Beyond Just War: Military Strategy for the Common Good

The objective of this article is to move ethical discourse on military strategy beyond the confines of the established War Convention. This is achieved by utilising the common good, a concept found in political philosophy and theology. The common good acts as a positive organising concept for socio-political activity. With its focus on peace, development and the flourishing of the individual and community, the common good poses a significant challenge to strategy. This article constructs an approach to strategy that is compatible with the common good. Importantly, it does so whilst respecting the pursuit of victory as an indispensable component of strategy’s true nature. The theory presented in this article is then tested in relation to four different modes of strategy: regular war, irregular war, deterrence, and cyberwar.     

Ordering and controlling the dimensions of strategy

Colin Gray’s dimensions of strategy, built upon the earlier work of Clausewitz and Howard, has theoretical, practical, and pedagogic value for the Strategic Studies community. This paper further develops the theory, arguing that the dimensions can be controlled or managed to improve strategic performance. The dimensions are divided into two categories: “internal” and “external” to the process of strategy. The paper describes the dynamic process by which the internal dimensions, which can be controlled, are used to exert influence over the external dimensions that are beyond the control of the strategist. It is argued that six dimensions hold the key to strategic success: politics and the five dimensions concerned with warfighting. This conclusion validates the Clausewitzian paradigm with its emphasis on policy and battle.     

Nonlinear pricing with consumer satiation

In various scenarios, consumers may become satiated with products, and the degree of satiation is directly associated with their prior experiences. Confronted with consumer satiation, the seller is unable to either identify consumers who have a higher likelihood of being satiated ex ante or distinguish satiated from non‐satiated consumers ex post. Therefore, the seller should address dynamic selling, valuation uncertainty, and quantity decisions, all of which are important operational issues. We consider a two‐period problem in which consumer types are influenced by their prior consumption experiences. Faced with these consumers, the seller intends to optimize quantities and adjust the prices of the products in each period to maximize revenue. We find that the seller may reduce ex ante production quantity as some consumers become satiated. Moreover, the ex ante quantity is first decreasing and then increasing with regard to the satiation rate. Furthermore, two‐period information asymmetries may provide a rationale for upward distortion in quantity when consumer preferences are highly sensitive to first‐period consumption. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 63: 386–400, 2016     

基层部队财务管理存在问题及对策

基层部队在财务管理当中存在诸多与现行规定不相适应的问题,要提出具体解决措施,以提高基层部队财务管理水平。     

自行火炮作战效能分析与模糊综合评价

自行火炮以其机动性强,火力反应快,防护性能好,成为炮兵的重要组成部分和机动作战的骨干力量,但由于自身的复杂性和作战应用的多样性,其作战效能受多方面的因素影响,运用层次分析法确定影响作战效能的指标权重系数,结合模糊综合评价方法将子效能合并成整体体系效能,由此实现自行火炮作战效能的定量化评估。     

基于黑板推理与分层规划的CGF模糊决策模型

计算机生成兵力具有智能行为是其最大的特点,也是当前研究的重点和难点。为了使计算机生成兵力决策的智能化水平有所提高,把复杂的决策过程进行分层规划,将各层中决策子任务的求解策略、推理策略与黑板推理方法中的多任务协同工作原理相结合,构造了基于黑板推理的计算机生成兵力决策模型。同时,也将模糊理论应用到决策模型中。有效地提高了计算机生成兵力的智能水平。     

普通高校非英语专业新生英语学习观念和策略的研究

本文以问卷和面谈的形式对非英语专业大学一年级新生作了一次调查,通过定量和定性分析发现:(1)学生对外语学习中的个体差异,外语学习的内容和形式,母语在外语学习中的作用没有明确的看法;(2)学生普遍认同管理学习过程的重要性;(3)学生的学习观念和学习策略之间存在着很大的差距。并探讨了此调查结果对外语策略培训的启示。     

关于平安校园建设的几点思考

平安校园建设是构建和谐校园的重要举措,是实现高校自身发展的内在要求。文章从认识建设平安校园的重要意义着手,分析了当前高校平安建设中的问题,提出了相应的对策。     

大学生心理危机干预及其对策研究

个别大学生的非正常死亡,给高校心理危机干预提出了现实要求。无论从保护学生健康成长的层面,还是从为国家培养合格接班人的角度,各高校都应该高度重视大学生心理危机干预工作,建立完善的机构,配备专职的心理危机干预人员,加强大学生在校期间的心理健康教育。     

中哈石油合作的安全战略及国家利益

经济快速增长时期旺盛的石油需求使中国石油进口及对外依存度不断上升,石油来源及进口安全成为保障经济安全的战略难题;中哈两国凭借资源、地缘优势和共同的利益需要,业已建立起牢固的互信关系和利益纽带,以中哈输油管道对接为契机的石油合作为我国石油安全战略和国家利益的实现提供了历史机遇,不但使我国石油来源及进口多元化有了坚实的基础和可靠的保证,从而掌握石油贸易全球化的主动权,而且可加快我国石油资源利用的市场化、国际化进程,为我国顺利完成工业化进程提供多元化的能源保障。