Protecting buildings against explosives

This article sets out to establish the links between classical military doctrine as applied to general war and the empirical development of any doctrine with regard to insurgency and counterinsurgency. The theme is developed by covering both the attrition theory and the maneuver theory of warfare in outline, and then by examining the essential tenets of maneuver warfare in detail and applying these tenets to the experience gained by the United Kingdom in countering insurgency. The scope and role of the newly fashionable “information warfare” in counterinsurgency operations is examined, followed by an assessment of the important task of integrating all the separate aspects of these operations into an overall plan of action for a counterinsurgency campaign. The author concludes that there is a clear and positive link between classical doctrine for the application of force in general war and doctrine that can be usefully applied in counterinsurgency operations.     

树倒猢狲再聚合俄军反恐任务重

3月8日,俄主要媒体播出了车臣非法武装头领马斯哈多夫被俄联邦反恐部队击毙的消息,这使俄军在享受反恐胜利果实的欣喜之时,也面临着恐怖分子疯狂反扑的重大考验.     

United nations resolutions against international terrorism

Abstract

Nine years after the Munich Massacre of 11 Israeli athletes and after a request by the Secretary‐General for the General Assembly to act on the problem, the General Assembly reached a general consensus on a terrorism resolution. The resolution endorses a UN committee's recommendations to refrain from assisting terrorism in any way and to cooperate in the final elimination of terrorism. Negotiation of the resolution was difficult because third world countries did not want to weaken opposition to “colonial, racist, and alien regimes,” and they have held back from approving an international convention that would require trying or extraditing those accused of terrorist crimes. Problems of constitutional protection to individuals in democracies and of political asylum also stand in the way of an overall convention. Nevertheless, the General Assembly resolution has been useful in promoting cooperation among states to eliminate terrorism and in encouraging support for conventions against specific types of terrorism such as hijacking, taking of hostages, attacking diplomatic targets, and supporting nuclear terrorism.     

伊拉克战争与美国的霸权战略

美国不经联合国授权,不顾世界多数国家的反对和规模空前的反战浪潮,发动了伊拉克战争,显示出美国“倒萨”的真实意图并不是为了世界的和平与安全,而是为了一己私利。伊拉克战争是美国推行霸权战略的必然结果,因此战争必然会对美国的霸权战略带来深远的影响。     

巴西应对金融危机的措施及其效果

20世纪90年代,巴西确立了坚持以实现初级财政盈余、浮动汇率和抑制通胀为核心的宏观经济改革,于1995—2004年实现了经济的有限恢复性增长。进入21世纪,随着世界进入新的经济增长周期,尤其是中国加入WTO后,带动了全球贸易和投资的发展,巴西利用自己的比较优势,大力出口大宗商品和资源产品,获得这轮资源价格疯涨的巨大收益,从而推动了巴西经济的快速增长,从2005年到2008年实现了近5%的经济高增长率。但美国次贷危机始料未及地演变为全球金融危机，对巴西造成较大影响，打乱了巴西先前快速增长的步伐。     

International convention against the taking of hostages

Anthony H. Cordesman. After the Storm: The Changing Military Balance in the Middle East (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993). 811 pp. $68.50.

Tore Bjoergo and Rob Witte, eds. Racist Violence in Europe (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993).

Hugh Smith and Anthony Bergin, eds. Naval Power in the Pacific: Toward the Year 2000 (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 1993), 186 + xiii pp. $35.00.

Max G. Manwaring, ed., Gray Area Phenomena: Confronting the New World Disorder (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993). 198 pp. $19.95.

Samuel M. Makinda. Seeking Peace from Chaos: Humanitarian Intervention in Somalia (Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner, 1993).     

以色列对伊朗的“秘密战争”

自伊朗伊斯兰共和国成立以来,以色列与伊朗的关系从未像今天这样紧张,以色列针对伊朗核计划的＂秘密战争＂把双方的紧张关系推向了极点。对这段历史进行梳理,