Ungoverned space? Examining the FARC's interactions with local populations in Northern Ecuador

The Ecuadorian state has long been absent from the regions along its northern border with Colombia. I argue that this lack of state presence has allowed non-state armed groups and criminal organizations space to not only operate from these areas, but also, to challenge and change the relationship between local populations and the Ecuadorian state. After reviewing theoretical approaches to concepts of changing security paradigms and ungoverned space, the article details the conditions that have allowed armed groups, specifically the FARC, to take advantage of the lack of state presence along Ecuador's northern border.     

The African Peace and Security Architecture and its partners

This article presents survey data on the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA). It focuses explicitly on two aspects: the internal constitution and achievements of the APSA; and coordination and cooperation with external actors, such as Regional Economic Communities, the United Nations and the European Union. The survey, conducted between October 2011 and December 2012, targeted 198 security experts in international organisations, think tanks, academia and non-governmental organisations. It reveals the APSA's current stage of development, achievements and challenges.     

Coping with traps of vulnerability: a review of the impact of post-colonial issues on the independence of South Sudan

In a world virtually free of slavery and colonialism and one mainly driven by the sovereign state rationale, allusion to manifestations or the existence of some form of these phenomena within a state is often received with dumbfounding indifference or denial. However, a form of rule that had continued in South Sudan long after the departure of the British in 1956 was colonial both in its quintessence and flair in that it disenfranchised its citizens and denied them the most basic freedoms, services and development. Under this establishment, resistance against the coercive vision of the state was brutally suppressed for many decades. This state of affairs finally ended in July 2011. Nonetheless, there is a miscellany of unresolved post-colonial issues between the two countries that warrant attention. These include security and the demarcation of borders, the issue of ludicrous transit fees for South Sudan's oil exportation through Sudan, citizenship, external debt repayment, etc. These issues are part of traps inherited from the anti-colonial struggle, which have now supplanted the old ensemble of North–South conflict paroxysm. As a matter of urgency, the two countries will have to wrap up the incomplete process of negotiation on these substantive issues. The talks should be approached with a new mindset based on the new reality of two sovereign states. To the extent that it is widely established that South Sudan and Sudan must coexist peacefully in order to develop into viable entities, such mutual dependency must be based on equality and respect.     

有机羧酸在中性腐蚀介质中对铸铝的缓蚀性能研究

通过电化学方法研究了不同浓度的有机羧酸对偶接及非偶接状态下铸铝的缓蚀性能,并对其缓蚀机理作了初步探讨.结果表明:常温状态下,该有机羧酸对铸铝有着很好的缓蚀效果,且随着其浓度的提高,缓蚀效果增加.此缓蚀剂对铸铝主要表现为几何覆盖效应,为抑制阳极型缓蚀剂.     

线性控制系统的渐近跟踪控制与干扰解耦的设计及仿真

基于内模原理,针对线性控制系统设计了系统输出对参考信号的渐近跟踪控制和干扰解耦,同时实现了系统的镇定,并给出了设计算法和算例,通过MATLAB软件进行仿真,验证了该方法的有效性。     

几种固体润滑层的减摩抗磨性能与耐腐蚀性能研究

在MFT-R4000摩擦磨损试验机上考察了几种固体润滑层的减摩抗磨性能,并利用电化学工作站研究了其腐蚀电流和腐蚀电位的变化情况,分析了磨损表面的形貌和硫元素的化学价态变化。几种改性表面的耐腐蚀性能从好到坏的顺序为：NSL层〉SLD层〉离子渗硫〉基体;抗磨性能从好到坏的顺序为：NSL层〉SLD层〉离子渗硫〉基体;摩擦因数从大到小的顺序为：基体〉离子渗硫〉SLD层〉NSL层。NSL层的耐腐蚀性能和抗磨减摩性能最好,原因主要是基础油和纳米材料的润滑作用和屏蔽作用。     

论贩毒案件的侦查方法

贩毒案件在各种毒品犯罪案件中居主导地位,公安机关非常重视对贩毒案件的侦查。通过对贩毒案件特点的分析,阐述了贩毒案件的侦查方法。     

“趣”的美学内涵特征及内在网络系统

“趣”是我国古代文论的一个核心范畴,其美学内涵可概括为是在人的心理上产生强烈趋向性的,必然伴随心理愉悦的,对人的自身本质力量审美观照的一类具有非实体性特征的系统性美质;“趣”的审美特征主要包括主客观统一性、生命的自由与灵慧性、虚实相生性及强烈的心理趋向性;“趣”作为古文论范畴,涵纳了一百多种以“趣”的基本语义为立足点的审美语汇,构建出了一个庞大的内在网络系统。     

党的第三代领导集体对正确处理人民内部矛盾理论的丰富和发展

以江泽民为核心的党的第三代领导集体,在建立社会主义市场经济的形势下,进一步丰富和发展了毛泽东正确处理人民内部矛盾的理论。主要表现在:深化了对正确处理人民内部矛盾重要意义的认识,开拓了正确认识人民内部矛盾的新领域,发展了依法正确处理人民内部矛盾的思想,以公开、公平、公正为准则领导了正确处理人民内部矛盾的新实践。     

建设社会主义文化强国是发展中国特色社会主义的内在要求

建设社会主义文化强国是发展中国特色社会主义的内在要求。它与中国特色社会主义事业总体布局相适应,与建设富强民主文明和谐的社会主义现代化国家目标相承接,与我国深厚文化底蕴和丰富文化资源相匹配。既顺应时代潮流,又体现人民愿望;既符合实际,又催人奋进。