Northern Ireland and minimum force: the refutation of a concept?

The debate over whether there exists a British counter-insurgency tradition of minimum force is one that has been thoroughly discussed. Is there anything left to say? This study suggests there is further insight to be attained if one explicitly evaluates the concept of minimum force in relation to the conduct of the security forces in the years of the Northern Ireland conflict. Through an examination of three key periods in the conflict, it will be shown that while there was invariably an awareness of the need to act with restraint among senior officers at the strategic level, this was often difficult to apply at the tactical level in the heat of confrontation. The argument demonstrates that the British Army, and other instruments of the state, rarely acted in a manner that could be described as ‘minimal’. Instead, it was the broader liberal values of the British state that explains largely the degrees of restraint exhibited by the government and security forces.     

基于主成分分析法的作战部队信息化水平评估研究

为了客观准确地评估各作战部队的信息化水平,针对目前作战部队信息化发展建设水平评估方法难、评估指标体系变量多的特点,依据建立的评估指标体系,运用主成分分析法的基本思想,建立数学模型,列出分析步骤,计算各作战部队信息化水平的主成分,通过对主成分进行选择,综合得出新的评估指标变量,实现了更加快捷、直观地对作战部队信息化水平进行评估,有利于正确引导军队信息化建设的方向。     

支座弹性对压杆临界荷载的影响

在考虑支座弹性的情况下 ,研究了几种常见的压杆结构 ,推导出了计算临界荷载的方程式 ,给出了以稳定系数表示的临界压力的简明表达式及稳定系数列表。由于考虑了支座弹性 ,使本文提出的方法更具有一般意义和工程价值。     

积极探索训练规律,加强学员军事基础素质的培养

通过研究“4+1”人才培养模式下学员军事基础素质培养过程,改革军事基础课程教学体系和学员队管理模式,实现军事基础教学与学员队管理的有机衔接,强化学员旅的教学管理职能,形成“三位一体”的学员军事基础素质培养模式,建立学员军事基础素质评价的指标体系。     

论边疆民族地区应急管理机制建设的特殊性

边疆民族地区特殊的自然、史地、经济社会、宗教及文化环境,决定了边疆民族地区危机情势的特殊性。这种特殊性要求主要表现在以下五个方面：安全形势严峻,应急机制责任重大,意义特殊;客观条件限制,创构应急机制难度大,任务艰巨;经济社会发展相对落后,对应急机制资源整合能力要求高;宗教文化及民族风俗因素影响广泛,对应急机制创新性要求高等。