The United States and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) in East Asia: Connecting Coercive and Non-Coercive Uses of Military Power

Abstract

Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) is increasingly important for East Asian militaries, but there is little scholarship on how HADR relates to broader national strategies. This article considers US involvement in HADR in East Asia in relation to changing conceptions of national power. HADR is frequently described as use of ‘hard’ military assets to further soft power goals. Looking at recent US experiences, this article shows that HADR also serves instrumental ends linked to traditional military objectives. Rather than considering power as ‘soft’ or ‘hard’, it argues that HADR illustrates connections between non-coercive and coercive uses of military power.     

基于PIC16F877及RTL8019AS构成的PIC网络组件及应用

介绍了基于PIC16F877及RTL8019AS构成的PIC网络组件.使用该组件,可以通过PC或其它设备(如手机等)经网络对某些电器实行远程控制及监测.     

The EU Global Strategy and diplomacy

The new EU Global Strategy has significant implications for EU diplomacy, in terms of both goals and means. This article first analyses the timing of the strategy as an exercise in diplomacy in its own right. Second, it argues that the strategy outlines a more expansive and noticeably more smart power-oriented approach to diplomacy in practical terms. Finally, it notes that the strategy has a new meta-narrative for EU diplomacy, which seeks to project a blend of both realistic assessment and idealistic aspiration.     

Can Smart Defense work? A suggested approach to increasing risk- and burden-sharing within NATO

“Smart Defense” is NATO's new approach to risk- and burden-sharing, which has been a chronic problem within the alliance since the 1950s. Numerous solutions have been proposed, but initiatives resulting in more equitable burden-sharing have never been fully implemented. There are two driving forces influencing a county's willingness to support such initiatives – the economic theory of alliances and the risks posed by the implementation of capability sharing. The authors examine each of these and propose that rather than aiming for group consensus on the production of capabilities, NATO should focus on interoperability through support functions. This approach provides the most likely solution for connecting the forces, doctrine, procedures, standards and other factors of joint capability production such that country leaders find the risks of doing so to be politically and militarily acceptable.     

A passive method to stabilize an airborne vehicle

A method of augmenting an airborne vehicle for short-period dynamics and stability by passive means is presented in this study. A trajectory-phase disturbance rejection capability is achieved for an unguided fin-stabilized vehicle by flexible mounting of the fins to the vehicle body. The deflecting fins lag the body oscillation such that the harmonic oscillation can be quickly dampened. The amount of fin deflection may be chosen by a hinge-line location; among other things, the vehicle damping behaviour is largely determined by this choice. Linear theory is applied and 6-DOF simulations are carried out to demonstrate the approach suitability for the task.     

PC2－5柴油机舰员级维修需求卡（PCSM）的研制与使用

本文总结了郑和号训练舰主动力推进装置舰员级维修需求卡ＰＣＳＭ的研制过程和经验,阐述了ＰＣＳＭ的组成和使用方法,对提高我军舰船维修理论水平和维修实践具有重要指导意义。     

21世纪无人机关键技术

无人机因其独特而优异的战术性能,在近几次现代局部战争中得到了越来越广泛的应用,执行的任务也越来越多。从未来无人机的军事需求及其战术性能入手,结合技术发展趋势和发展可行性,对未来无人机发展需要的一些关键技术进行了分析研究,这些关键技术对提高未来无人机的战术性能具有重要作用。     

数字视频信息分级授权收视系统

针对日益严重的数字视频信息安全问题,提出一种数字视频信息的分级授权收视方案,其关键是利用现代高强度的密码技术保证数字视频信息传输的安全性和分级授权机制的实现。由于充分利用了成熟的数字视频广播技术,此分级授权收视系统安全性很高,系统构建简单,且成本比较适中。     

基于智慧校园建设推进军队院校教育现代化路径探究

教育信息化是教育现代化的基本内涵和显著特征。当前,我国正处于由基本实现教育现代化迈向整体实现教育现代化的重要战略期,国家教育从理论和实践层面进行了大量探索。在军队院校教育领域,教育技术应用、训练管理领域网络建设、数字校园建设等均为军队院校教育现代化奠定了创新发展基础,智能教育应用模式的改革探索也为军队院校教育现代化描绘了未来建设愿景。本文认为,推进军队院校教育现代化应发挥智慧校园建设平台的基础作用,充分融入国家教育体系,注重以先进教育理念驱动创新发展、以前沿信息技术提供解决方案、以总体架构设计规范目标功能、以智慧育人环境承载应用服务、以数据资源体系孕育智慧生态,走开军委军种院校三级联动推动创新发展的路子。     

Mailed Fists and Velvet Gloves: The Relevance of Smart Power to Singapore’s Evolving Defence and Foreign Policy

Abstract

This paper critically assesses the conceptual utility of smart power to Singapore’s evolving defence and foreign policy and behaviour. First, as a political concept adopted by the United States for its post-Afghanistan strategy, smart power does not travel easily. With qualifications, however, the notion is relevant to Singapore’s policy pragmatism and its emphasis on deterrence and diplomacy. Second, Singapore’s willingness to employ its military assets in disaster relief and peacekeeping arguably hews most closely to smart power’s mix of hard and soft approaches. Third, Singapore’s contributions to global governance, albeit limited, imply a rethinking among its leaders on the place of values in its policy.