J. Martin Ramirez

Nebrija University · Center on Conflict Studies

about the Russian invasion to Ukraine

Prof. J. Martín Ramírez is a Spanish scientist, Director of the Nebrija-Santander Chair on Risk and Conflict Management, Fellow of the WAAS, Chair of the Spanish Pugwash and President of CICA International – International Conferences of Conflict and Aggression. He studied Medicine, Humanities, and Law, obtaining a PhD degree in Medicine and Surgery...

Nunca pensé que Rusia invadiera Ucrania, decisión a mi modo de ver desproporcionada e irresponsable, no sólo porque parece un jaque mate al necesario respeto a la soberanía, sino principalmente por ser un gran error estratégico. Mi primera reacción fue recordar a Umbral cuando quería hablar de su libro. Yo también quería expresar mis ideas, basadas...

1. It is scientifically incorrect when people say that war cannot be ended because animals make war and because we are like animals: neither do animals make war, nor are we like animals. Unlike animals, we possess culture that we can change. 2. It is scientifically incorrect when people say that war cannot be ended because it is part of human natur...

En las Jornadas del año pasado homenajeábamos a aquellos hombres y mujeres uni-formados, que representaban a miles de sus compañeros de armas, junto a otros espa-ñoles-Policías, Protección Civil, Sanitarios-que contribuyeron con su esfuerzo a paliar el dolor causado por una pandemia, tenían su mente puesta en hospitales, residencias, UCIs, IFEMA, p...

After the 65 th anniversary of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto, origin of the Pugwash Movement, and the 60 th anniversary of the foundation of the World Academy of Art and Science, Cadmus is celebrating its 10 th anniversary with a special issue with Seed Ideas on inspirational topics related to the commitment of WAAS to the application of Knowledge...

This book deals with two areas: Global Commons and Security: inextricably melted together and more relevant than ever in a world which is ever globalized and… with an incognita looming on the horizon: the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic upon the International Relations and globalization. Global Commons have always been relevant. It was Mahan w...

su objetivo primordial es que la ciudadanía entienda que puede contar con las Fuerzas Armadas y de Seguridad del Estado para lo que haga, pues están a nuestro servicio, ya que no son de nadie, sino de «todos» los ciudadanos.

This is the following of a previous publication on the refugee crisis in Europe and its security challenges. Here we suggest some long-lasting solutions to the problem of migration. These may be summarize in four points: dealing with the countries of origin and of transit, adequate control of borders, and positive measures to facilitate the integra...

The present talk highlights how my long scientific life reflects the transdisciplinary approach for solving the complicated problems of the world and for the achievement of world peace, predicated in ICUS and PWPA meetings. My background including different university degrees-in natural and social sciences and in the humanities, has helped in my co...

A series of considerations on the refugee crisis in Europe are offered in order to find more pragmatic and sensible solutions. Without loosing, as a main idea, the humanitarian duties we all have in front of people in difficult situations and in troubles, a global problem like this one cannot be solved without a minimum control and an adequate immi...

This book discusses some of the strategic lines in front of the trends related to the new challenges of global security in this new century: some rather universal problems (migration, terrorism, cyberspace, conflict resolutions techniques in prisons, economic intelligence), as well as more military ones (new conflicts: new world stage, new weapons,...

short history of CICA International Conferences on Confl it and Aggression

This study is the first attempt to measure reactive and proactive aggression in 1,203 youths aged between 11 and 20 from Hong Kong, mainland China, Spain, and Uruguay using the Reactive- Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ). The two-factor RPQ construct was found to exhibit an excellent model fit for all sub-samples, and the measurement and str...

Far from offering a tentative structured theory or solution regarding the urgently needed reforms concerning education in the 21st century, we limit ourselves to some punctual considerations of how education can prepare students for the future. Even if they are not directly connected, we hope they may help in creating the indispensable radical para...

A series of considerations on the refugee crisis in Europe are offered in order to find more pragmatic and sensible solutions. Without loosing, as a main idea, the humanitarian duties we all have in front of people weaker and in troubles, a global problem like this one which cannot be solved with a lack of control but with an adequate immigration p...

This study is the first attempt to measure reactive and proactive aggression in 1,203 youths aged between 11 and 20 from Hong Kong, mainland China, Spain, and Uruguay using the Reactive‐Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ). The two‐factor RPQ construct was found to exhibit an excellent model fit for all sub‐samples, and the measurement and stru...

Far from offering a tentative structured theory or solution regarding the urgently needed reforms concerning education in the 21st century, we limit ourselves to some punctual considerations of how education can prepare students for the future. Even if they are not directly connected, we hope they may help in creating the indispensable radical para...

http://www.nebrija.com/catedras/nebrija-santander-resolucion-conflictos/pdf/the-role-of-scientists.pdf Without forgetting the objective limitations of Science, always incomplete, scientists have an important role, not only avoiding inappropriate and dangerous decisions, but also advising the policymakers and other stakeholders about the best and wi...

