Assessing military reform in Indonesia

This article seeks to assess the magnitude of military reform in Indonesia and its impact in establishing greater levels of professionalism within the armed forces. To this end, the authors will offer some reflections on the studies of civil-military relations and military transformation for inculcating a higher degree of military professionalism; analyse to what extent the process of military reform in Indonesia has reshaped the institutional role of the armed forces; and discern three major strategic gaps in Indonesia's military reform, namely the “legal loopholes and regulation vacuum,” the “shortcomings of democratic civilian control,” and the “defence-economic gap.” This article asserts that military professionalism will grow more substantially depending on the ability of civilian elites to exercise effective control over the military and the capacity of the government to transform the military establishment keeping pace with strategic challenges and operational requirements.     

From small wars to counterinsurgency: C.W. Gwynn, ‘Imperial Policing’ and transformation of doctrine

ABSTRACT

The complicated problematic of Imperial Policing in many respects still comes down to the principle of minimum force, and much of what we consider an integral part of the modern doctrine of counterinsurgency, is perceived as by-product of post-1945 colonial experience. Charles Gwynn wrote about it in his still underestimated text-book on internal security, ‘Imperial Policing’. As a result, there is a lack of clear understanding how colonial (based on local experience) knowledge was transformed into the expert (universal, transferable) knowledge in confronting rebellions at the doctrinal level. This article examines the work of Gwynn as part of a transitional stage from the age of global empires to the age of nuclear superpowers within the context of internal security doctrine. Adaptation to the new realities during the interwar period and after the World War II – reconfiguration of the British army epistemological system in confronting insurgencies – was a hard process. In this sense, the question about transformation of colonial knowledge into expert knowledge onto the field of internal security is a part of a more general and sensitive question about transition from colonialism to the post-colonial age.     

浅析武警部队“能打胜仗”核心军事能力建设

习主席关于“能打仗、打胜仗”是强军之要的重要思想,是对党的建军治军思想的继承和发展,有着很强的指向性,为在新的历史起点上加快推进国防和军队现代化建设指明了方向。贯彻落实好“能打仗、打胜仗”重要思想,必须按照打仗的标准搞建设抓准备,确保武警部队始终能够召之即来、来之能战、战之必胜。     

谈军事教育技术人才的素质培养模式

科学技术的发展,将人类推进信息社会,人们的生活、思维、工作以及教育方式都将随之改变。信息、网络技术与教育的结合,改变了传统的教育思想、观念、内容、方法,也改变了传统的人才培养模式。为保证军事院校教学与训练紧跟信息技术的发展,必须加快军事教育技术人才队伍建设,探索军事院校教育技术人才素质培养模式。     

India's counter-insurgency experience: the ‘trust and nurture’ strategy

The Indian Army, a force trained primarily for conventional warfare, has been engaged in internal counter-insurgency operations since the 1950s. Despite such a long innings on a counter-insurgency mode, little attention has been accorded within military circles to doctrinal innovation for waging sub-conventional warfare in India's democratic political context. At best, the Army continues to view counter-insurgency duty as secondary to its primary duty of defending India from external conventional threats. By conceptualizing a counter-insurgency strategy of ‘trust and nurture’, this article aims to fill this critical doctrinal gap in India's military policy. The author argues that a counter-insurgency strategy of ‘trust and nurture’ based on democratic political culture, measured military methods, special counter-insurgency forces, local social and cultural awareness and an integrative nation-building approach will result in positive handling of India's internal security problems. The author utilizes India's counter-insurgency experiences in Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, and Operation ‘Sadhbhavana’ in Jammu and Kashmir as illustrative empirical indicants in order to validate the ‘trust and nurture’ strategy.     

军人伤亡保险存在的问题探析

军人伤亡保险作为军人保险制度的重要组成部分,其经济补偿功能已经被广大官兵逐渐认可。但作为分散军人职业风险的特定机制,其作用并未被充分开发出来,主要表现在较低的补偿水平等方面。因此,应充分借鉴国内外的相关经验,扬长避短,以充分发挥军人伤亡保险的作用。     

和谐思维与部队思想政治教育职能优化

军队思想政治教育要适应和谐社会的要求,一方面深化调节,注重满足军人自身发展的需要,引导官兵建立与和谐社会相融合的人际关系;另一方面,运用“和”的思想解决矛盾和问题,达到对官兵负面思想的有效控制。     

多媒体城市“兵要地志”的研究

介绍了一种在“奔腾”微机上Ｗｉｎｄｏｗｓ操作系统下ＶＣ语言实现的带有声音,照片,影像等多媒体功能的面向城市的“兵要地志”软件系统。首称介绍了多媒体城市“兵要地志”软件系统的结构和功能,然后叙述了实现该软件系统的几个关键技术、输入,存储和显示。最后,指出了多媒体城市“兵要地志”软件系统的发展方向。     

地理信息系统和军事测绘

阐明了的内涵.地理空间情报已成为美军作战指挥控制系统的运作基础.高精度的地理空间数据成为美军实现精确打击的重要保证.军事测绘保障为战场指挥、武器使用以及作战行动提供精确、实时的战场地理空间情报.     

袁国平军队政治工作思想与方法研究

袁国平是我党我军最早从事军队政治工作的杰出代表,在长期的军队政治生活实践中,袁国平从不成熟走向成熟,逐渐形成了一整套独有的从事政治工作的思想与方法,其内容广泛,特点鲜明,为搞好我党早期的军队政治工作做出了巨大贡献,其精华部分是我军思想工作建设的宝贵财富,对于当前的政治工作建设仍具有极大的参考价值。