An alliance between Cyprus and Greece: assessing its partners’ relative security contribution

The issue that this paper tackles is the assessment of the relative security benefits that Cyprus and Greece derive in the context of their cooperation on defence matters. This form of cooperation, known as the ‘Integrated Defence Space Doctrine’, aims at defending their interests in the Aegean Sea and the broader East Mediterranean theatre. The paper relies heavily on earlier research on this topic, which deals with the Greek–Cypriot alliance facing an arms race against Turkey, and uses a coefficient especially designed to assess the optimal levels of security and the associated defence expenditure of the two allies. A comparison of the relative security coefficient values for the two allies suggests that the security benefit that Greece derives thanks to its alliance with Cyprus exceeds the corresponding Cypriot benefit by far. Given the importance assigned to human resources by this index, in conjunction with the demographic problems of Greece, this conclusion justifies the recent Greek defence policy revision, emphasizing quality, capital equipment and flexibility of forces. This revision aims at satisfying the security requirements of the alliance and the increasing demands of an arms race against Turkey.     

Evasion costs and the theory Of conscription

This paper examines the trade and military relationship between two countries which have a common military enemy. The paper explains how the former two countries, which are military allies and trading partners, share the burden of defence against the third country. It demonstrates how the defence production of a country may hurt its ally because the latter country's terms of trade can be deteriorated. Whether or not a smaller ally spends less on defence is analyzed. Also analyzed is the effects of the reactions of the enemy country on the trade between the two allies and their welfare.     

Determinants of military expenditure and the role of globalisation in a cross-country analysis

Abstract

Anecdotal evidence offers conflicting views on the impact of globalisation on military expenditure. We contribute to the existing literature by investigating the effect of globalisation on military expenditure in 82 countries for the period, 1989–2012. After introducing economic and strategic variables into the model, we utilise the dynamic panel generalised method of moments system to estimate the relationship in the variables. The empirical findings reveal that globalisation reduces both military burden and real military expenditure. The findings are consistent, irrespective of the globalisation indicator adopted. The policy implications of the results are explained.     

In the right place at the right time: US signals intelligence relations with Scandinavia,1945–1960

This paper demonstrates that US–Scandinavian intelligence relations in general, and Signals Intelligence (Sigint) relations in particular, during the period 1945 through 1960 were more extensive and complicated than had previously been believed. Bilateral US intelligence liaison relations with nominally neutral Sweden were of particular importance in the early years of the Cold War given its geographic location adjacent to the northwestern portion of the USSR. Moreover, the importance of Sigint received from the three principal Scandinavian countries covered by this paper (Norway, Denmark, and Sweden) proved to be quite important to the US intelligence community during the early years of the Cold War, when the US Sigint infrastructure was relatively weak and stretched thin by commitments in Asia and elsewhere. This paper covers the quantity, quality, and types of intelligence information provided to the US by each of the Scandinavian nations, demonstrating that the nature of US intelligence relations with these countries changed substantially as time went by.     

多平台雷达有源干扰资源分配算法

根据现代干扰机特点,建立"多对多"雷达有源干扰资源分配数学模型,结合分配算法的具体应用环境,提出了基于多Agent分布协同拍卖的雷达干扰资源分配算法,实例表明该方法可行。     

石英晶体测试实验中干扰的消除

Ｙ－切石英晶体的各向异性物理特性,使它在正碰撞或平面冲击波作用条件下能产生压剪波的传播,为实现对材料的压剪加载实验研究提供了条件。由于石英晶体的压电效应,国外采用了ＶＩＳＡＲ技术进行测试。在我们的工作中,首次尝试用锰铜压阻法和电磁质速测量法进行测试。压电效应造成了明显的干扰,妨碍信号的获取。实验中用磁控溅射方法将石英晶体表面镀银层约１μｍ,达到了中和极化电荷、屏蔽极化电场的目的,比较成功地消除了压电干扰,获得了有效的测试信号。     

一种通用网络通信系统的设计与实现

在TCP/IP协议的基础上,采用合理的软件结构、算法以及对同一主机的多网卡支持,设计了一种可应用于大型分布式处理(如分布式仿真)的多机通信系统,目标是屏蔽诸如IP地址、端口号、套接字等网络通信概念,实现一种通用的进行网络通信实时可靠传输的机制,避免类似程序的重复开发,使网络通信的实现更加容易。应用结果表明,系统使用容易、通用性强,实现了对通信服务的实时传输和可靠传输的支持。     

网络图书情报发展趋势之管见

随着科学技术的发展和网络应用的普及,网络已经成为人们工作和生活中不可或缺的重要组成部分。图书情报工作也同样步入了网络图书情报时代,为此,有关人员应对网络情报的基本理论,其发展趋势以及在我国目前的发展现状有所了解。     

舰载红外搜索与跟踪系统的最新现状与发展趋势

详细介绍了国外舰载红外搜索与跟踪系统的研制与装备,包括各国典型系统的特点、研制历史、试验以及装舰服役现状等,提出了舰载红外搜索与跟踪系统的未来发展方向。     

含微网的国防工程供电保障系统可靠性评估

为准确评估含分布式电源的国防工程供电保障系统的可靠性,基于中压配电网的可靠性级别树算法,分析了采用3级供电模式的典型国防工程供电保障系统,建立相应开关树和断路树模型,并考虑设备故障、备用电源切换等因素,提出统一的负荷点可靠性指标计算模型。以符合国防工程供电保障系统结构特点的改进RBTS-BUS6为算例,对重要负荷供电能力和系统可靠性进行评估和分析。结果显示,部分重要负荷点的可靠性指标会随微网接入得到较好改善。