Foreigners in the Spanish Armed Forces: an assessment of fifteen years of recruitment (2001-2016)

  1. Beatriz Frieyro de Lara 1
  2. Carlos Navajas Zubeldia 2
  1. 1 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04njjy449

  2. 2 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

Revue:
Res Militaris

ISSN: 2265-6294

Année de publication: 2017

Volumen: 5

Pages: 20 pp.

Type: Article

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Résumé

The main objective of the present article is to analyze the reasons that led the Spanish Government in 2001 to take and implement the decision to allow foreign recruits into the Spanish armed forces. Its authors also examine the successive modifications that have been applied since then to the initial plan, and the impact that the entry of foreigners has had on Spain’s all-volunteer force as a whole. The topic recommends itself as, with the exception of a handful of publications, it has hardly been researched to date, in Spain or elsewhere.