These pages are meant to be a modest step in order to help the prevention and the combat of cybercrime, raising awareness that the birth of the ubiquitous “cyber spectrum” brings with it a parallel presence of plenty of ‘new’ crimes. The cybersecurity ecosystem, besides obvious benefits, also presents new potential specific cybercriminal threats, c...

This book covers many aspects of cyberspace, emphasizing not only its possible ‘negative’ challenge as a threat to security, but also its positive influence as an efficient tool for defense as well as a welcome new factor for economic and industrial production. Cyberspace is analyzed from quite different and interdisciplinary perspectives, such as:...

I have been able to mention and note points of interest in only the most surface of ways. My overarching concern is to support ICUS's important mission to accomplish its express goals and purposes, investing in research, awakening the potential of science in today’s world, and stressing that we scientists are well-qualified to defend the public int...

This book covers many aspects of cyberspace, emphasizing not only its possible ‘negative’ challenge as a threat to security, but also its positive influence as an efficient tool for defense as well as a welcome new factor for economic and industrial production. Cyberspace is analyzed from quite different and interdisciplinary perspectives, such as:...

El presente escrito se detiene en profundizar sobre uno de los aspectos del Area nº 4, dedicada a MIGRACION: DIMENSION DE SEGURIDAD dentro del XXIV Curso Internacional de Defensa, a saber: cómo resolver algunos problemas suscitados con motivo de la actual crisis de refugiados de Oriente Medio en Europa. Ante un problema global y candente como pocos...

The purpose of this article was to determine the socialisation antecedents of socio-moral approval of aggression (SMAA). In Study 1, we assessed factorial structure and reliability of the SMAA with a sample of 355 students who reported on the extent to which they approved of six forms of aggressive behaviour and six justifications of aggression. Tw...

24th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD 2016), Vilnius, Lithuania 10-14 July, 2016

The present study analyzes some factors associated with violence in pre-adolescents and adolescents, such as their self-rated aggression, the defensive or instrumental function of aggression, and the degree of violence perceived in others and their surroundings, namely family, friends and peers, neighborhood, city and world. Several self-report tes...

The present study analyzes some factors associated with violence in pre-adolescents and adolescents, such as their self-rated aggression, the defensive or instrumental function of aggression, and the degree of violence perceived in others and their surroundings, namely family, friends and peers, neighborhood, city and world. Several self-report tes...

This research studies a sample of former soldiers from FARC guerrilla and paramilitary groups involved in Colombia's civil war. It describes the neuropsychological deficits, psychopathological personality traits and their level of ideological affiliation to the illegal organizations they formed, correlating the results of both groups. Paramilitary...

After sumarising the main subjects treated during the last CICA on Security and Defence, with a special focus on Threats and Risks of Critic Infrastructures, held in Madrid in Octobrer 2015, with the presence of experts from forteen countries of four continents, the present essay tries to deep into one of the specific aspects analized during its op...

Este volumen es el resultado de numerosas participaciones científicas en una gran variedad de temas y áreas aplicadas. Todas estas participaciones se pusieron en común durante la celebración del XL CICA, celebrado en Madrid durante los días 8 y 9 de Octubre de 2015, gracias a la Universidad Antonio de Nebrija y la Cátedra Nebrija-Santander de Análi...

resumen El presente escrito se detiene en profundizar sobre uno de los aspectos concretos presentados en la sesión inaugural del pasado XL CICA sobre Seguridad y Defensa, y especialmente enfocado a las Amenazas y Riesgos en la Protección de Infraestructuras Críticas, celebrado en Madrid el pasado octubre 2015 (Fernández, Payá, & Ramirez, 2015), a s...

One of the best strategies of working with conflict is its prevention. Several practical suggestions on how we can know our neighbors better and have a personal engagement in dialogue between people of different cultures are shared in this paper with the hope of achieving world peace through little steps in the elimination of conflicts and preventi...

The Questionnaire on Moral Attitudes toward Aggression (CAMA) focuses on moral attitudes toward aggression by asking respondents to rate combinations of different aggressive actions and situations in which these actions might be shown according to their respective justifiableness. Since its first applications by Lagerspetz and Westman in 1980 [1],...

This special issue entitled “Towards a better understanding of aggression and other related concepts” is a product of the XXXVII CICA International Conference co-organized by two Polish universities: Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz and the University of Zielona Góra. It took place from the 22 to the 25 June, 2014 and was attended by about...

En: J.C. Fernández, C. Payá & J. Martin Ramirez, (eds.) Seguridad y Defensa, Centreur, Madrid, 2015, pp. 19-22

The relationship between aggression, pleasure and decision-making is analyzed applying a mediation model of structural equation modeling (SEM). The study explored it in two samples of similar age: young offenders and university students. A close relationship between aggression and pleasure was found in both populations. But, whereas in the case of...