Merely ‘Docile Self-Deception’? German Experiences with Nuclear Consultation in NATO

ABSTRACT

Recent nuclear-weapons-related consultation in NATO within the framework of the Defence and Deterrence Posture Review sheds light on historical experiences with nuclear consultation in NATO. In the early years of the Nuclear Planning Group (NPG), which became the main forum for multilateral nuclear consultation in the alliance, developing a nuclear weapons first use doctrine was of particular importance. This process led to the adoption of the Provisional Political Guidelines (PPGs) on the threat to initiate the use of nuclear weapons. With a focus on West Germany as the primary addressee of the NPG, it will be postulated that nuclear consultation functioned and may still be seen as an essential tool to manage the credibility of US extended nuclear deterrence in the framework of NATO.     

Resource rents,institutions, and violent civil conflicts

Natural resources have been blamed for inducing slow growth and sparking civil conflicts and violence. This paper first develops a model to account for the hazard of armed civil conflicts as a manifestation of the natural resource curse, which is mediated by the quality of both economic and political institutions. We then use recently published data on institutional quality and natural resource rents to measure the potential impact of the resource curse on violent civil conflicts using a panel of data for over 100 countries in the period 1970–2010. Our model explicitly accounts for the role of good economic and political institutions in deterring the recourse to violence as well as the extent to which they might weaken the resource rents effect.     

全面深化改革 实现我国社会主义市场经济地位的转变

党的十八届三中全会的最大亮点和理论创新之一就是,提出了要实现市场对资源配置的决定性作用。这是思想解放的重大突破,也是深化经济体制改革以及引领其他领域改革的基本方针。阐述了改革开放35年党对市场经济地位和作用认识的历史进程,以及我国社会主义市场经济地位转变的必然性,提出了全面深化经济体制改革、实现市场经济地位转变的举措。     

省部共建高校的服务定位：打造区域经济社会发展的核心动力源

省部共建高校是我国高等教育的重要组成部分，其服务应立足区域经济建设和社会发展的需要，一方面推进区域自主创新，另一方面实现学校自身又好又快的发展。该文从人才培养、科技创新、社会服务、文化辐射四方面分析了省部共建高校的服务定位，提出力争将其建设成为推动区域经济社会发展的核心动力源，成为地方高校发展的示范集群。     

对恐怖活动成因的深层透析

恐怖活动是困扰当今世界和平的大敌，其发生有许多表层或直接诱因。深入分析当今世界的经济体系和社会政治体制可以发现，一个国家或地区的经济发展不平衡、对社会资源的获取不平衡。是恐怖活动发生的深层根源。由此可见，根除恐怖活动的根本途径在于加强社会的和谐与协调发展。     

共产党员先进性之我见

对党员先进性的要求,不能简单地把对政党整体的要求与对党员个体的要求划等号,不能简单地用先进英模来衡量大多数普通党员,不能简单地把理论上的要求与实际操作的行为准则划等号,也不能简单地把特殊时期的要求与平时要求混同起来。在市场经济条件下党员有自己正当的利益,党员的先进性在于把个人利益与社会利益有机地统一起来。应从人性的角度定位党员可操作的行为准则,使党员先进性要求切实可行。     

符号权力与文学语言：布尔迪厄的语言观及启示

自索绪尔开创了结构主义语言学之后,语言似乎逐渐成为了一种独立自足的符号系统。布尔迪厄认为,这种表面上的独立自主实际上是一种＂语言共产主义幻象＂,深藏于这种幻象之下的是语言的符号权力以及交换经济逻辑,认清这些逻辑对于我们认识文学语言具有重要的启示意义。     

对知识经济时代下培养大学生自主创新能力的思考

随着知识经济时代的到来,自主创新能力是经济和社会发展的重要支撑。作为高等学校,担负着培养自主创新能力人才的任务,但是传统的高等教育观念,制约着学生自主创新能力的形成和发展。如何更新高等教育观念,积极探索培养学生自主创新能力的新途径,是每个教育工作者需要认真研究和思考的新课题。     

The Demand for Military Spending in Egypt

Egypt plays a pivotal role in the security of the Middle East as the doorway to Europe and its military expenditure reflects its involvement in the machinations of such an unstable region, showing considerable variation over the last 40?years. These characteristics make it a particularly interesting case study of the determinants of military spending. This paper specifies and estimates an econometric model of the Egyptian demand for military spending, taking into account important strategic and political factors. Both economic and strategic factors are found to play a role in determining military burden/spending, with clear positive effects of lagged military burden, suggesting some sort of institutional inertia, plus negative output and net exports effects. The strategic effect as a result of the impact of Israel’s military burden is mostly positive and significant, though its impact is reduced when the impact of important strategic events are taken into account. The military spending of Egypt’s allies Jordan and Syria generally seems to have had no effect on Egypt’s spending. These results are consistent over a range of econometric techniques.     

兵团应以积极的市场经济战略挑战大开发

兵团应抓住实施西部大开发战略之机,以市场经济战略积极参与挑战。西部大开发战略与以往的开发大西北不同,兵团应以市场经济为基础,创立新的经济体制;以市场为导向,确立大开发战略;以富民政策为根本确立新的大发展思想;以可持续发展为前提,确立全新的发展思路;以小城镇建设为依托积极发展兵团经济。