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Christian J. Ehrlich, Fundador y Director en Riskop. Director Institute for Strategy and Defense Research. MA Maritime Security student, Coventry, UK. CHDS-Alumni DPCT-16

Christian J. Ehrlich

Mr. Ehrlich holds a Master’s Degree with merit in Maritime Security from Coventry University, UK, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the Monterrey Institute of Technology, Mexico. He is also a graduate of the William J Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies -National Defense University- in Washington, DC, where he was invited to the first cohort of the Defense Policy and Complex Threats 2016 high-level executive program. Christian J Ehrlich is the founding Director of Riskop, Mexico’s leading Strategic intelligence and risk mitigation firm. He also founded the Institute for Strategy and Development Research (ISDR), a think-tank devoted to foster strategic culture in Mexican private and public organizations, focusing on defense and national security studies. Since 2021, he is an Honorary Professor at the Peruvian Army War College, where he has lectured on Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs), Mexico’s security landscape and maritime strategy. He has worked as Non Resident Fellow at the Mexican Navy Strategic Research Institute, focusing on strategy and new types of conflict, where he published extensively on criminal insurgencies, maritime policy and naval capabilities. He is a regular speaker on issues concerning Mexico’s national security and defense challenges. As of October 2023, he was accepted to the PhD in Political Sciences and International Relations Program at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, where he will be working on Mexico's Maritime Domain from a geopolitical perspective.

Bookmarks

  • Air Force Technology
  • Army Technology
  • Aviation Week Blog
  • Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Centro de Altos Estudios Nacionales
  • Centro de Estudios Superiores Navales (Armada de México)
  • Escola de Guerra Naval (Marinha do Brasil)
  • Escuela de Defensa Nacional Argentina
  • Federation of American Scientists Blog
  • Global Guerrillas
  • Info Defensa
  • Mexico's Drug War
  • National Defense University
  • Poder Naval
  • RAND Corporation
  • Riskop Strategic Intelligence and Risk Management
  • SinoDefence
  • Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
  • William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies

Author: MXSECURITY

News

The Mexican Navy develops its own UAV technology

The Mexican Navy’ Institute for Technology Innovation is developing three Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) that will be used for intelligence … Continue reading The Mexican Navy develops its own UAV technology

News

The Army and Air Force increase their Satellite Intelligence capabilities

Mexico’s Defense Secretariat is about to invest almost two million US dollars to increase its IMINT (Imagery Intelligence) capabilities. The … Continue reading The Army and Air Force increase their Satellite Intelligence capabilities

Analysis

The increasing threat of System Disruptions

Some days ago we discussed about the increasing threat of system disruption techniques by Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime Syndicates. … Continue reading The increasing threat of System Disruptions

News

The Mexican Air Force gets its first C-295

Airbus Military has informed that the Mexican Air Force has received its first CASA C-295 transport aircraft. Another C-295 will … Continue reading The Mexican Air Force gets its first C-295

News

Mexico increases its radar-detection capabilities

In order to increase Mexico´s air-traffic surveillance capabilities, the Air Force is about to spend 250 million USD for a … Continue reading Mexico increases its radar-detection capabilities

National Security Analysis

Urban infrastructure and system disruptions: the next stage of narco-violence?

In the summer of 2007, a number of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED’s) destroyed gas pipelines in the states of Guanajuato, … Continue reading Urban infrastructure and system disruptions: the next stage of narco-violence?

National Security Analysis

Local police forces’ transformation: the missing link in countering organized crime.

Since President Calderon arrived to Office in late 2006, he made it clear that his government’s top priority would be … Continue reading Local police forces’ transformation: the missing link in countering organized crime.

News

Breaking News (May 3th)

A US State Department senior official said today that five Sikorsky UH-60M helicopters are going to be delivered to Mexico … Continue reading Breaking News (May 3th)

News

Breaking News

As MXSECURITY stated some days ago, the Mexican Air Force just signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the acquisition … Continue reading Breaking News

Defense Policy Analysis

Jeopardizing the Armed Forces’ operational capabilities?

Since President Calderon sent thousands of soldiers to fight drug cartels in December 2006, the role of the Armed Forces … Continue reading Jeopardizing the Armed Forces’ operational capabilities?

Defense Industry Analysis, Defense Policy Analysis

Defense and Offset agreements

In March 2009, the President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, visited Mexico in what seemed to be the beginning of a … Continue reading Defense and Offset agreements

News

The Mexican Navy goes south

The Mexican Navy has been given authorization by the Senate to participate in the multinational naval exercises UNITAS Atlantic and … Continue reading The Mexican Navy goes south

News

First Mexican Navy CN-235 spotted

We´ve learned that the first CN 235 Persuader bought by the Mexican Navy has been spotted in Spain, at the EADS … Continue reading First Mexican Navy CN-235 spotted

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