Regions of Hierarchy and Security: US Troop Deployments,Spatial Relations,and Defense Burdens

Recent work has begun exploring the effects of foreign military deployments on host-state foreign policies. However, research mostly focuses on dyadic relationships between major powers and host-states, ignoring the broader regional security environment of host-states. We develop a theory of spatial hierarchies to understand how security relationships throughout the region surrounding the host-state affect host-state foreign policy. Using data on US military deployments from 1950–2005, we show that regional security considerations condition how host-states respond to the deployment of military forces to their territory. Consequently, regional analyses are fundamental in understanding monadic and dyadic decisions about security, alliance behavior, and conflict.     

Volume Determination of Fresh and Dried Bloodstains by Means of Optical Coherence Tomography

The volume of bloodstains found on crime scenes may help forensic investigators reconstruct the location and kinematics of bloodletting events, as stain size, volume, and impact velocity are related. Optical coherence tomography was used as a method to determine the volume and volume ratio of dried and fresh bloodstains on both glass and irregular surfaces or deposited with an impact velocity. The volume of blood drops deposited on smooth glass surfaces was measured within a deviation of 2%. This deviation increased for droplets on irregular surfaces or deposited with an impact velocity. The volume ratio of dried and fresh bloodstains was equal to 19–28% depending on the individual donor and on the use of an anticoagulant. Optical coherence tomography is a good method to determine the volume of fresh and dried bloodstains in laboratory conditions and allows accurate determination of the dry/fresh ratio.     

Cleaning Up the Air

正Heavy smog has prompted the government to reconsider its strategies2013 has passed,but memories of the smog that devoured many parts of the country are still fresh in the minds of China’s citizens.In January 2013,a thick haze shrouded many cities for more than 20 days,affecting more than 600 million people in 17 provinces,municipalities and autonomous regions.     

“人肉搜索”犯罪化问题研究

＂人肉搜索＂侵犯个人信息,严重侵犯公民隐私权,《刑法修正案（七）》提出了对公民个人信息的保护,但未将＂人肉搜索＂入罪,＂人肉搜索＂行为侵犯刑法保护的法益,并达到应受刑罚处罚的程度,应当在刑法中设置专门条款以规制＂人肉搜索＂等侵犯公民个人信息的行为。     

“出兵-撤兵”与俄罗斯在叙利亚地缘政治目标的实现

叙利亚危机爆发后第五年,俄罗斯正式出兵叙利亚,成为打击“伊斯兰国”的重要力量。通过军事行动,俄罗斯成功阻止了恐怖活动的进一步蔓延、提升了自身国际影响力、在困境中绝处逢生。当前,中东地区矛盾依旧纷繁复杂,多方势力持续深度博弈,俄罗斯两次宣布从叙利亚撤出部队,展现了其军事-外交联动运用的“巧实力”,获得了战略红利、实现了部分既定地缘政治目标。然而,俄罗斯长期介入叙利亚与美国及西方展开地缘博弈,对其国家振兴无疑是一个沉重的负担,尤其是叙利亚持续动荡的局势及域外大国的深度介入,使俄罗斯虽两次宣布撤兵,却从未真正撤出,围绕叙利亚及中东地区主导权和国际话语权的争夺还将在各大国间反复上演。随着普京开启其第四个总统任期,俄罗斯在解决叙利亚危机、破除西方制裁、振兴国家经济等问题上依然面临严峻挑战,这需要普京和俄罗斯精英阶层寻求解决问题的“新思路”。     

Loss and Longing: Emotional Responses to West Indian Soldiers during the First World War

Abstract

This article traces the place of black soldiers within British military history from the 18th century to the eve of the First World War. It shows how during the war, attitudes to and representations of West Indian volunteers reflected anxieties surrounding white male efficiency.     

建设社会主义新农村视野下的农村治安问题探析

社会主义新农村建设离不开安定有序的社会环境．但目前农村仍存在着一些不稳定因素．也因此引起了一系列治安问题。因此,公安机关必须从认真研究新农村建设过程中可能出现的各种新情况、新问题,及时掌握影响农村稳定的各种不安定因素,加强自身建设等多方着手,努力做好农村治安工作,以保障社会主义新农村建设的顺利进行．     

论党委班子的团结和谐

党的十六届六中全会提出"以党内和谐促进社会和谐"。对部队各级党委来说,就是要以党委班子的团结和谐影响和带动部队的团结和谐。提高党委班子团结和谐的质量,要求做到思想和谐、决策和谐、组织和谐、制度和谐、心理和谐和风气和谐。     

推进中国-东盟战略伙伴关系的新动力

中国-东盟自由贸易区将于2010年1月1日如期建成,这既是中国-东盟战略伙伴关系发展的一个重大标志,同时也对双方的关系发展提出了更新和更高的要求,这就需要新的动力来推进。新的动力首先源自现有基础,即继续夯实中国-东盟战略伙伴关系的基础,其次是强调地区治理,再次是推动地区认同的建设,最后也是最重要的推动力是“和谐地区”。     

元代海南黎区屯田考

本文研究了元朝政府在海南黎族地区进行大规模屯田的原因、过程及结果,并对元朝政府管理黎区屯田事务机构的设立与罢废问题、“黎兵万户府”与“黎蛮屯田万户府”和“黎兵屯田万户府”的异同问题进行了细致的辨析。