Bringing Military Conduct out of the Shadow of Law: Towards a Holistic Understanding of Rules of Engagement

In this article, I outline a holistic approach to the military concept of “Rules of Engagement” (ROE), which complements the legal aspects of ROE with considerations of operational and political requirements for the use of military force. Drawing upon two illustrative cases from the US military experience with the use of ROE, I demonstrate that ROE for any particular military operation should be formulated to balance optimally, if not harmonize fully, the legal, operational and political concerns related to the use of force. In this task, political decision-makers and military practitioners alike are confronted with unavoidable and real-life dilemmas. How these dilemmas are handled has significant implications for how legal requirements concerning accountability and concerns for civilian lives in military combat can be preserved through ROE.     

创新人才军民融合培养体系及其构建

创新人才军民融合培养构成人才强国战略、创新驱动发展战略和军民融合发展战略的交汇点。创新人才是战略资源,军民融合为创新人才培养提供了一条全新路径。作为一项系统工程,创新人才军民融合培养包括创新人才军民融合培养主体系统、创新人才军民融合培养客体系统、创新人才军民融合培养方案系统、创新人才军民融合培养资源系统、创新人才军民融合培养制度系统、创新人才军民融合培养考评系统,在系统构建过程中需加大统筹协调、投入保障、政策倾斜、法治保障、合理使用力度,注重体系推进。     

军民融合产业概念及范畴研究

军民融合产业概念及范畴不明确一直是困扰决策部门和研究部门的问题,影响了军民融合发展的顺利推进。本文在梳理总结军民融合产业概念及范畴的研究现状以及政府文件表述的基础上,认为军民融合作为一种发展模式,定义军民融合产业概念并非易事,但出于当前工作要求,需要相关管理部门整合力量,加强研究,尽快明确军民融合产业概念和范畴,构建科学合理的军民融合产业统计体系。     

The fateful phoenix: the revival of Al-Qa’ida in Iraq

Although the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) is seen as a novel manifestation of Islamic extremism, it is in fact the latest, albeit perhaps the most effective, of a long line of revivalist movements in the Islamic and the Arab worlds. Its motivations – hisba and jihad – differ little from its predecessors and its ambitions – to create a state organised in accordance with the precepts of the Islamic caliphate – reflect a long-standing Islamic ambition. It differs, of course, in terms of the sophistication of its political and military strategies, which mirror the contemporary complexities of the world in which it operates, but its objectives recall long-standing Islamic ideals, even if articulated in radically brutal and extremist ways. More importantly, perhaps, ISIS or Da’ish, to give it its Arabic sobriquet, reflects the enormous degree of resentment inside the Middle East at the ways in which Western powers have intervened in regional affairs over recent years, particularly their support for regimes and economic systems there that have betrayed, in the popular imaginary, the essential principles of social justice that lie at the root of Islamic vision of ideal social order. Indeed, in many respects, its analysis of the world in which it operates and of the objectives it seeks differ little in essence from those any other resistance and rejectionist movement, whether religious or sectarian. More specifically, it has been the sectarian conflict that resulted from the reversal of political order in Iraq as a result of the 2003 American-led invasion that has driven the success of the movement in capturing widespread Sunni support. Whether it can manage the complexities of the administration of a state remains open to question.     

Merely ‘Docile Self-Deception’? German Experiences with Nuclear Consultation in NATO

ABSTRACT

Recent nuclear-weapons-related consultation in NATO within the framework of the Defence and Deterrence Posture Review sheds light on historical experiences with nuclear consultation in NATO. In the early years of the Nuclear Planning Group (NPG), which became the main forum for multilateral nuclear consultation in the alliance, developing a nuclear weapons first use doctrine was of particular importance. This process led to the adoption of the Provisional Political Guidelines (PPGs) on the threat to initiate the use of nuclear weapons. With a focus on West Germany as the primary addressee of the NPG, it will be postulated that nuclear consultation functioned and may still be seen as an essential tool to manage the credibility of US extended nuclear deterrence in the framework of NATO.     

基于组合权重的目标识别系统威胁评估

现代信息战场中,对敌方的目标识别系统进行有效干扰,是增强我方、打击敌方的有效手段。对敌方的目标识别系统进行有效的威胁评估,有助于指挥员的决策以及对干扰资源的优化配置。借鉴空中目标威胁评估常用方法,提出对敌方目标的敌我属性识别系统进行威胁评估的方法。首先选择合理的威胁评估指标,然后对指标数据进行规范化处理,利用信息熵法求解威胁评估的客观权重与改进的层次分析法求解出的主观权重加权得到组合权重,运用灰关联分析法进行威胁评估和排序,最后用实例验证方法的有效性和合理性。     

电子对抗对空侦察雷达阵地配置优化研究

针对电子对抗对空侦察雷达阵地优化配置问题,通过分析雷达站的侦察范围与定位条件,提出双机定位和三机定位的最优配置模式,分别建立双机定位和三机定位的最优站距、定位纵深、配置间隔、阵地高度等相关参数的计算模型。通过对电子对抗对空侦察雷达阵地优化配置问题进行实例计算,表明模型实用、有效。     

基于灰色关联和D-S证据理论的导弹系统安全性评估

针对导弹系统安全性评价的不确定性问题,提出了将灰色关联和D-S证据理论相结合的方法,从人员安全性、设备安全性和环境安全性建立了综合评估指标体系,用灰色关联分析处理了指标之间的关联性。在传统证据合成公式的基础上,考虑证据集非关键因素的权重,给出了修正的证据合成公式。并以打靶选弹为例进行了计算分析,得出了导弹安全性优先级排序,并将改进算法与传统计算方法的结果进行了比较,验证了评价模型的可行性与实用性,为导弹系统的管理工作提供了有益的参考。     

指控系统信息服务质量评价研究

为了有效评价指控系统信息服务质量情况,在深入分析指控系统信息服务特征及用户服务要求的基础上,研究了评价指标的析取原则,从主观和客观两个方面提出了指控系统信息服务质量评价的指标体系,对各维度及评价指标的含义、测量方法进行了详细讨论,并给出了定性评价、定量评价和半定量评价3种指标评价方法和加权综合评价方法。     

基于模糊综合评估的体系作战力量组织运用效能评估

针对体系作战力量的组织运用效能评估问题,利用模糊综合评判方法进行了探索。首先从评估方法的选择入手,确定评估的手段,其次围绕体系作战能力的特点建立评估指标体系,最后综合运用评估方法和评估指标体系,构建出以模糊综合评估为基础的评估体系,并模拟评估过程进行分析计算,得出符合实际的评估结论。