Whatever happened to South America's splendid little wars?

South America has gained international media attention due to its ongoing arms race, with politicians and analysts warning about the possibility of war. Nevertheless, since the Chaco War in the 1930s, the region has seldom faced major inter-state wars, all of which have been short-lived and with relatively few casualties. This article will discuss in greater detail the ongoing arms race in South America, portraying it as a race ‘of levels’, with not all countries carrying out massive weaponry purchases. Finally, I will discuss regional geopolitics, geosecurity and integration as part of an analysis regarding the unlikelihood of war.     

公安边防情报工作中电子证据证明力问题研究

电子证据相较于传统证据,其具有的独有特征,给公安边防情报部门确认其证明力带来了困难.分析公安边防情报工作中电子证据的概念、特征和来源,探讨公安边防情报工作中电子证据的认定和保障问题.     

POLITICAL CHANGE AND BORDER SECURITY REFORM IN EURASIA: The cCase of Georgia

This article presents four challenges to promoting border security in post-Soviet Eurasia, even in those states that have experienced regime change and profess new interest in constructing sound state institutions. The analysis is drawn from the specific example of Georgia—a major recipient of U.S. border security assistance and the site of several intercepted efforts of radioactive materials trafficking—but it is relevant to other states in the region, as well. The challenges assessed are: (1) the gradual nature of border regime reform, (2) trade-offs that subordinate border reform to other developmental priorities, (3) bureaucratic inertia and politics, and (4) the continued existence of unrecognized territories that lie beyond the reach of the state and of international law.     

公安边防机动部队实施跨区增援行动的思考

公安边防机动部队成建制、成规模实施跨区增援行动是遂行边境维稳任务的重要行动样式,也是当前公安边防机动部队实战能力建设的重大课题。分析了公安边防机动部队实施跨区增援的影响和制约因素,从战备工作、指挥协调、通信联络、装备建设、综合保障等方面对做好跨区增援行动进行了初步思考和研究,提出了若干建议,以期有助于当前公安边防机动部队的建设。     

论全球化时代背景下的边境管理活动

在全球化时代背景下,边境管理活动已经和正在发生着明显的变化,不同的国家进行着迥异的管理,多样化的管理方式说明了边境管理活动本身的复杂性。过去有学者认为边境管理是武装警卫边境的活动,现在有学者认为边境管理是行政管理活动、甚至仅仅是一种服务行为。笔者认为,边境管理活动是一个综合体,边境管理可以是军事方式、行政方式或者其他方式,这完全取决于一国安全和发展的需要。     

公安边防工作中情报主导警务与社区警务结合之途径浅探

情报主导警务已成为继社区警务之后的新工作模式。但在实际的公安边防工作中,情报主导警务的推广并不能完全取代社区警务。为此,在比较美国情报主导警务与社区警务模式的基础上,分析了情报主导警务与社区警务结合的必要性及紧迫性,重点探讨在公安边防工作中情报主导警务与社区警务优势相结合的途径。     

谈公安边防派出所辖区刑事情报的收集

公安边防派出所辖区刑事情报的收集是一项十分重要的基础工作。针对公安边防派出所在辖区刑事情报收集工作中存在的问题,提出提高素质,苦练“基本功”;加强协作,实现信息共享;密切联系,充分调动群众积极性;规范管理,强化秘密力量作用;深入发掘,积极拓宽收集渠道;改变观念,以情报主导侦查等对策。     

论诱惑侦查在边防刑事案件中的具体运用

诱惑侦查作为一种有效的侦查手段,在边防案件侦查中被广泛使用。但如何对诱惑侦查作一个准确的定位,如何在边防实践中正确地运用诱惑侦查,仍然有重要的研究价值。     

伊犁地区边境线区域义务教育调研报告

边境线区域义务教育的发展是提高人民整体素质、提升边境地区劳动力素质和人力资本质量的一项重要工程,课题组考察了伊犁地区边境线区域义务教育发展的现状,总结了其取得的成绩,并进一步分析其发展中存在的问题,为今后工作的发展提出了建议。     

Peace-building or structural violence? Deconstructing the aftermath of Nigeria/Cameroon boundary demarcation

ABSTRACT

There is a great conviction that the International Court of Justice’s ruling in 2002 on the Bakassi boundary dispute between Nigeria and Cameroon, and Nigeria’s decision to obey the ruling may have stopped a fierce inter-state war over the boundary. Indeed, many then ascribed to the whole boundary demarcation process as peacebuilding, disregarding the structural changes marked by the violence of forced migration. This article explores how the boundary delimitation has produced particular sorts of structural violence characterised by state neglect, loss of livelihoods and destitution. Thus, the article argues that although a full-blown war was avoided, the socio-economic conditions of the Nigerian populations on both sides of the border were not adequately considered and guaranteed as part of the peace-building agenda. It further argues that Nigeria, like many post-colonial states with the concentration of developments in major cities, neglects rural and border communities. Thus, the border communities accommodating the former Bakassi residents have further degenerated into ‘ill-governed’ spaces. This article uses structural violence as a framework to analyse the primary and secondary data to provide some deeper insights into the issues of violence being experienced by the local populations living on both sides of the demarcated border.