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Journal of the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies Núm. 11 / 2018 http://revista.ieee.es 192 Baqués of the University of Barcelona. In his paper, Baqués examines Alfred Mahan’s contributions to naval strategy, sets out the criteria of this North American geostrate-gist and explores the writer’s work from a political perspective. “Analysis of the situation of peace and stability in Liberia fourteen years after the establishment of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)” is the title of the fifth article, by Carlos Alberto Carravilla Gregorio. Drawing on personal and direct experience, Carravilla Gregorio analyses the process and development of this 14-year-long international mission in which the UNMIL’s military and police components have been able to maintain peace and stability by acting as a deterrent. The author concludes that Liberia’s chances of achieving lasting peace will largely depend on how conflicts in neighbouring countries evolve. For the sixth article, Alexandra Ainz Galende, professor of sociology at the Univer-sity of Almería, carried out a sociological analysis of the discourse of Muslim women in Spain who wear the niqab. With the title: “A closer study of the discourse of niqabi women in Spain”, Ainz Galende presents the findings of a study designed to explore the meaning the interviewees attach to this garment. It can be deduced from the study that there is growing support in social media for the niqab and that Muslim women are increasingly being encouraged to wear it. To close this issue, we feature a review of Juan Avilés’ latest book, Historia del ter-rorismo yihadista: de al Qaeda al Daesh. In her review, Carmen López Alonso, a pro-fessor at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the Complutense University of Madrid, analyses and describes the content and interesting points raised in the book. Emilio Sánchez de Rojas reviews Minorías y fronteras en el Mediterráneo Ampliado, the work coordinated by Maria Dolores Algora Weber, which brings together the contributions of writers in the MESIMA group (Minorities, States and International Security in the Larger Mediterranean). Throughout the journal’s almost six-year history, we have been fortunate to have the assistance of an editorial committee of renowned academics and professionals to help us in our relentless pursuit to continuously improve the quality of scientific pro-cesses. I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their assistance, and also the numerous expert researchers who generously devote their time to evaluating and assisting with the journal. We hope they will continue to accompany us on our journey towards excellence. Many thanks to all of you. Miguel Ángel Ballesteros

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