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Lecture before the Royal united service institution, London, Oct. 26, 1949.

For the first time in its recent history living in democracy (since 1975) Spain has been under acaretaker government for slightly over ten months (from December 2015 until October 2016).Therefore, as noted in the subtitle to this article, we could wonder, have the military forces beenin a caretaker role too? To try to answer this question we will focus on the main areas of thesecurity and defense policy developed during the 2011-2015 term, which have their continuityduring this strange and brief term [see Carlos Navajas Zubeldia, ¿Avances? La política deseguridad y defensa de Rajoy (2011-2015) [Advances? Rajoy's security and defense policy],Revista de Estudios en Seguridad Internacional, Vol. 2, No. 2 (2016), pp. 101-129]. Thus, we willanalyze, among other matters, the international missions of the Spanish Armed Forces, relationswith allies, material policy, relations with civil society, personnel policy, etc., all within theframework of the new model of Spanish Armed Forces established in the document El proceso detransformación de las Fuerzas Armadas [The process of transformation of the Armed Forces] ofJanuary 2014. In the epilogue of the paper we will also study the first measures of the new defenseminister, the conservative Maria Dolores de Cospedal, who in November 2016 replaced the alsoconservative Pedro Morenés, who until then held this department since 2011. From amethodological point of view, I would like to stress that I am a specialist in Contemporary History.As a consequence of this, I will use this methodology, but in the context of the field of the ArmedForces and Society

The article discusses the changes in Poland's Armed Forces resulting from Poland's membership to NATO. The article attempts to assess how the membership in NATO influenced the transformation of the organization, personnel, education and training as well as technical modernization of Poland's Armed Forces. The article addresses the situation prior to the NATO membership, the transformation that took place during the first decade in NATO and the changes that took place during the second decade of the membership. Special attention has been given to the post-2014 period.

The military's role in the political development of Chile.

The paper presents reflections over the issue of armed forces capabilities. It is a phenomenon much discussed and written earlier, namely from the point of its building, estimation and development. Nevertheless the question is whether practical experiences are backed by theory fundamentals. Now we have a chance to introduce the live theory of quality management [1] into this specific and frequented military problem. The article is a polemic consideration over possibilities of introducing capabilities management into command and control capabilities system in armed forces.

Introduction The united and strong Europe – reformed along the principles introduced previously (see Enlightened Europism) – is going to be able to defend and promote its achievements globally only through a wise and decisive foreign policy with clear strategic aims. However, in my view, the necessary precondition of a successful foreign policy and diplomacy […]
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