The Gravity of Arms

The aim of this paper is to investigate the determinants of international arms transfers in a gravity model framework. By distinguishing between the decision to export arms (extensive margin) and the value of the arms exported (intensive margin), while also considering its interdependence, is what differentiates this paper from previous research. A theoretically justified gravity model of trade augmented with political and security motives is estimated using a two-stage panel data approach for 104 exporting countries over the period from 1950 to 2007. In addition to the usual gravity variables related to the economic mass of the trading countries and the trade cost factors, the model is extended with political and security factors. The level of democracy in both trading partners, political differences between trading partners and voting similarity with the United States in the UN General Assembly of the countries engaged in trade are the main political factors, whereas the existence of conflicts, military pacts, and embargoes are taken as security motives. The key result indicates that both political and security motives are an important determinant of an arms trade, but their effects on the extensive margin of exports (the decision to order a transfer) differs from their effect on the intensive margin (average value of exports). Moreover, the relative importance of the factors under study has changed since 1989. In the post-cold war period, countries that are less democratic are more likely to export arms, military pacts are less relevant and embargoes play a role.     

加强和改进大学生思想政治工作的思考

新形势下的大学生思想政治工作面临着许多新的挑战,如何在新形势下开展大学生思想政治工作是广大高校工作者必须思考的一个重要课题。分析大学生思想政治工作面临的新情况、新问题,提出相关对策对加强和改进大学生思想政治工作具有重要的现实意义。     

对学员思想政治教育针对性的调查与思考

学员思想政治教育存在观念、内容、方式、队伍建设等方面诸多问题,急需有针对性地加以解决。应本着发现问题、分析问题和解决问题的思路,透过现象看本质,提出加强学员思想政治教育策略,着力在突出变、精、活、实、新上下功夫。     

When are strategic narratives effective? The shaping of political discourse through the interaction between political myths and strategic narratives

Most research on strategic narratives has explored their creation, and their interaction with other elements of national power in the conduct of foreign policy. Yet, the issue of how the targeted political communities receive those strategic narratives, and thus how those narratives are likely to have a political impact, is understudied. This article argues that in order to understand the ways strategic narrative are received within a political community, political myths must be taken into account. It introduces a typology of political myths based on their degree of universality and their degree of coherence with other myths, and shows how those factors influence the reception of strategic narratives. These mechanisms are illustrated through a study of the reception of the Russian strategic narrative in France. This approach offers opportunities to assess the differentiated impact strategic narratives have on political communities.     

生命哲学视角下西部高校教师职业幸福感研究

幸福是人生追求的永恒主题,在以人为本的理念下,高等教育更为关注人的生命,人的生命存在方式。面对信息相对闭塞、生活环境相对恶劣、管理体制相对落后等无奈状况,西部高校教师职业幸福感如何？对于该问题的研究有利于促进教师心理健康发展,提升教师幸福感,提高教育教学质量。研究发现西部高校教师职业感受以不幸福为主;幸福感来源单一,主要来自于学生的行为表现;导致不幸福感的因素主要以压力大、学生问题、缺乏认可等因素为主。研究从生命哲学视角出发认为高校教师存在的应然意义在于“诗意栖息”,但实然状况下高校教师的“诗意存在”被现实消解,“创造性地栖息”、“精神相遇地栖息”是冲破藩篱、回归“诗意居住”幸福生活的路径。     

谈高校校报思想政治教育的作用

高校校报既是高校思想宣传工作的重要阵地,又是高校进行思想政治教育的重要平台。深入分析、挖掘校报的思想政治教育作用,对校报提高办报质量,有针对性地为高校发展提供舆论支持具有深远意义。只有充分发挥高校校报在思想政治工作中的作用,才能稳固校园主流媒体的地位。     

新形势下学员思想政治教育创新研究

推动学员思想政治教育创新发展,必须找准切入点和结合点,强化首位意识、主导意识、主体意识、政治意识、德育意识、创新意识、法规意识、责任意识、军校意识、人本意识,树牢育人为本、德育为先的理念,改进学员思想政治教育的方式方法,健全学员思想政治教育的制度机制,切实增强思想政治教育的主动性、针对性和有效性。     

思想政治教育对高校突发事件的防范功能研究

为维持高校和社会的和谐稳定,必须防范高校突发事件的发生。思想政治教育对高校突发事件有着特殊而重大的防范功能,它不但能为防范突发事件提供可靠的思想保证和精神动力,而且其本身就是防范突发事件的重要手段。思想政治教育在思想引导、心理干预、利益协调、情绪宣泄、预防文化教育和预警等方面都具有对高校突发事件的防范功能。     

“和谐社会”理念对大学生思想政治教育的启示

和谐社会是一种理想状态。建设社会主义和谐社会是一个重大课题。加强和改进大学生思想政治教育,服务和谐社会建设,是当前的重大任务。本文从构建“和谐社会”的角度,提出加强和改进大学生思想政治教育应坚持以人为本理念、积极探索思想政治教育的方法,全面提升大学生的综合素质,不断适应和谐社会发展的要求。     

论马克思主义哲学在当代中国的发展——从“革命的哲学”到“建设的哲学”

实现从"革命的哲学"到"建设的哲学"的转变,是马克思主义哲学在当代中国发展的显著标志和巨大成果,是中国共产党人对"马克思主义过时论"做出的最有说服力的应答.正确把握马克思主义哲学的精神实质和宗旨,是实现这一转变的逻辑前提;准确揭示、大力弘扬马克思主义哲学的理论精髓,是实现这一转变的关键;明确"和平与发展"的时代主题,不断深化对"三个规律"的认识,是实现这一转变的显著标志.