One size does not fit all: personalized incentives in military compensation

A critical element in implementing a compensation scheme including nonmonetary incentives (NMIs) is recognizing that preferences vary widely across Service members. There are at least three sources of variability: across different population classes, across individuals within a population class, and across NMI packages for a particular individual. Surveys across different military communities, ranks, and years of Service show the difficulty of identifying any NMI that has significant value for even 50% of the active duty force. At the same time, approximately 80% of the surveyed Service members expressed a significant positive value for at least one NMI. Therefore, one-size-fits-all incentive packages will not be nearly as effective as more personalized incentive packages. The authors discuss variability in Service member NMI preferences and outline an approach to implementing personalized NMI packages in military compensation through a sealed-bid reverse auction, where Service members select individual NMIs from a “cafeteria-style” menu of options.     

The Demand for Military Spending in Egypt

Egypt plays a pivotal role in the security of the Middle East as the doorway to Europe and its military expenditure reflects its involvement in the machinations of such an unstable region, showing considerable variation over the last 40?years. These characteristics make it a particularly interesting case study of the determinants of military spending. This paper specifies and estimates an econometric model of the Egyptian demand for military spending, taking into account important strategic and political factors. Both economic and strategic factors are found to play a role in determining military burden/spending, with clear positive effects of lagged military burden, suggesting some sort of institutional inertia, plus negative output and net exports effects. The strategic effect as a result of the impact of Israel’s military burden is mostly positive and significant, though its impact is reduced when the impact of important strategic events are taken into account. The military spending of Egypt’s allies Jordan and Syria generally seems to have had no effect on Egypt’s spending. These results are consistent over a range of econometric techniques.     

On the Road to the 2015 NPT Review Conference

The second session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Review Conference (RevCon) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) highlighted two issues in particular—progress toward a Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction–Free Zone and the Joint Statement on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons—that may not only greatly affect the health and vitality of the NPT and the 2015 RevCon, but possibly also have implications for the international nonproliferation regime as a whole. Dr. William Potter, director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, interviewed Ambassador Cornel Feruta, chairman of the 2013 PrepCom, to discuss these and other issues related to the meeting and the future of the treaty and its review process.     

论经济分析方法在军事法中的应用

伴随着经济学的发展,经济分析方法于上世纪被引入法学领域,形成法经济学。经过半个世纪的努力,经济分析方法已经出现在众多部门法学研究中。军事法作为一门独立的部门法学并不排斥经济分析方法,用经济分析方法研究军事法具有重要意义。     

公安现役部队基层干部考核工作存在的问题与对策

公安现役部队基层干部考核工作是选准用好干部的关键环节。目前一些单位在基层干部考核工作中还存在着考核制度不健全、考核标准不科学、考核方法和形式简单等问题。加强和改进基层干部考核工作,必须端正基层干部考核工作的认识和观念,健全基层干部考核的制度,完善基层干部考核的标准,改进基层干部考核的方式方法。     

论公安边防部队廉政文化建设的机制创新

以公安边防部队廉政文化建设的机制创新为研究对象,旨在推动公安边防部队廉政文化建设的深入开展,促进公安边防部队向心力、凝聚力和战斗力的不断提高。从公安边防部队廉政文化建设教育、约束、工作和保障机制四个方面进行了深入剖析,并提出了相应的对策。     

军体训练中常见运动损伤的原因及预防措施

在军事体育训练中,各种运动损伤是比较常见的,预防与处置不当会严重影响训练效果与训练质量,增加非战斗减员,因此要正确认识运动损伤,了解训练中可能发生损伤的原因,采取积极的预防措施,掌握运动损伤的发生规律,以便最大限度地避免和减少运动损伤,从而保证教学与训练的正常进行。     

装甲车辆动力舱温度场试验研究

为了研究坦克动力舱装甲板温度场,必须对动力舱温度场进行必要的测试。以某型坦克动力舱为研究对象,设计了动力舱温度场试验方案,通过试验,得到了动力舱内主要部件表面和动力舱装甲板表面的稳态温度场分布。试验数据表明：排气管、增压器、变速箱和制动带是动力舱内主要热源,排气管附近顶甲板和排气百叶窗温度较高。     

基于筹措供应中心的装备器材保障研究

将先进的物流理论和供应链管理思想应用于装备器材保障中,阐述了建立装备器材筹措供应中心的重要性,构建了基于筹措供应中心的装备器材保障体系,设计了基于筹措供应中心的器材保障物流网络和器材保障信息管理,探讨了该模式下装备器材保障体系的运作机制,从而实现了装备器材保障管理的系统性和集成性,提高了装备器材保障的时效性和敏捷性。     

基于人员素质差距的装备保障训练需求分析过程研究

针对目前新型装备缺乏系统规范的保障训练需求分析方法的问题,借鉴国内外训练和培训需求分析的理论和方法,基于人员素质差距,建立了我军装备保障训练需求分析过程模型,并结合案例对过程的实现步骤进行了说明,增强了训练需求的针对性和合理性。