Elements of ‘armed non-state actors’ power: The case of al-Qaeda in Yemen

Over the past few years there is an apparent re-regionalization of al-Qaeda activity, intensified by the ongoing Middle East turmoil. Its main characteristic is a trend towards the abandonment of focoist strategies and their replacement by more popular-based ones. This article aims at evaluating their capacity to implement such a strategy shift and sustain the required level of violence. As a means of evaluating this capacity, this article proposes the use of a DIME (diplomatic, informational, military, and economic) framework, which will hopefully provide an alternative angle of theorizing and understanding ‘armed non-state actors’ (ANSAs). The model is applied in the case of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which appears to have effectively developed the military and informational dimensions, due partly to its own prowess and partly to the Yemeni state's weaknesses and the shortcomings of counterinsurgency. In contrast, the economic and diplomatic dimensions suffer from the lack of resources and the anti-systemic nature of AQAP.     

Competitive Statehood in Libya: Governing Differently a Specific Setting or Deconstructing its Weak Sovereign State with a Fateful Drift Toward Chaos?

Abstract

Libya in 2011 witnessed a real process of political change, though different from all the policy-oriented jargon equating transition with a teleological transition to democracy. Due to the resilience of the Qadhafi regime in power and with the essential role of NATO intervention, the process was eased out by a eight-month civil war. Governance in post-Qadhafi Libya was not done through the rebuilding of centralized authorities. But it took the specific form of the emergence of multiple non-state actors embedded in local dynamics and then connected with weakened central authorities that had access to the huge Libyan resources. That raised complex questions about the quality of this mode of governance, especially at a time of pressing problems for Libya and its neighbors, whether direct ones (Tunisia, Egypt, Mali) or farther countries across the Mediterranean sea: terrorism with the expansion of Da’esh into the country and flows of refugees crossing Libya’s uncontrolled borders and flowing into Italy and then Europe by thousands.     

工科数学课程创新存在的问题与对策

国内工科数学课程创新能力与机制缺乏,对数学课程体系的创新认识不足,内容过于重视传统数学,数学教师的专业创新能力有待提高等一系列问题严重影响工科院校基础数学课程的创新。应对课程体系、课程内容、课程实施、课程评价进行创新,并提出了相应的对策。     

Explaining the impact of militancy on Iran–Pakistan relations

ABSTRACT

Sectarian militants have for years launched attacks from Pakistan across the border to Iran. Finding sanctuary in a neighbouring country can make the difference between success and failure for militants. Conventional wisdom holds that a lasting transnational militancy challenge would typically create serious interstate conflict. Militancy has triggered armed encounters between Iran and Pakistan. This article argues that despite some tension militancy has resulted in deeper cooperation in the ambivalent dyad. Both states’ overarching security concerns, having exhausted other options, the believed involvement of third-party states, and economic potential, have moderately alleviated negative pressure caused by militancy.     

马克思主义理论教学模式探析

近年来,大学生(包括部队院校大学生)在学习马克思主义理论课的过程中存在着比较严重的厌学现象,重要原因之一就是理论教学模式陈旧,使学生在马克思主义理论“有什么用”、“对谁有用”等问题上产生了程度不同的模糊认识。因此,必须构建马克思主义理论课教学的新模式。     

中国特色科技原创之路

科技作为当代人类最精致、深奥而有力的文化形式,不仅有其客观普遍性,也有文化的独特性。任何跻身科技强国行列的国家,无不有其独特的科技原创之路。中国科技现代化的道路,经百年努力追赶和创新,已开始走上中国特色科技原创层出不穷的新阶段。为更快更好地完成这一历史使命,必须系统总结中国特色科技原创之路的成功经验及规律。本文通过深入分析大量成功案例,提出中国特色科技原创的三大路径:慧识自然遗产,取法古代科技和运用人文资源。文章同时指出,中国特色科技原创之路的弘扬与继续引进,是中国伟大复兴的重要基石,是促进中国文化自信坚定飞扬的重要环节。     

一种基于证据间距离和信息熵的证据组合方法?

针对改进的基于证据间距离的组合方法,首先计算证据间距离并求出各个证据的支持度和可信度,选取支持度高的作为较可信证据,其次引入证据信息熵,计算修正系数,对这些证据的可信度进行修正,将可信度作为权重,进行证据的加权平均,再利用Dempster组合规则对所有证据进行融合。算例表明,该方法比现有的方法更加有效。     

一种改进的证据理论合成规则

随着证据理论在信息融合领域中的广泛应用,对冲突证据的处理成为证据理论和应用研究热点。提出了一种基于证据重要度和聚焦度的新的合成规则,首先根据各个证据的重要度对冲突证据进行修正,再对冲突进行细化并考虑证据焦元的基数对D-S合成法则的影响,将冲突信息提取后加入组合规则中。通过实验比较和分析,结果说明该方法不仅能够处理一般性冲突问题,也能处理\"一票否决\"和\"鲁棒性\"问题。     

A Bioterrorism Prevention Initiative

ABSTRACT

The threat of terrorist use of weapons of mass destruction remains a daunting concern. Governments have undertaken several initiatives at the national and international level to prevent such illicit use, yet challenges remain. Notable is the absence of a single collaborative international forum of experts dedicated solely to bioterrorism prevention. The establishment of a Bioterrorism Prevention Initiative could be a possible solution to address this gap. This article explores possibilities for such an initiative and the ways in which it could strengthen the existing bio-nonproliferation regime.     

《建筑技术基础》课程教学改革之对策

对消防专业《建筑技术基础》课程设置和教学中存在的问题,从课程设置、教学内容、教材建设、教学方法等方面提出了改革意见。     

美国国防部资助的实验室体系架构

美国国防部管理或委托管理的实验室散布在大学、联邦资助的研发中心和直属科研机构中,是美国国防科技创新体系的一支重要力量。文章从科研经费、人员规模、研究特色等方面对这些实验室进行分类介绍和分析,勾勒出其体系架构,以期对我们布局和建设以国防科技研发为核心任务的实验室、中心等科研机构提供参考。     

对公共领域结构转型批判的批判

哈贝马斯的《公共领域结构转型》自刊出至今引起广泛争议,包括欧洲的社会历史学家和非欧洲的社会历史学家都参与到讨论之中,安德列斯.盖斯特里希在总结各种争端的基础上,从五个方面对哈贝马斯的理论展开批判,并以卢曼的社会分化理论作为替代方案整合各种哈贝马斯理论中存在的困难,但是在解释公共领域时也存在深刻的问题,因此运在通信技术批判理论的框架对安德列斯.盖斯特里希的观点加以批判和建构是必要的。     

新形势下我国对外贸易比较优势理论分析

我国入世以后,有必要重新审视对外贸易的比较优势,迎接经济全球化的冲击与挑战。本文从资源禀赋、后起者优势及制度创新三个层面对我国的对外贸易比较优势理论予以拓展,以求为我国的开放型经济建设提供一些有益的参考。