GEOPOLITICAL OVERVIEW OF CONFLICTS 2015

The fifth edition of the Geopolitical Overview of Conflicts (“GOC”) continues the researches initiated in 2011, intended to rigorously treat the presently occurring or latent main conflicts with a comprehensive focus. The GOC is in line with the National Security Strategy, “a shared project,” in that: “Spain should have the capacity to participate in crises or conflicts as a supportive partner of the international organizations to which it belongs. These support functions would include peacekeeping, civil protection, or other operations affecting our shared values or derived from commitments made by international organizations such as the UN.” In addition, the GOC stresses the need to “collaborate and give aid to citizens [], based on previous knowledge, and increased awareness of, and sensitivity to, the importance of national security in guaranteeing freedom, prosperity….”