SECURITY BRIEF

Using crime review figures for four randomly selected states in Nigeria, this study examines cases of kidnapping and its implications for the national economy. The findings reveal that kidnapping is consistently on the increase in Nigeria and is not evenly spread across regions. It is shown that 15 cases were recorded in 2005 and 43 cases in 2008. In 2009, 138 cases were officially recorded, of which 22% and 76% occurred in Rivers and Edo states respectively. Findings further showed that modern kidnapping in Nigeria is triggered by resource control disputes directed both at oil expatriate workers and at prominent citizens, politicians and members of their families. The crisis, which came to the fore in 2005, has forced oil production shutdowns of up to 800 000 barrels per day. The study concludes that kidnapping is becoming a serious crime in Nigeria with significant negative implications for foreign investment, national foreign exchange earnings, and revenue generation.     

Comparative analysis of Arab Spring determinants

The Arab Spring, a pro-democracy uprising that has been sweeping through North Africa and the entire Arab world since 2010, has been described as a cataclysmic revolutionary wave that has left the overthrow of political regimes in its wake. Studies have comprehensively x-rayed the political and socio-economic circumstances that gave rise to the uprising. Apart from the impact of the uprising on political developments and democratic governance in the Arab world in particular and the world in general, the circumstances that resulted in the revolutions constitute empirical security implications for Nigeria. This is the focus of this article. Using the Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) and other selected indicators, this article draws a comparative analysis of the key factors that led to the uprisings in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, pointing out areas of social and security tensions in Nigeria. Based on these findings, it points out the urgency of and imperative for security sector reforms in Nigeria.     

赛博空间面临的威胁与挑战

对赛博空间和赛博战概念进行解析,研究了赛博安全、赛博空间、赛博力量、赛博作战等领域所面临的威胁与挑战,认为赛博优势和赛博能力决定了一个国家在下一轮军事和综合国力较量中的地位。从国家赛博安全战略、信息基础设施建设和赛博力量建设等方面,给出了应对赛博空间威胁与挑战的思考与策略。     

一种安全私有云架构研究与设计

提出了一种安全私有云解决方案,是通过研究云计算安全体系模型,结合私有云架构特点设计的一种安全架构。与其他私有云解决方案相比,该架构安全系数较高,具有多层次、可扩展和强安全的特点。能够保证云用户安全快速登录云系统,使用透明加解密来保证用数据的可用性和安全性,实现了云数据的密文访问控制功能,增强了云存储数据的机密性,为私有云解决方案提供安全技术保障。     

用变分法研究相对论性中子物质的基态性质

用变分法研究了相对论性中子物质的基态性质.采用相对论形式的Hamiltonian、相对论性介子交换势、ψ=FΦ形式的变公函数,以及一种特定的关联函数,计算了中子物质的单粒子能量和物态方程,其结果有了明显改进.     

大型消防保卫勤务工作研究

阐述了大型活动的类型和一般规律及大型消防保卫勤务的基本策略,结合实际案例提出了大型消防保卫勤务工作的重点,包括安全保卫机构的组成和原则,大型活动消防保卫预案制定的基本程序及消防安全分类等。     

Regional responses to security and development challenges in East and Southern Africa: lessons and way forward

Since the mid-twentieth century, the East and Southern African regions have been mired in complex and overlapping security and development challenges, including ethnopolitical conflicts, terrorist insurgencies, the proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALWs), and overwhelming economic crisis. These challenges have had implications for human security, socio-economic development, territorial authority, sovereignty and the stability and legitimacy of political regimes in the affected states. The adequacy and relevance of the regional responses to these challenges is the subject of ongoing debate, to which this paper now adds. Among other factors, this paper identifies competition for regional dominance and institutional inadequacies as accounting for the inability of regional governance bodies to respond adequately to the challenges they face. Consequently, it recommends the expansion of the mandate of the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) beyond regional economic integration to include peacebuilding and a deepening of the institutional efforts focused on security cooperation and conflict management.     

授业、解惑、传道——古代文学史教学的三重境界

在高校古代文学史教学中教学效果和学生的学习效率因教师水平的不同存在较大差距,根据研究,发现可以将教学效果归结于教师的教学境界,借用韩愈《师说》中“师者,传道授业解惑也”的说法,教师的教学境界存在授业、解惑、传道三个层次,三个层次逐次递进,对教师的要求也是逐步提高。     

浅议计算机系统安全

介绍计算机病毒及其防护知识 ,提高用户的安全防范意识 ,做好计算机系统的安全防范工作。     

地基不均匀沉降后的某框架结构安全性分析

由于某框架结构在施工过程中发生了明显的不均匀沉降,结构体可能存在安全隐患。为此,对该框架结构进行了现场检测,根据检测结果,应用大型有限元软件ANSYS对地基变形后的结构安全性进行分析,合理评价了结构性能,其工程经验可供参考。