Revista del Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos n.º 13 - Año: 2019 - Págs.: 235 a 237 180 Journal of the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies Núm. 13 / 2019 cooperation in all areas of the conflict, including defence, against such a polyhedric threat, especially between neighboring countries such as Portugal and Spain. Colonel Fuente Cobo, former analyst at the IEEE and currently a senior professor at the NATO Defense College in Rome, offers us, as usual to him, a deep assesment about the struggle that for the leadership in the Maghreb region maintain their two largest countries, Morocco and Algeria. The tensions, always present between both neighbors, acquire a renewed relevance in the light of the evolution of the Algerian situation after the resignation of President Bouteflika and the popular protests against the regime. Although experience tells us that after all military conflict has always been avoided, regional competition is a permanent catalyst that increases the likelihood of conflict. The threat of global terrorism, due to its multidimensional nature, must also be confronted in an equally comprehensive manner, resorting to all the tools and capa-cities available for democratic states to protect their citizens. Eisa Younes, researcher at the Autonomous University of Madrid, offers us an original and interesting view about the behavior of Daesh from the business management point of view and the comparison with conventional commercial organizations. Her daring approach deser-ves all our attention because, after all, we focus our interest in finding formulas that allow us to improve effectiveness in the fight against all kinds of terrorism. Without leaving the global terrorist phenomenon, we move to another nearby re-gion, therefore of vital importance for the security of Europe, the Sahel. The Italian Army Colonel Palmerino Cuneo addresses the close relationship standing out bet-ween the numerous criminal networks and the jihadist movements that operate in this region. There are many factors that contribute to foster a structural conflict in the Sahel, from demographic pressure to climate change to the institutional weakness of the states in the area. The close cooperation between organized crime and terrorism only completes an unfortunate cocktail of elements of discord that leave no room for optimism about the foreseeable future of the region. The fourth chapter of this edition focuses on a recurring theme in the history of the European Union, such as cooperation on defense among its Member States, a discus-sion that has reached a renewed significance for the last two years. Since the takeover of the new US administration and its questioning of the defensive structure built around the Atlantic Alliance, and the no less important phenomenon of BREXIT, we Europeans see ourselves in the mirror of our own limitations in terms of Defense. Not in vain has the planned mechanism of Permanent Structured Cooperation been activated. Bernardo González-Lázaro Sueiras, Staff Officer in the Armed Forces of Portugal, focuses on the much-needed construction of a cooperation policy between his country and Spain. A cooperation that is considered essential and desired by both partners, due to multiple historical and current reasons. Two reviews complete this issue of the Journal of the Spanish Institute of Strategic Studies. One is written by the PhD in law Inma Garrós Font on a choral work: The li-mits to the Right of access to public information, published by the National Institute
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