Rose-tinted lenses: how American functionalist strategy inhibits our appreciation of complex conflicts

Strategists and military professionals have previously questioned many of the methodological (theoretical underpinnings, the principles, and rules applied by the discipline) decisions associated with American military strategy, but the direction this essay takes is above and beyond the common methodological rivalries in how we pursue strategic desired future states. To get beyond methodological disputes entirely, we must consider thinking about our thinking as an organization on American strategy. Thus, this article hovers between philosophies, organizational theory, as well as our usually unquestioned belief in something called “strategy”. Questioning things about our basic understanding of the world tends to trigger strong organizational defense mechanisms, for good reason. Critical reflection at deep levels puts our worldview, and our role within it at stake. Nonetheless, as strategic disappointment emerges over multiple complex conflict developments, even the most cherished and guarded choices on how the world ought to work are ripe for critical inquiry. This essay examines the limited single strategic paradigm of the US defense industry and how the latest American National Security Strategy and Army Future Operating Concept (Win in a Complex World through 2030) presents a flawed strategic position. This essay presents valid alternative strategies that operate within different paradigmatic constructs.     

‘Look like the innocent flower,but be the serpent under’t’: mimicking behaviour of growth-oriented terrorist organizations

This paper examines the interaction between a growth-oriented terrorist organization and an uninformed government based on a two-period signalling game. Combining the signalling game and organizational growth approaches of previous contributions, this paper shows that, if a terrorist group follows a growth strategy, it has an incentive to appear weaker than it is by mimicking the behaviour of a smaller organization. Depending on its beliefs about the extent of the terrorist threat, it can be optimal for a government to spend more on second-period counter-terrorism measures if it is not attacked in the first period than if it were attacked.     

军事仿真训练系统体系架构改进研究

现有军事仿真训练系统多基于传统C／S架构进行体系设计,在大规模战术训练仿真部署时,存在并发访问能力弱、可靠性差等问题。通过对仿真系统的体系架构进行研究,结合云计算技术提出增加访问控制服务器、仿真数据共享服务器以及仿真引擎虚拟化等改进方式,并通过对比分析,总结了三种方式对仿真训练系统的可扩展性、并发访问性以及数据可靠性等方面能力优化和提升的异同,并提出仿真训练系统传统体系向云计算体系逐步过渡的思路。     

论师范院校语文教育理论课教学改革和实验

语文教育理论课普遍存在教学结构不合理 ,理论体系和技能训练体系不完整 ,缺乏系统性和科学性 ,理论传授与能力训练相脱节等问题 ,影响了教学质量的提高 ,制约了教学改革的展开。本文对该课程的教学结构进行重新审视、梳理 ,将之划分为两个系统 ,并将其各自要素及相互关系进行分析 ,论证了理论知识系统与教学技能训练系统在教学过程中相互对应 ,同步进行 ,共同深化的科学性和可行性。     

加强党性党风建设 提高党员干部的整体水平

党性党风建设历来是我党高度重视的一个问题。高校领导干部亦不例外。目前 ,高校基层党员干部普遍存在政治理论水平不高 ,道德修养变形 ,党的意识淡薄等现象。要想提高高校基层党员干部党性党风建设的整体水平 ,就必须加强对其进行政治理论教育和道德教育 ,同时加强制度建设。唯有此 ,才能提高基层管理者的管理水平和整体办学层次     

分布交互仿真技术在作战理论研究中的应用

介绍了分布交互仿真技术的发展现状,对应用分布交互仿真技术进行作战理论研究的问题进行了探讨。     

点邻域尺度差异描述的点云配准算法

针对传统特征描述符计算复杂度高、配准精度低的问题,提出一种基于不同尺度点邻域特征信息差异的点云配准算法.在特征描述符方面,对关键点选取不同尺度的邻域空间,计算各尺度空间之间的特征值归一化向量差异和法向量夹角,建立点邻域尺度差异描述符,特征描述符计算简单且节省时间.在关键点选取方面,根据曲面形状指数设计了一种寻找关键点的...     

Forces of heresy versus forces of conservation: making sense of Hezb-e Islami-ye Afghanistan’s and the Taleban’s positions in the Afghan insurgency

Ethnicity and ideology are frequently used to determine whether an armed group is hostile or friendly vis-à-vis the state. By contrast, I argue that the social structure of insurgent movements holds more explanatory power for their respective positions than ethnicity or ideology. To illustrate this, I apply Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of a contest between forces of ‘conservation’ and forces of ‘heresy’ to the current Afghanistan war. I demonstrate that the social structure of the Taleban renders them prone to ‘heresy’, while the formerly second biggest insurgent group, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s party, has rather been an impeded force of ‘conservation.’     

空天防御作战规划问题研究

从技术与作战结合的角度,系统分析空天防御作战系统和对抗特点等问题,构建了"态势组态—目标排序—目标分配—冲突动态最优预测"新型作战规划方法,提出"博弈控制理论与方法",论述了空天防御作战规划方法论。对空天防御作战规划理论研究有一定参考价值,为发展空天防御作战规划系统提供了研究思路和技术支撑。     

利益相容理论下国防科技军民协同创新的主要问题及对策

开展军民协同创新,是推进国防科技创新发展、建立军民融合创新体系的重要战略举措。利益相容是开展军民协同创新的重要前提。文章基于利益相容原理,科学分析军民协同创新的概念、特征及其理论基础,深入论证军民协同创新对推动国防科技军民融合发展的重要价值,认真剖析军民协同创新存在的诸如交易费用分摊、利益诉求多元、利益分配冲突和创新风险分摊等利益不相容问题,从文化环境塑造、利益分配、风险分摊和利益保障等方面构建军民协同创新的利益相容机制,使得军民两类科技创新主体利益相容、诉求一致,协同合作,共同推进国防科技创新与武器装备发展。