Military spending and budget deficits: the impact of US military spending on public debt in Europe (1988–2013)

The aim of this paper is to study the relationship between military spending and sovereign debt in a panel of 13 European countries. In particular, under the assumption of the interdependence of military spending between US and European countries, we analyse whether US military spending affected European sovereign debt in the period 1988–2013. The empirical estimation is based on different steps: (i) a unit root test; (ii) an Arellano–Bond panel estimation and a linear fixed effect model; and (iii) a FMOLS estimation to highlight the long run relationship between debt and relevant variables. General results highlight that debt burden of European countries is: (1) positively associated with US military burden and (2) negatively associated with average military burden of other European countries.     

The effects of local elections on national military spending: A cross-country study

In this paper, we study the domestic political determinants of military spending. Our conceptual framework suggests that power distribution over local and central governments influences the government provision of national public goods, in our context, military expenditure. Drawing on a large cross-country panel, we demonstrate that having local elections will decrease a country’s military expenditure markedly, controlling for other political and economic variables. According to our preferred estimates, a country’s military expenditure is on average 20% lower if its state government officials are locally elected, which is consistent with our theoretical prediction.     

Russian mission-command in VOSTOK strategic exercises

Russian military prefers and exercises differently compare to the Western planning and execution philosophies with mission command allowed and appreciated in sub unit levels only. “Vostok-2018” provided a lot of evidences Russians using de-centralised execution in the sub-unit levels and at the same time centralised control at levels of units and formations.     

New sources of military change – armed forces as normal organizations

The literature on how European states have adapted to the post-cold war security environment ffocuses invariably on different understandings of military transformation, a process which is seen as inherently different from other forms of organizational change. However, as this paper argues, new management practices, going back to the introduction of so-called New Public Management (NPM) reforms throughout Europe in the 1980s, have eventually penetrated also the last bastion of the old state – the defense sector. Taking a critical approach to the idea of military transformation and existing theories of military change, the paper demonstrates how other international developments have pushed towards what may be seen as a “normalization” of Europe’s defense sectors. This has important implications for how we approach and understand change in contemporary defense organizations.     

基于混沌量子粒子群的舰炮身管多目标优化研究

舰炮的炮口扰动是影响舰炮射击精度的重要因素。为了减少舰炮的炮口扰动,优化身管结构,建立了柔性身管的有限元模型并将该模型的模态计算结果与模态试验测试值进行对比,证明建立的柔性身管有限元模型是有效的。提出了混沌量子粒子群算法与动力学联合优化的方法,进行身管和炮口的多目标优化,优化结果表明：优化后的炮口中心的线速度、角速度和角位移与优化前相比显著减小,身管质量有所降低,结构更加合理,该优化方法有效可行,为下一步全炮总体优化设计提供了一定的借鉴。     

公安现役院校英语学习环境的调查与思考

学习环境对于语言学习者至关重要,就外部环境和内部环境相互关系而言,外部环境影响人的学习态度和认知过程,内部环境控制外部环境的影响力。这些因素无疑能促进英语学习,但也可能在某种程度上阻碍英语学习的进步。在对几所公安现役部队院校的英语学习环境调查后发现,英语学习环境不容乐观,还有很多急需改进之处,应引起有关方面的重视。     

基于Web Service网络管理体系结构研究

传统层次型网络管理体系结构中网络管理系统之间交互困难。基于Web Service体系结构的思想,将网络管理系统提供的管理功能抽象成管理服务,提出了具有面向服务、动态协作等特点的基于Web Service的网络管理体系结构,并详细讨论了该体系结构涉及的网络管理资源和服务的描述方法以及服务组合技术。     

基于 HLA 时间管理的实时时间控制和乐观时间同步算法设计

首先提出ＨＬＡ 系统中仿真时间一致性的概念，并归纳出三条实现策略，同时给出充分性证明；然后从支撑系统实现的角度，分别针对基于ＨＬＡ 时间管理的的实时仿真控制和乐观时间同步给出了设计算法，并进行了严格的数学证明。     

基于雷达数字孪生的水上多目标跟踪方法研究

雷达的采样数据经过多目标跟踪处理后可为无人艇提供障碍状态,以保障无人艇的安全.对雷达数字孪生的水上多目标跟踪方法进行了研究.首先,以雷达采样的真实数据为研究对象,建立雷达观测数据多目标跟踪算法全流程处理策略,提出了雷达和惯性导航/全球定位组合导航的采样数据的时钟二次同步对准算法;然后,建立了雷达数据的起始航迹、暂时航迹...     

The elephant in the room: US ballistic missile defence under Barack Obama

Conventional wisdom seems to hold that under Barack Obama, the US ballistic missile defence programme has been pushed aside to allow for a refreshed domestic and international agenda. Proponents point to Obama's campaign thinking and rhetoric, the ballistic missile defence (BMD) budget cuts, the decision to end the Third Site in Europe, and the reset relations with Russia through the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) as evidence that the programme has undergone a significant period of change, retraction and rationalisation. This article argues instead that BMD has not fallen from prominence and that there is a change in focus rather than retraction of its strategic goal. Consequently, BMD continues to grow in importance as a component of US national security strategy.