Transforming the Spanish military

The article analyses the Spanish military transformation. This process started in 2004 as a means to adapt the force structure, organization and capabilities of the Spanish military to meet present and future threats in compliance with NATO’s initiatives, thus ensuring the continuity of the equipment modernization, professionalization and the adjustment of the country’s defence architecture to the post-cold war environment. A decade later, although transformation is still a priority for the Ministry of Defence, limited political will, a lack of strategic guidance, poor resource management and the effects of the economic crisis are compromising its development. This article describes the Spanish military transformation and assesses its value in adapting the country’s armed forces to the current and prospective security environment.     

Women and the military

Debates about the relationship between women and the military have become common within Western societies. These debates primarily centre on the issue of the place, fitness and desirability of a female presence within institutions designed for national war making. There are those who claim that equality betwen the sexes demands the full integration of women into national militaries, including in combat roles, others however argue that women are ill‐equipped for the traditional tasks required of ‘warriors’. This article argues that these debates are increasingly irrelevant. Future wars are increasingly less likely to be fought only by clearly defined national combat forces and more likely to be ‘virtual’ wars involving the deployment of Western technologies against militarily inferior opponents. This too is an age in which Western states will be engaged not just in virtual wars but in ‘humanitarian intervention’, peacekeeping, enforcement and postwar reconstruction. This allows, even encourages, a rethinking of traditional notions and debates over the place of women within the military sphere.     

军事法律关系研究

军事法律关系是军事法律体系逻辑起点的基本范畴 ,是主体、客体和内容的统一。本文就军事法律关系的概念、主体和客体作一回溯性的研究和评析 ,并以此来构筑我国军事法学的理论体系。     

从俄罗斯在叙军事行动看其对军品贸易的影响

俄罗斯是全球第二大军品供应国,军品贸易在俄罗斯政治中具有独特地位,是俄罗斯地缘政治中不可或缺的部分。俄罗斯在叙利亚军事行动前,军品贸易受到了西方制裁打压的影响。在叙军事行动,不仅为俄罗斯军品提供实战检验的机会,也为俄罗斯争取到军事技术合作的潜在盟友。     

军队后勤社会化保障问题的几点思考

后勤社会化改革是一项系统的、复杂的工程,是历史发展的选择。推进后勤社会化改革的基础与前提是搞好教育,解决矛盾。改革必须实事求是,努力争取地方政府支持,采取多种形式,逐步推进社会化改革。     

军人犯罪刑事政策探究

刑事政策是大刑事法思想的基本范畴 ,军人犯罪刑事政策是国家基本刑事政策在军队的具体沿用。军人犯罪刑事政策是由军委就一定时期军队犯罪情况制订的原则性指导意见 ,它不直接对某一犯罪人作出评判 ,而是作为军事立法机关和司法机关形成最终法律判断的动态标准。     

基于军事管理革命的军费管理制度

现代军费管理是推动军事管理革命的基础和重要支柱。从军费投入到军事能力生成,主要经历需求、规划、预算、执行、评估等基本环节,环环相扣、相依相制。其中,需求是牵引,规划是主导,预算是龙头,执行是主体,评估是保证。解决资源配置与备战打仗相脱节、军费管理效能不高的问题,关键要以预算为龙头核心,建立系统化流程化的资源配置机制,打通资源投入与军事能力需求、战斗力生成之间的链路。     

试论军事刑事司法专属管辖的根据

军事刑事司法专属管辖划分的根据在军事法学界存在着争议,在法律规范的规定中也是非常原则,缺乏可操作性。本文从军事法学界对军事刑事司法专属管辖根据的不同学术观点入手,依据我国现行法律规范的零散性规定,以军事司法权的内在属性为理论依托,论证了我国军事刑事司法专属管辖根据的原则与例外。