Mario Polloni C. is a retired Lieutenant Colonel
from the Chilean Army. Polloni
has his law degree from the Universidad Católica
de Chile, and a Master’s in National Security from the Naval Post-Graduate
School in Monterrey, California.
He has authored essays and publication in military journals in Chile
and abroad, of note:: “La Movilización de Recursos Materiales e
Industriales en el Estado de Excepción Constitucional de Asamblea”, and
“Los Poderes de Guerra y las Relaciones de Conflicto entre el Presidente y
el Congreso en Estados Unidos: Estudio de Casos en el Golfo Pérsico y Haití”.
Currently, Mr. Polloni is an advisor on the Minister of National
Defense’s Advisory Committee, and Professor in the School of Law at
Chile’s Army War Academy.
Colonel Arturo Contreras P.
es
especialista en Estado Mayor. Contreras is a Professor of Military History and
Stategy, with a Master’s in Security and Defense from the Universidad
Complutense de Madrid. He is a graduate of the Advanced International Studies
Course of the Spanish Society of International Studies, and professor for the
same. Contreras has authored
several publications, among them: “Chile: Proceso Político y Rol Militar en
el siglo XIX”, “Introducción a los Estudios del Conflicto, la Guerra y la
Estrategia”, “Chechenia, el Camino de la Derrota”.
In addition, he has written many articles and essays on topics of his
specialization and profession. Contreras
has served as head of the department of Stratety in the graduate programs of
the Army War Academy, the Military Polytechnic Academy and the National
Academy of Policy and Strategic Studies; of the department of International
Studies of the University of Santiago; and of the department of Latin American
Studies for the Universidad Complutense’s summer program.
Currently Colonel Contreras is the Deputy Director of the National
Academy of Policy and Strategic Studies.
Claudio
Ortiz L., is a graduate in History
from the Universidad Católica of Chile. He has been a researcher on several
Chilean political and cultural history projects. From 1995-2000 he was an
advisor to the President of Chile, Mr. Patricio Aylwin. Ortiz is a Master’s
candidate in political science with a focus in defense at the Universidad Católica.
Currently Mr. Ortiz is cultural and historical advisor to the Chilean Minister
of National Defense.
