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Manuel R. Torres Soriano - GUERRAS POR DELEGACIÓN EN EL CIBERESPACIO - PROXY WARS in CYBERSPACE REVISTA DEL INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL 09 DE ESTUDIOS ESTRATÉGICOS N º 9 JUNIO 2 0 1 7 SUMARIO/SUMMARY Miguel Ángel Ballesteros Martín - PRESENTACIÓN DE LA REVISTA DEL IEEE - PRESENTATION Manuel R. Torres Soriano - GUERRAS POR DELEGACIÓN EN EL CIBERESPACIO - PROXY WARS IN CYBERSPACE Salvador Sánchez Tapia - DEFINICIÓN DE UN PROCEDIMIENTO DE ANÁLISIS DE MODELOS DE RELACIONES CÍVICO-MILITARES - DEFINING A MODEL FOR ANALYSIS OF CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS PATTERNS Manuel García Ruiz - LA VIÑETA, LA NUEVA ARMA DURANTE LA I GUERRA MUNDIAL - THE CARTOON, THE NEW WEAPON OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR Javier Lion Bustillo - EL ESTADO ISLÁMICO Y JABHAT AL-NUSRA, ¿NUEVOS ACTORES EN EL LÍBANO? - THE ISLAMIC STATE AND JABHAT AL-NUSRA; NEW ACTORS IN LEBANON? Antonio Alonso Marcos - CENTROASIÁTICOS LUCHANDO EN SIRIA: EL PELIGRO DE LOS RETORNADOS DEL ESTADO ISLÁMICO PARA ASIA CENTRAL - CENTRAL ASIANS FIGHTING IN SYRIA: THE DANGER OF ISLAMIC STATE RETOURNEES TO CENTRAL ASIA Carlos García-Guiu López - LIDERAZGO ÉTICO Y GESTIÓN RESPONSABLE COMO VECTORES DE MEJORA EN LAS ORGANIZACIONES DE SEGURIDAD, EMERGENCIA Y DEFENSA - ETHICAL LEADERSHIP AND RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT AS LEVERS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN SECURITY, EMERGENCY AND DEFENCE ORGANISATIONS MINISTERIO DE DEFENSA CATÁLOGO GENERAL DE PUBLICACIONES OFICIALES http://publicacionesoficiales.boe.es/ ENLACE A LA REVISTA ELECTRÓNICA EN LA WEB DEL IEEE http://revista.Ieee.Es/index.Php/ieee/issue/archive Edita: SECRETARÍA GENERAL TÉCNICA http://publicaciones.defensa.gob.es/ © Autores y editor, 2017 NIPO: 083-15-198-3 (impresión bajo demanda) NIPO: 083-15-199-9 (edición libro-e) Fecha de edición: junio 2017 ISSN-e: 2255-3479 Maquetación: Ministerio de Defensa Las opiniones emitidas en esta publicación son exclusiva responsabilidad de los autores de la misma. Los derechos de explotación de esta obra están amparados por la Ley de Propiedad Intelectual. Ninguna de las partes de la misma puede ser reproducida, almacenada ni transmitida en ninguna forma ni por medio alguno, electrónico, mecánico o de grabación, incluido fotocopias, o por cualquier otra forma, sin permiso previo, expreso y por escrito de los titulares del © Copyright. REVISTA DEL INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE ESTUDIOS ESTRATÉGICOS (IEEE) ÍNDICE/INDEX CONSEJO DE REDACCIÓN ..................................................................... 9 Miguel Ángel Ballesteros Martín PRESENTACIÓN DE LA REVISTA ........................................................... 13 Manuel R. Torres Soriano GUERRAS POR DELEGACIÓN EN EL CIBERESPACIO ....................... 15 PROXY WARS IN CYBERSPACE Salvador SánchezTapia DEFINICIÓN DE UN PROCEDIMIENTO DE ANÁLISIS DE MO- DELOS DE RELACIONES CÍVICO-MILITARES .................................... 37 DEFINING A MODEL FOR ANALYSIS OF CIVIL-MILITARY RELA- TIONS PATTERNS Manuel García Ruiz LA VIÑETA, LA NUEVA ARMA DURANTE LA I GUERRA MUNDIAL . 73 THE CARTOON, THE NEW WEAPON OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR Javier Lion Bustillo EL ESTADO ISLÁMICO Y JABHAT AL-NUSRA, ¿NUEVOS ACTO- RES EN EL LÍBANO? ................................................................................... 105 THE ISLAMIC STATE AND JABHAT AL-NUSRA; NEW ACTORS IN LEBANON? Antonio Alonso Marcos CENTROASIÁTICOS LUCHANDO EN SIRIA: EL PELIGRO DE LOS RETORNADOS DEL ESTADO ISLÁMICO PARA ASIA CENTRAL ...... 133 CENTRAL ASIANS FIGHTING IN SYRIA: THE DANGER OF ISLA- MIC STATE RETOURNEES TO CENTRAL ASIA .................................... 133 http://revista.ieee.es/index.php/ieee 3 Revista del Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos (IEEE) Núm. 9 / 2017 Carlos García-Guiu López LIDERAZGO ÉTICO Y GESTIÓN RESPONSABLE COMO VECTO- RES DE MEJORA EN LAS ORGANIZACIONES DE SEGURIDAD, EMERGENCIA Y DEFENSA ....................................................................... 163 ETHICAL LEADERSHIP AND RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT AS LEVERS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN SECURITY, EMERGENCY AND DEFENCE ORGANISATIONS Javier Jordán Enamorado EN BUSCA DE UNA ESTRATEGIA DE SEGURIDAD NACIONAL .... 