ARMED FORCES
24 Predator’s eye view
The Spanish Air Force tests its new
intelligence, surveillance and air
reconnaissance capabilities in Talavera
la Real air base (Badajoz).
30 A decade
of excellence
NATO’s Counter Improvised Explosive
Devices Centre of Excellence
(C-IED CoE) celebrates ten years as an
international touchstone in this field.
34 Behind enemy lines
First master’s in aircrew rescue of the
Tactical Leadership Programme (TLP).
37 Bétera conducts
the Deployex II/20
Exercise
Its purpose has been to complete
its preparation as a Joint NATO
Headquarters.
CONTENTS
PERSPECTIVE
44 United Nations,
between heaven
and hell
The UN celebrates its 75th
anniversary trying to cope with
enormous global challenges
within a changing international
order.
ANNIVERSARY
38 Fifteen years
since the
solidarity
response to
Pakistan
Spain formed the core of
NATO’s first humanitarian
mission outside its area
of operations to assist the
victims of the earthquake in
October 2005.
UNITED NATIONS
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ANALYSIS
56 Disinformation
in times of
COVID-19
The pandemic has helped
society to become aware
of just how serious the
deliberate propagation of false
information can be.
Women,
the power
of peace
Twenty years after the
adoption of Resolution
1325, establishing
the essential role
of women in peace
processes, the UN
reviews the progress
made and the
challenges ahead.
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