International analyst and consultant in political risk and security, with extensive experience as an advisor to government agencies and private sector corporations. His career focuses on national security, international relations and intelligence, areas in which he teaches at the Center for Advanced National Studies (CAEN), the War College, the Army Intelligence School and the International Relations career at the San Ignacio de Loyola University (USIL). He is also an international lecturer, author of academic articles and a recurring figure in national and international media. Throughout his career, he has served the Peruvian State in strategic positions, among which stand out his work as Chief of the Army Intelligence Service (SIE), liaison officer with the United States Southern Command (US SOUTHCOM), advisor to the Intelligence Commission of the Congress of the Republic and National Director of Intelligence of Peru. He is also director of ATENEO XAUXA and XAUXA Revista de Historia y Pensamiento Político sobre la Realidad Nacional y el Mundo Andino (Journal of History and Political Thought on the National Reality and the Andean World). In the academic field, he has studies of General Staff in the United States, a master’s degree in International Relations and a master’s degree in Military Sciences. With a career that combines strategic analysis, risk management and the formulation of defense and security policies, Colonel Liendo has established himself as an authority in the study of international security and a reference in the development of strategies for the defense of Peru.