Expeditionary police advising: some causes of failure

ABSTRACT

The practice of dispatching teams of police advisors to other states to build or train foreign security forces began at the end of the nineteenth century, yet there exists no definitive history of the practice, or any definitive theoretical approach underpinning why such missions succeed or fail. Drawing upon their recent edited book on expeditionary police advising, and by examining the donor or sending states, the host nations, and the use of police in counterinsurgency situations, the authors present some key reasons why such missions fail, and lay some groundwork for additional study of this important subject.     

Building the next nuclear community

This viewpoint takes stock of the changes in the strategic nuclear landscape in recent decades and reflects on its consequences on the policy community. It finds that the number and scope of issues have expanded considerably; they have manifested themselves in many more regions of the world; and they have become deeply politicized and polarized. The consequences have been twofold: the nuclear policy field has seen the development of an increasingly diverse expert community composed of highly specialized functionalists and regionalists, and it has become ever more divided into two entirely separate ideological camps—one that believes in deterrence, the other in disarmament. The stove-piping of expertise and the widening gap between deterrence and disarmament ideologies are immensely problematic because, in different ways, they stand in the way of the emergence of a better and safer nuclear future. Looking ahead, it is critical to “bust the silos of expertise” and to build bridges between the deterrence and disarmament ideological camps. Only such a community-building effort will help solve today’s and tomorrow’s nuclear challenges.     

全面把握铸牢听党指挥这个强军之魂的着力点

建设一支听党指挥、能打胜仗、作风优良的人民军队,是党在新形势下的强军目标。听党指挥是灵魂,决定军队建设的政治方向。铸牢听党指挥这个强军之魂,夯实思想基础是根本,落实根本制度是保证,加强干部队伍建设是关键,弘扬优良作风是重点。     

Dynamic regulation on innovation and adoption of green technology with information asymmetry

This study investigates a regulator's dynamic policy to motivate firms' research on and adoption of green technology. In the proposed model, a firm makes unobservable efforts and can hide the technology's arrival from the regulator to avoid adoption costs. We find that the optimal policy follows a simple structure and induces part-time efforts, rather than the maximal effort reported in previous studies. In particular, the regulator should offer no subsidy before the arrival of a technology report, provide a one-time subsidy contingent upon that report, and always set a termination deadline. At the deadline, the firm is forced to select an external option that is associated with social costs. The optimal report-based subsidy decreases with time. Under the optimal policy, the firm works until an effort deadline, makes no effort thereafter, and reports the technology as soon as it arrives. This study also characterizes the necessary and sufficient conditions under which the optimal policy reduces to one that leads, in terms of throughout time, to effort that is maximal or minimal. Our results indicate that policymakers should implement a policy that compensates firms more in the present and less in the future.     

抗压防护服设计构想及应用展望

针对灭火和抢险救援过程中因建筑坍塌引发消防官兵伤亡的事故频频发生的现况,结合高压气体的受力、传力特点,提出了多级气囊缓冲式抗压防护服的设计构想;探讨了抗压防护服的材料选择和各主要部分的设计,分析了多级气囊缓冲式抗压防护服在实际灭火和抢险救援工作中得到运用的可能性,为灭火和抢险救援过程中消防人员的安全提供一定的保障。     

论火灾对环境的影响

通过火灾燃烧产物及灭火产物对环境的一些负面影响,提出了"绿色消防"的要求。     

From adversity to prosperity

This article interrogates the continuing relevance of the contractarian governance paradigm to resource governance and the impact of exploitation on the local population and environment in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Zimbabwe and Ghana. It highlights the susceptibilities of their governance processes, particularly the roles of the elites of the host communities, the multinational corporations, and the governing authorities in appropriating resources for their personal interests, resulting in tensions and conflicts. This scenario is borne out of inept leadership, as well as the defective and compromised administrative mechanisms operational in these countries. In view of this, the article underscores the need for a ‘new governance management paradigm’ anchored on a communitarian framework, which incorporates all stakeholders, to guarantee sustainable peace and prosperity, particularly in conflict zones. The article therefore concludes that achieving a nexus between forestry, mining activities and economic development in these countries will require a restructuring of the existing governance mechanisms; and advocates for a new governance model capable of curbing the excesses of local and foreign hegemony, including a total overhaul of the seemingly compromised supervising authority.     

建筑工程消防安全管理改革的理论研究

以现代管理学的视角,运用系统论、信息论和控制论的基本原理,对建筑工程消防安全管理改革的理论基础进行了初步研究,分析了新时期建筑消防管理的特点和地位,提出了改革建筑消防管理模式的要点,讨论了建筑消防管理改革的实施,构筑了新的建筑消防管理模式的基本框架。     

我国建筑物坍塌事故救援中的问题及对策

从建筑物坍塌事故的特点入手 ,对建筑物坍塌事故救援工作中出现的职责不明、装备不足、缺少对策等对救援工作影响较大的几个问题进行了深入分析 ,并针对出现的问题 ,提出了相应改进对策。     

建筑工程消防备案存在的问题及解决对策

消防备案在当前消防行政许可中所占比例日益增加。结合日常工作实际,分析了当前建筑工程消防备案在法律法规层面、监督管理层面和具体操作层面存在的问题,提出了解决建筑工程消防备案问题的对策和建议。