Introducing the Arabic ASPJ

Air & Space Power Journal, Winter, 2004 by Paul D. Berg

AIR AND SPACE Power Journal has published editions in English, Spanish, and Portuguese since the 1940s. We are excited to announce the appearance of an Arabic edition, scheduled to begin publication in January 2005. The editors of the ASPJ International journals, who are regional experts and native speakers, select articles for each issue, tailoring the content to their particular audience. Typically, some of these pieces are translations of English ASPJ articles, but many are written by Spanish or Portuguese authors. A native of Colombia, Lt Col Lou Fuentes, USAF, retired, who edits the Spanish ASPJ, served in US Southern Command and maintains numerous high-level military contacts throughout Latin America. Mr. Almerisio Lopes, a native of Brazil and editor of the Portuguese ASPJ, is well connected with senior leaders in the Brazilian and Portuguese air forces. The editor of the Arabic ASPJ, 2d Lt Basma Abdul-Hamid, possesses equally impressive credentials. A native of Baghdad, she grew up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, immigrated to the United States in 1980, and became an American citizen. Highly educated and experienced, she holds a master's degree from Northeastern University in Boston and formerly served as a security forces officer at Keesler AFB, Mississippi. For the inaugural edition of the Arabic ASPJ, Lieutenant Abdul-Hamid has selected and translated previously published English ASPJ articles about the formulation of US national security strategy, military strategy, and air and space strategy. She is soliciting articles from Arabic-speaking airmen worldwide and will publish them in upcoming quarterly issues as they become available.

The Spanish and Portuguese ASPJ editions have met the needs of military services in 24 countries in Latin America, Europe, and Africa for decades. Allied air forces, armies, and navies often use ASPJ International articles for instructional purposes in their academies and staff colleges. Officials of foreign governments also find them useful. We hope that the Arabic ASPJ will prove equally valuable to at least 22 Middle Eastern and African nations.

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