298
Antisocial or criminal risk behaviors in youth from Mexico City
Natalia Oropeza-Calderon, Alejandra Pérez-Pérez
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1313
Collective Action and Sociological Research Networks in the Fight against Crime in Brazil
Sérgio Adorno
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1315
Digital media and the perception of violence. An analysis of the Tren de Aragua expansion
Lorena Andrea Erazo-Patiño, Carlos Alfonso Laverde-Rodríguez, Emerson David Devia-Acevedo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1287
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in drug trafficking and its linked violence in Colombia
Hugo Fernando Guerrero-Sierra, Jaime Andrés Wilches-Tinjacá, Rodrigo Atehortúa-Santamaría
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1299
Criminal publishing production in Michoacan, in the search of legitimacy and criminal authority
Rodrigo Peña-González
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1294
Volume 22, Issue 45 (2024)
Haiti: Crisis management under UN mandate
Diana Ortega-García, Carolina Yepes-Hernández, Juan Camilo Mesa-Bedoya
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1218
Hezbollah as an Iranian proxy and its progressive expansion in Latin America
Janiel David Melamed Visbal, César Niño, María Eugenia Gómez Arias
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1277
The articulation of Colombia’s coastlines as a strategic maritime zone. An urgent hydro-political imperative
Carlos Enrique Alvarez-Calderon, Andrés Julián Trujillo-Rosero, Jorge Alfonso García-Torres
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1279
Violent deaths during and after the pandemic in Colombia. An artificial intelligence analysis
Tomás José Fontalvo-Herrera , Ana Gabriela Banquez-Maturana, Fabio Mejía-Zambrano
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1271
Volume 21, Issue 44 (2023)
Measurement and evaluation of criminal governance and its relation to drug trafficking in Colombia
Jaime Edison Rojas-Mora, Ángela Cristina Pinto-Quijano, Irma Liliana Vásquez-Merchán, Carlos Fernando Morales-Sánchez
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1176
Territorially Focused Development Programs, violence rates and criminal governance in Colombia
Jaime Andrés Wilches-Tinjacá, Rodrigo Atehortúa-Santamaría, Mario Esteban Salamanca-López, Claudia Milena Pico-Bonilla
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1182
Shared sovereignty, criminal governance, and challenges to the State model in Colombia
Cesar Niño, Hugo Fernando Guerrero-Sierra, José Manuel Rivas-Otero
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1232
Migration dynamics on the Colombian-Venezuelan border and its relationship with transnational crime
Giuseppe Kodjack VII Gangi-Guillen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.984
Volume 21, Issue 43 (2023)
Criminal governance. A bibliometric analysis of the research agenda
César Niño, Lorena Andrea Erazo-Patiño, Hugo Fernando Guerrero-Sierra, Jaime Edison Rojas-Mora
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1158
Governance in the Sahel by armed non-state actors. A theoretical and applied model
Concepción Anguita-Olmedo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1170
The impact of transnational organized crime on the contemporary international system
Henry Cancelado-Franco, Valeria Rodríguez-Ardila
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1179
Ruling Violently. The exercise of criminal governance by the Mexican Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG)
Carolina Sampó, Nicole Jenne, Marcos Alan Ferreira
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1172
Neopatrimonialism and criminal governance in Latin America
Sonia Alda-Mejías
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1177
The relationship between homicide and the illegal drug market in Mexico City
Mario Pavel Díaz-Román, Carlos Alfonso Laverde-Rodríguez
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1201
Maritime drug trafficking networks: an analysis from the complexity and simulation of social systems
Oscar Julián Palma-Morales, Ángela Lucía Noguera-Hidalgo, Juan Sebastián Hernández-Sandoval, Daniel Santiago Ávila-Robayo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1070
Volume 21, Issue 42 (2023)
Strategic thematic axes in security and defense in Colombia
Christian Acevedo-Navas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1215
The Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia as a politicized armed group. A new paradigm of organized crime
Reynell Badillo-Sarmiento, Luis Fernando Trejos-Rosero
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1053
Volume 21, Issue 41 (2023)
Challenges for the strategic inclusion of canine teams in security and defense in Colombia
Omar Edgardo Reátiga-Rincón, Jorge Ulises Rojas-Guevara, Paola A. Prada-Tiedemann, Martha Ximena Ochoa-Torres
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1031
Brazil and Turkey as middle and regional powers. A comparative analysis of their limitations and scope
E. Nur Sezek, Mauricio Jaramillo-Jassir
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1026
Volume 20, Issue 40 (2022)
The war in the cities. Complexity and current challenges for national security
Carlos Enrique Alvarez-Calderon, Carlos Leonardo Aguirre, Faiver Coronado-Camero, William Alfredo Sierra-Gutiérrez
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1025
Unrestricted warfare, an ELN strategy in Colombia. New challenges of a persistent threat
