The long shadow of colonial cartography: Britain and the Sino-Indian war of 1962

ABSTRACT

This article examines British responses to the Sino-Indian border war of 1962. It illustrates how, in the years leading up to the war, Britain’s colonial legacy in the Indian subcontinent saw it drawn reluctantly into a territorial dispute between Asia’s two largest and most powerful nations. It analyses disagreements in Whitehall between the Foreign Office and Commonwealth Relations Office over the relative strength of India and China’s border claims, and assesses how these debates reshaped British regional policy. It argues that the border war was instrumental in transforming Britain’s post-colonial relationship with South Asia. Continuing to filter relations with India through an imperial prism proved unsatisfactory, what followed was a more pragmatic Indo-British association.     

新时期公安边防部队涉警舆情应对研究

随着现代信息技术的发展以及互联网的普及,社会舆论载体日益增多,而公安工作的特殊性又使公安机关极易成为社会关注的焦点。广泛、动态的涉警舆论一方面促进了公安边防工作的有效开展,但另一方面也给公安边防部队及公安边防工作带来巨大挑战。密切掌握涉警舆情动态,切实提高公安边防部队应对负面涉警舆情的能力,是公安边防部队履行三大历史使命的保证。     

我国周边安全形势对边防工作的影响及应对策略

边防工作作为国防的重要组成部分,涉外性强,受周边安全形势影响大。当前,我国的边防工作既面·l盏着难得的发展机遇,同时更要直面各种挑战。分析周边安全环境对我国边防的影响,可以使我们更好地认清形势,趋利避害,抓住机遇,充分发挥职能作用,确保边防安全稳定。     

边防派出所消防监督管理职能制度化探索

随着社会火灾防控体系基础工程的日益推进和完善,加强边防派出所消防监督管理职能制度化建设已成为边境一线广大农村和边贸城市、口岸火灾防控体系建设的当务之急。从边防派出所消防监督管理职能制度化设想入手,对边防派出所消防监督管理职能制度化建设的难点和对策进行探索性分析。     

Interstate border disputes in Africa: Their resolution and implications for human rights and peace

Many researchers have focused on the role colonialism has played in causing interstate border disputes in Africa. Besides the colonial issue, this paper seeks to investigate what other factors fuel interstate border disputes in Africa and determine how effectively the disputes can be resolved. In recent decades, Africa has been tormented by and is still experiencing numerous interstate border disputes which have serious implications for the disputing states. Some of the disputes are resolved, but violations of human rights and instability still occur in these regions. By analysing the content of some relevant documents and with the use of interviews, this paper reveals that most disputing African states rely heavily on foreign intervention (especially by their erstwhile colonial masters) in the resolution of their disputes. It is argued that African leaders need to be more committed and exhibit better leadership in resolving their border disputes, and that they should always seek the expertise of African forums such as the African Union (AU) before calling for foreign intervention. It is suggested that African leaders and the AU understand the problems of Africans better than anyone else, and they are also the ones mostly greatly affected by these disputes. Thus, there needs to be more of a focus on addressing the root causes of disputes in order to avoid them resurfacing, rather than seeking to merely halt them.     

边防战术思维训练方法研究

边防战术思维是一个边缘性概念,它是选择并形成战斗方法的前提,也是当前边防战术训练的一个重要内容。因此．边防战术思维训练方法是当前边防实战指挥员、教练员或实战教员迫切需要提高的基本素质与基本能力。分析了边防战术思维训练的特点,从战例分析法、实战模拟训练法、模拟推演法等方面论述了边防战术思维训练的方法。     

论边防警察的心理应激与应对

心理应激是一种特殊的情绪状态,在这种情绪状态下个体会有很多特殊的反应和举动。边防警察由于其工作的特殊性,难免会产生心理应激。边防警察的心理应激源包括工作方面、环境方面、生活方面。分析了边防警察心理应激的类型及表现,主要从培养品质和意志,学会放松,取得社会、家人、亲友的支持和理解,加强心理训练等方面论述了应对边防警察心理应激的措施。     

可持续发展理论的发展演革及现实意义

可持续发展是指满足当代人的需要 ,又不对后代人满足其需要构成威胁的发展。可持续发展 ,既强调了当前发展的协调性 ,又强调了长远发展的持续性 ;既强调了人口、资源、环境的相互协调 ,又强调了经济发展、生态平衡和社会进步的相互协调。可持续发展没有一成不变的模式 ,各地区要从实际出发 ,找出一条适合自己的可持续发展道路。因此 ,在以畜牧业为基本经济形态的少数民族地区———内蒙古边境地区 ,实施人口与产业可持续发展战略时 ,要因地制宜 ,发挥地区优势     

自由贸易区对中蒙经济合作的影响

自由贸易区是自由经济区的一个功能类型。在中蒙边境二连浩特口岸 (对应口岸为扎门乌德 )地区辟建自由贸易区对中蒙双边经济合作将产生积极的影响 :跨边境的更广域范围内形成资源要素的最佳配置 ,提升中蒙边境经济乃至整个经济合作的内容和层次 ;提高对彼此的出口 ,积累各自所稀缺的资本技术及经验 ;大大刺激彼此为对象的直接投资 ;为边境区域经济发展创建一个“增长极” ,改善双边合作的经济环境 ,从而扩展两国经济合作的空间。     

我国界水管理问题的综合分析

界水管理过程中,对于界河（左右岸界河）和国际河流（上下游界河）应明确其不同的主要矛盾,根据我国应对界水问题的基本规则,解决使用和管理中的各种问题。在此基础上,参照地区惯例,积极参与国际条约的制订和完善,以期进一步提高我国界水管理工作的水平。