Sharing the load: factors in supporting local armed groups in insurgencies

Most counterinsurgency campaigns have featured the use of some form of local defense forces. Such forces have had a somewhat mixed record, both in their usefulness in actually countering insurgents and in their longer-term impact on internal security. This article focuses on historical cases that provide lessons for the best operational and strategic uses of local defense forces and measures to control their activities.     

Towards a new national security policy for Canada

Canada is now at a crossroads unlike any other period in its history and needs to carefully consider which path to take. With the new Trudeau government comfortably ensconced since the defeat of the Harper government in the fall of 2015, a variety of competing interests have emerged in an attempt to turn Canadian policy back to a more nostalgic period of the 1970s that some see as preferable to the institutional lash-up that existed since the rolling out of the Canada First policy in the 2000s. That nostalgic period is, however, misunderstood both willfully for political purposes but also through a lack of historical context. Firmly rooting future actions in a blunt analysis of national interests is preferable to the alternative.     

Revisiting the rise and fall of the Somali Armed Forces, 1960–2012

The history of the Somali Armed Forces, principally the army, forms an important part of studying the Somali civil war. Two key themes are evident from 1960: the pursuit of an irredentist agenda beyond reasonable limits, which led to the downfall of Siad Barre’s regime, and the clan divisions and agendas that Barre used to shore up his rule in the 1980s and that have bedeviled the rebirth of the Somali Army in the twenty-first century. With the twentieth-century context covered, and in some places reinterpreted, this article then focuses on the uncertain rebirth of the Somali Armed Forces since 2008, using a host of primary and United Nations official sources. Assistance efforts have been focused on Mogadishu, but limited success has been made in forming truly national armed forces. Future prospects are uncertain, but there are some signs of hope.     

Defense policy in Brazil: bridging the gap between ends and means?

This article aims to analyze the Brazilian Defense Policy in terms of its ability to reduce the gap between ends and means. Since 2003, the Brazilian defense policy has evolved along with Brazil’s increased role in the international system. Sustaining this process depends on institutional, economic, and operational conditions that are yet to be fully guaranteed. They require negotiations, reforms, and strategic perspective. By identifying specific challenges emerging from the national security institutional framework, the combat capability building process, the budgetary cycle, as well as from the defense industrial base, we sought to explain their rationale and to offer concrete policy pointers to overcome obstacles. As a general conclusion, the Brazilian defense policy was strengthened by the 2008 National Defense Strategy (END) due to its clearer strategic goals. Bridging the gap between those ends and the proper means is a continuous effort for any given country, but in the case of Brazil it has been addressed with firmer steps since the END, even in the face of harder economic and political conditions.     

特种作战力量网络空间防御作战效能评估方法?

根据特种作战力量网络空间防御作战系统的结构模型的预警、保护、检测、响应和恢复五个方面,按照指标的不同类型和特点,利用模糊综合评判法对指标进行量化、一致化和标准化处理,利用层次分析法确定各指标的权值,最后利用综合加权法建立综合效能评估模型从而实现对网络空间防御作战的效能评估。该方法适用性和实用性强,为网络空间防御作战效能的评估提供一种方法和思路。     

公安警卫部队青年警官心理压力的社会学分析

由于职业性质的特殊性,公安警卫部队青年警官在工作中都承受着一定的心理压力。过度的心理压力不仅影响青年警官个人身心健康,同时也直接影响公安警卫部队的各项建设及警卫任务的圆满完成。分析公安警卫部队青年警官承受的心理压力,研究缓解其压力的途径与对策,对发挥公安警卫部队青年警官工作积极性与创造性,提高部队战斗力具有重要的现实意义。     

公安边防部队处置无直接利益冲突群体性事件对策研究

无直接利益冲突群体性事件有5个特点,即间接性、特定性、辐射性、关联性、暴力性.引发无直接利益冲突群体性事件的原因主要有4个方面：一是我国正处于社会转型期,贫富差距突出,矛盾多发;二是基层公共权力机关公信力下降和利益诉求渠道阻塞;三是法律意识淡薄和社会认同感降低;四是心理匿名感和信息的快速传播.研究应对无直接利益冲突群体性事件对策具有重要的现实意义.     

公安边防部队基层干部队伍稳定性建设分析——以偏远艰苦地区公安边防派出所为例

加强偏远艰苦地区基层干部队伍稳定性建设,是新世纪公安边防部队赖以生存和发展的重要战略工程。当前,偏远艰苦地区基层干部队伍建设中客观存在编实员虚的缺位式、“人”“令”分离的占位式、本土无望的空降式、年龄结构的分化式、人力分布的“极化”式等问题。加强偏远艰苦地区基层干部队伍稳定性建设有赖于从工作时限目标、资历结构目标、文化层次目标和成才动力目标等几个维度构建科学的目标模式。在此基础上,恰当处理相关关系,不断完善组织、政策、监督等方面的保障机制,确保目标模式的有序运行。     

消防部队抢险救援实践与思考

现代社会必须构筑一个完善的抢险救援体系 ,论述消防部队成为这一体系主体的必要性 ,提出消防部队抢险救援行为要规范 ,并探讨消防部队抢险救援发展趋势。     

领导的非权力影响力与和谐官兵关系

构建和谐官兵关系,充分发挥军队领导干部的非权力影响力,塑造领导干部在官兵中的威信和号召力,是融洽官兵人际关系,实现有效沟通的重要途径。其对建设团结、合作、友爱、稳定的军内环境,具有现实意义。