The January-June 2015 edition of the Colombian Journal for Military Studies —‘Revista Cientifica General Jose Maria Cordova’ is finally ready! Besides, there is a rewarding novelty: the journal has been selected for inclusion into the SciELO Colombia-Universidad Nacional de ColombiaThompson Reuters international indexes. These organizations made a favorable decision based on the successful evaluation processes of the applicant journals. Each editon of the Journal shows the commitment of the Colombian Military Academy (ESMIC) with the promotion of scientific culture through the publication and distribution of studies on the military sciences and related fields. A summary of the content of this issue is featured below. The Military Studies section has the following two articles: “The Historic Events of US Foreign Policy Towards Colombia, Prior to 1998 Plan Colombia’s Enactment”, written by Maria Catalina Monroy-Hernandez, PhD, based on her doctoral thesis defended at Universidad Externado de Colombia; and the article in English “Full Spectrum Operations: the Rationale Behind the 2008 Russian Military Reform?”, by Andres Eduardo Fernandez-Osorio, Major in the National Army of Colombia and PhD candidate, based on his master’s dissertation completed at University College London, United Kingdom and at National Research University-Higher School of Economics, in Moscow, Russian Federation. The Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law section contains the articles “Particular Experiences of Women in Processes of Human Mobility: Some Views on Their Welfare” by Professor Elba Maria Bermudez Quintana, PhD, who bases her paper in her doctoral thesis defended at Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain, enriching it with new contributions, particularly regarding the challenges in ensuring the equality of rights and respect for the human dignity of women; and the article “Implications of Control Conventionality: Radilla Pacheco vs Mexico verdict and the Case of the Slaughter of Santo Domingo vs Colombia”, by Professors Alfonso Jaime Martinez-Lazcano from Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas, Mexico, Eduardo Santiago-Perez from Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Mexico, and Jaime Alfonso Cubides-Cardenas from Universidad Catolica de Colombia, in Bogota. The Education section consists of three articles: “The Colombian Dual Apprenticeship System: the Case of the Business University Foundation of the Chamber of Commerce of Bogota Uniempresarial. The Present Challenges in the Perception of Graduades and Businessmen” by Leonor Yaneth Goe Rojas-Hernandez, PhD, a paper derived from her doctoral thesis completed at Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla, Mexico; “The Pedagogical Models from a Psychological and Spiritual Dimension” by Alexander Ortiz-Ocana, PhD, Jorge Oswaldo Sanchez-Buitrago, PhD, and Ivan Manuel Sanchez-Fontalvo, PhD, Professors at Universidad del Magdalena, in Santa Marta, Colombia; “Building Communal Tissue from the Perspective of New School in Colombia. A Case Study” —an article based on a master’s dissertation defended