‘Responsibility to protect’ and the African Union: Assessing the AU’s capacity to respond to regional complex humanitarian and political emergencies

Despite its many institutional and political weaknesses and limitations, the African Union (AU) has been developing a variety of tools and mechanisms to respond effectively to complex disasters and emergencies (both natural and manmade) by building up a comprehensive regional security architecture. Furthermore, it has become the first and only regional or international organisation to enshrine the principle of ‘responsibility to protect’ (R2P) in its Constitutive Act. This regional approach to and formal endorsement of the R2P principle allowed it to assume a particular place in the promotion of peace and security in its area. This article aims to critically assess the effectiveness of the AU on the African continent by exploring its real capacity in preventing and responding to emergencies and violent conflicts, and therefore in rendering the principle of R2P operational. The article argues that the formalisation of principles does not necessarily mean their effective implementation. The organisation's use of the R2P principle is also greatly conditioned by internal and external factors.     

Obligation to prevent (O2P): Proposal for enhanced community approach to genocide prevention in Africa

As empathetic as distant nations may feel about an ongoing or looming catastrophe in a particular region of Africa, they are too far removed from the horror to grasp its gravity and impact. Geographical proximity to the atrocity, and the likelihood of its spreading to their neighbourhoods, make the communities and neighbouring countries in the imploding region the best and most effective first responders to a crisis in their own backyard. A response from ‘communal’ or ‘regional’ groups is, therefore, the most practical measure for preventing human rights violations in Africa from descending into an actual genocide or an intractable genocidal condition. A community approach to preventing genocide and other human rights abuses should serve as the foundation for a new concept of ‘moral pan-Africanism’ on the African continent in the 21^st century. This article makes an argument for this genocide prevention model and new moral concept.     

云南边境地区毒品犯罪特点及对策

当前,云南边境地区毒品犯罪呈现出武装贩毒明显、特殊人群贩毒突出、境内外相互勾结、缅甸籍人员贩毒突出等特点.这源于人们对毒品犯罪的危害认识不足、宣传教育力度不够、受毒品高额利润驱动等原因.要提高打击毒品犯罪实效,必须采取加强综合冶理、完善法律制度、加强区域合作、加强情报调研工作、加大专项打击力度等措施.     

要素分析法在边防情报识别中的应用

边防情报识别是边防情报工作的一项重要内容,要素分析法是当前公安边防情报识别的基本方法之一。结合公安边防情报的特殊性对要素分析法进行了探讨,旨在更好的运用要素分析法,为公安边防情报的识别提供理论参考,以促进公安边防情报识别工作的进一步发展。     

基于转业回报视角的我军高素质人力资本流失分析

从微观主体人力资源投资的角度来理解军队高素质人力资源的流失现象,以人力资本投资理论、经济学成本一效益理论和激励相容理论为基础,在Mincer工资方程的基础上建立转业回报方程,通过计算教育回报率和转业回报率来解释我军高素质人才缺失、高素质人才留不住的现况。为从实证角度分析转业回报率和教育回报率,提出相应的政策建议奠定了理论基础。     

马克思主义中国化的历史进程及其启示

马克思主义中国化的历史进程波澜壮阔,绚丽多彩。马克思主义的中国化,不仅使中华民族以独立的姿态重新屹立于世界民族之林,使中国人民真正当家做主人,而且引领中华民族走上实现伟大复兴的康庄大道。马克思主义的中国化给我们留下了许多有益的启示。     

《人民武装警察法》中“协助”之分析

在最新颁布实施的《中华人民共和国人民武装警察法》中,共有3条6处规定了武警部队在执行国内安全保卫任务时对其他机关的“协助”,但是这些协助性任务的性质并不是很明确。本文通过对行政协助构成关键点的剖析,探究该法律中的“协助”是否是真正意义上的行政协助。     

试论军队院校师生互动的理想模式——一种权威与民主并存的模式

由于军队的纪律性与服从性,使得军队的院校教育模式多了一层神秘感。在军队院校中,师生之间如何互动,才能达到理想的教学效果,成了近年来研究的热点。军队院校中,教师的权威固然不可缺少,但是民主的氛围同样可以遍及课堂。权威与民主,两者并非对立。权威与民主并存,应该成为现今军队院校教育中师生互动的理想模式。     

武警院校干部体能评价研究

通过对4所武警院校共计800名教员和机关干部体能状况进行调查,研究了不同体型干部的体能现状,进行了相应的体能评定,并制订了体能综合评价模型。本研究建议：加强武警院校干部的耐力素质训练,以提高干部体能水平,增强体能,改进生活方式,提高武警院校干部的教研能力。     

从保罗·弗莱雷“被压迫者教育学”看师生对话

“被压迫者教育学”思潮的代表人物保罗·弗莱雷提出的以“解放教育观”为指导的“对话式教学”,倡导在师生之间的对话,本文基于弗莱雷提出的对话的基本条件,探讨师生之间和谐对话的基础和条件。