Luisa Fernanda Villalba-Garcia, Faiver Coronado-Camero, William Alfredo Sierra-Gutiérrez
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1043
Volume 20, Issue 39 (2022)
The mutation of war: contemporary threats in the criminal and terrorist multi-domain
David Barrero-Barrero, Carlos Enrique Alvarez-Calderon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1024
The origin and doctrinal evolution of air mobility in the Colombian National Army (1962-1969)
Gustavo Andrés Tovar-Cabrera, Erika Constanza Figueroa-Pedreros
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.877
Volume 20, Issue 38 (2022)
International and national standards on societal information security
Sofiia Lykhova, Liudmyla Servatiuk, Oleksandr Shamsutdinov, Viktoriia Sysoieva, Dariia Hurina
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.898
Economic security through criminal policies. A comparative study of Western and European approaches
Olena S. Oliinyk, Roman M. Shestopalov, Volodymyr O. Zarosylo, Mykhaylo I. Stankovic, Sergii G. Golubitsky
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.899
The system of cybersecurity bodies in Ukraine
Andrii V. Svintsytskyi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.903
From self-affirmation to national security threat. Analyzing the Ukraine’s foreign experience in countering cyberattacks
Yuriy Yu. Nizovtsev, Andrii M. Lyseiuk, Mykhailo Kelman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.905
Volume 20, Issue 37 (2022)
UN and EU strategy against transatlantic drug trafficking networks
Sara Nuñez de Prado-Clavell, Javier Rodríguez-Abengózar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.864
Key principles for the use of force in urban scenarios in Colombia
Jaime Cubides-Cardenas, Juan David González-Agudelo, Fernanda Navas-Camargo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.808
Volume 19, Issue 36 (2021)
A multidimensional security approach to Colombia’s biodefense against future pandemics
Carlos Enrique Álvarez-Calderón, Yesid Ramírez-Pedraza, Diego Botero-Murillo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.841
Social crises as an area of research in international security. A scientometric analysis
Luis Araya-Castillo, Hugo Alejandro Moraga-Flores, Nicolás Pablo Barrientos-Oradini, Jennifer Karen Rivera-Arroyo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.792
Volume 19, Issue 35 (2021)
War and pestilence: impact of epidemics and pandemics in history up to the 20th century
Carlos Enrique Álvarez-Calderón, Diego Botero-Murillo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.840
Ecuador in the knowledge society. A security and defense perspectives
Roberto Xavier Jiménez-Villarreal, Robert Bolívar Vargas-Borbúa, Kimberly Pamela Jiménez-Jimbo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.730
Volume 19, Issue 34 (2021)
Risk diagnosis of the Latin American tourism sector from 2020 to 2022
Julio César González-Rodríguez, Christian Acevedo-Navas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.677
COVID-19 mortality as factual evidence for strengthening security and defense strategies
Juan Camilo Núñez-Cuevas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.696
Volume 19, Issue 33 (2021)
The Islamic State’s terrorist diplomacy in Trinidad and Tobago. A Geometry of Terrorism approach
César Niño, Daniel Arturo Palma-Álvarez
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.657
The role of canine human remains detection teams in criminal investigation
Jorge Ulises Rojas-Guevara, Juan David Córdoba-Parra, Gabriel Antonio Bohórquez, Ricardo Antonio Vega-Contreras, Paola Prada-Tiedemann
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.638
Volume 18, Issue 32 (2020)
Physical security risks of offshore oil & gas platforms and units in the Colombian Caribbean Sea
William Gomez Pretel, Christian Acevedo-Navas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.671
Impact of the peace process with the FARC on Colombia’s anti-drug policy
Edwar Alexander Sarmiento-Hernández, Jorge Ulises Rojas-Guevara, Pedro Javier Rojas-Guevara
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.632
Volume 18, Issue 31 (2020)
Collective insecurity: responses to the unexpected
Sara Patricia Quintero Cordero
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.615
The implementation of the peace agreement and the transformation of the armed conflict in Colombia
Diana Patricia Arias Henao
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.621
Volume 18, Issue 30 (2020)
Geopolitics of rare earths: a strategic natural resource for the multidimensional security of the State
Carlos Enrique Álvarez Calderón, John Heberaldo Trujillo Palacio
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.587
Cybersecurity and cyber defense in Colombia: a possible model for civil-military relations
Ximena Andrea Cujabante Villamil, Martha Lucía Bahamón Jara, Jair Camilo Prieto Venegas, Jorge Alejandro Quiroga Aguilar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.588
New roles for the armed forces in security. Experiences from Mexico, Colombia, and Peru
Carlos Hurtado Noriega, Adán José Doria Velarde
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.548
Volume 18, Issue 29 (2020)
Cooperative security as a European Union prevention and response measure
Juan José Delgado Morán, Jonnathan Jiménez Reina, Roger Jiménez Reina
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.520
Opportunities for the Colombian Military in multidimensional peacekeeping operations
Carlos Enrique Álvarez Calderón, Felix Antonio Duque Cruz
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.542