191 Ángel Gómez de Ágreda EL QUINTO ELEMENTO .......................................................................... 195 NORMAS PARA LOS AUTORES DE ARTÍCULOS .................................. 201 http://revista.ieee.es/index.php/ieee 4 REVISTA DEL INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE ESTUDIOS ESTRATÉGICOS (IEEE) DIRECTOR DE LA REVISTA DEL IEEE Miguel Ángel Ballesteros Martín General de brigada del Ejército de Tierra. Doctor por la Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca. Director del Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos. CONSEJO EDITORIAL Rogelio Alonso Pascual Profesor titular de Ciencias Políticas de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Emilio Casinello Aubán Director General Departamento de Economía Aplicada II. Centro Internacional Toledo para la paz (CITPAX). Embajador de carrera. Antonio Fonfría Mesa Profesor titular de la Facultad de Económicas de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Investigador en el Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales (ICEI). Vicente Garrido Rebolledo Director del Instituto de Cuestiones Internacionales y Política Exterior (INCIPE). Profesor titular de Derecho Internacional Público y Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. José Luis González Cussac Catedrático de Derecho Penal de la Universidad de Valencia. Expresidente de la Sección Española de la Asociación Internacional de Derecho Penal. Carlos Jiménez Piernas Catedrático de Derecho Internacional Público y Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad de Alcalá de Henares. http://revista.ieee.es/index.php/ieee 5 Revista del Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos (IEEE) Núm. 9 / 2017 Francisco Llera Ramo Catedrático de Ciencia Política en la Universidad País Vasco. Director y fundador del Euskobarómetro. Fernando López Mora Director del Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Córdoba. Profesor titular de Historia Contemporánea de la Universidad de Córdoba. Jorge Ortega Martín General de división del Ejército de Tierra. Doctor en Historia por la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Exdirector editorial del Grupo Atenea. Juan Martín Villalón Teniente general del Ejército de Tierra. Doctor en Ciencias Políticas por la UNED. Fernando Reinares Nestares Catedrático de Ciencia Política y Estudios de Seguridad en la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Investigador principal de terrorismo internacional del Real Instituto Elcano. Miguel Requena y Díez de Revenga Director del Instituto Universitario General Gutiérrez Mellado y catedrático de la UNED. Francisco Rojas Aravena Doctor en Ciencias Políticas por la Universidad de Utrecht. Exsecretario general de la Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales. Alfonso de la Rosa Morena Teniente general del Ejército de Tierra. Director del Centro Superior de Estudios de la Defensa Nacional (CESEDEN). Felipe Sahagún Profesor titular de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Información de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Miembro del Consejo Editorial del diario «El Mundo». http://revista.ieee.es/index.php/ieee 6 Revista semestral del IEEE Consejo Editorial Eduardo Serra Rexach Abogado del Estado. Exministro de Defensa. Presidente de la Fundación Transforma España. Pere Vilanova Trías Catedrático de Ciencias Políticas y de la Administración de la Universidad de Barcelona. Carlos Westendorp Cabeza Embajador de carrera. Secretario general del Club de Madrid. Exministro de Asuntos Exteriores. Javier Jordán Enamorado Profesor titular del Departamento de Ciencia Política y de la Administración de la Universidad de Granada. Director del Master on-line en Estudios Estratégicos y Seguridad Internacional. Rafael Calduch Cervera Catedrático de Derecho Internacional Público y Relaciones Internacionales en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Información de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Director del departamento de Análisis Político Internacional del Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales (ICEI). Juan Carlos Pereira Castañeira Catedrático de Historia contemporánea e Historia de las Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Presidente de la Comisión Española de Historia de las relaciones internacionales. 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