Think again – supplying war: reappraising military logistics and its centrality to strategy and war

This article argues that logistics constrains strategic opportunity while itself being heavily circumscribed by strategic and operational planning. With the academic literature all but ignoring the centrality of logistics to strategy and war, this article argues for a reappraisal of the critical role of military logistics, and posits that the study and conduct of war and strategy are incomplete at best or false at worst when they ignore this crucial component of the art of war. The article conceptualises the logistics–strategy nexus in a novel way, explores its contemporary manifestation in an age of uncertainty, and applies it to a detailed case study of UK operations in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001.     

MAD,not Marx: Khrushchev and the nuclear revolution

The revival of nuclear strategy in US policy and scholarship has been strengthened by arguments that the ‘nuclear revolution’ – the assumption that thermonuclear bombs and missiles had made major war too dangerous to wage – does not affect international behaviour as much as nuclear revolution advocates claim. This article shows that the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev indeed regarded nuclear war as too dangerous to wage, a decision which manifested itself not so much in foreign policy or military doctrine but in his determination to avoid war when the possibility arose. We argue that Khrushchev’s experience provides us with a more useful way to characterise the nuclear revolution and suggest some implications of this argument for contemporary debates about nuclear weaponry.     

Classical geopolitics,realism and the balance of power theory

Since the end of World War II, classical geopolitics as a particular form of realism has been disengaged from the development of mainstream realist theories. This disengagement has not only concealed the value of classical geopolitics as a framework of analysis for policy and strategy, but also created an increasing rift between theory and policy in contemporary realist theories. This paper seeks to reengage classical geopolitics with mainstream realist theories by clarifying its realist traits and analytical characteristics, (re)stating its core propositions and probing into its potential contribution to the development of mainstream realist theories. This paper contends that classical geopolitics, while having a distinctive pedigree, can arguably be considered an integral part of the family of realist theories in view of its basic theoretical assumptions concerning international anarchy, the unit of analysis and power politics. As a framework of analysis, classical geopolitics incorporates three interrelated strategic propositions. Those three propositions not only constitute the theoretical core of classical geopolitics, but also manifest a peculiar balance-of-power conception that is essentially distinct from those proposed by mainstream realist theories. This paper argues that those three propositions combined promise to fill in prominent lacuna in the balance-of-power research programme, and also have significant implications for contemporary world politics.     

The Russian hybrid warfare strategy – neither Russian nor strategy

Following Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its initial actions in eastern Ukraine in 2014, the term hybrid warfare has received much public attention. Many have argued that the Russian actions we saw in Ukraine were part of a completely new strategy while others have suggested that there was nothing new in Russia’s actions. This article takes a critical look at these claims. Through the assessment of the history of the term hybrid warfare and a rigorous analysis of the so-called Gerasimov doctrine, this study finds that the Russian hybrid warfare strategy is rather a western myth than a formal comprehensive Russian strategic concept. Additionally, through the assessment of the Russian use of information operations and the way she has utilised the cyberspace in several recent conflicts, the study finds that against all claims Russia did not make these areas its main battlefield, but rather has been using them in support of its traditional concepts.     

学院学科建设与发展策略刍议

通过对学院学科建设现状与问题的分析,探讨了学院学科建设与发展的策略,提出了学院学科设置与调整的发展性、需求性、层次性、整合性及开放性等原则,讨论了学科发展与建设中应注意解决好的几个突出问题,研究了如何突出学科特色、提高学科建设水平的途径和方法.     

ASLR机制脆弱性自动分析方法

地址随机化是一种针对控制流劫持漏洞的防御机制。已有的漏洞自动分析与利用技术缺少对地址随机化机制影响的分析,导致生成的测试用例在实际环境中的运行效果受到极大限制。针对地址随机化的缺陷及其绕过技术的特点,提出了一种地址随机化脆弱性分析方法。该方法使用有限状态机描述程序运行路径中各关键节点的状态;针对常见的内存泄漏与控制流劫持场景建立约束条件;通过求解内存泄漏状态约束与控制流劫持状态约束的兼容性,分析地址随机化机制在特定场景下的脆弱性。实验结果表明,该方法可有效检测通过内存泄漏导致的地址随机化绕过及控制流劫持攻击,实现自动化的地址随机化脆弱性分析,提高针对软件安全性分析的效率。     

四足机器人对角小跑动态控制

基于虚拟模型控制方法,根据四足机器人单腿雅克比矩阵得到支撑相与摆动相的控制法则。为实现机器人躯体的完全控制,提出了一种控制目标分解的方法,将四足机器人躯体的控制目标分解到每条支撑腿的控制上。通过构建每条支撑腿的虚拟构件,并将虚拟构件产生的虚拟力转换为期望关节力矩,从而实现支撑腿的虚拟模型控制;实时规划摆动足的运动轨迹,利用虚拟构件连接摆动腿的足端与期望的摆动轨迹,实现摆动腿的虚拟模型控制。在设定四条腿的相位轮换规律的基础上,对一个四足机器人二维平面模型进行对角小跑步态下的速度控制及抗干扰仿真试验。仿真结果证明该控制方法能够有效控制机器人躯体的高度、速度及倾角,实现四足机器人对角小跑运动的动态控制并具有一定的抗冲击干扰能力。     

带有状态噪声的限定记忆卡尔曼滤波方法

在已有限定记忆卡尔曼滤波方法的基础上 ,引入状态噪声 ,并推导了新的限定记忆卡尔曼滤波公式。从而降低了记忆长度的选取难度 ,扩大了已有模型的适用范围     

海上犯罪案件的特点及侦查方略研究

随着海洋经济的迅速发展,海上人、财、物的流动急剧增加,海上治安形势日趋复杂。海上抢劫、盗窃、偷渡及贩枪贩毒等犯罪活动呈多发态势,这严重破坏了海上的生产作业秩序,危害了海上治安秩序的稳定。研究海上犯罪案件的特,点,有助于公安边防部门采取有针对性的侦查方略,有力地打击海上犯罪,以创造安全、有序的海上治安环境。     

论边防行政复议存在的问题及对策

边防行政复议是规范边防行政执法和对边防行政执法相对人权益进行救济的重要途径。当前边防行政复议主要存在立法不完善、复议机构设置不完善、复议工作人员法律素质偏低、复议案件审查程序不严谨等方面的问题。加强和完善边防行政复议,主要应从立法、机构设置、转变观念等方面入手。