Congressional Activism in the Foreign Policy Arena: A Case Study of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide

This article analyzes congressional activism during an international crisis. Using the 1994 Rwandan genocide as a case, this study explores executive–congressional relations during a time when immediate policy responses are needed. A content analysis of policy statements made during committees, on the House floor, and on the Senate floor is used to investigate the specific policy ideas proposed by members of Congress. The models presented pay particular attention to the actions of Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) members, in relation to other more common predictors of congressional activism. In addition to the results for CBC members, other conclusions indicate that foreign policy leaders in Congress are international affairs policy experts without serious concerns of being defeated in their next election.     

繁荣与危机:透视国内心理健康工作

我国的心理健康工作起步较晚,但发展迅速,短短十几年的时间,就初步形成了较为繁荣的局面.但在繁荣的背后,我国的心理健康工作也存在着一些深层次的危机,主要是:1、心理健康基础研究工作的薄弱;2、心理健康临床工作者专业水准的普遍低下与合适培养模式的缺乏;3、心理健康工作中一些不合理的混乱.     

美俄以危机管理机制之比较——兼谈对中国的启示

在后冷战时期,如何进行有效的危机管理已成为各国政府面临的最大战略挑战,美国、俄罗斯和以色列在危机管理方面各有其鲜明的特点,本文在研究上述三国危机管理机制构建及运行效能的基础上,针对我国目前危机管理机制尚不健全的现状,有针对性提出了几点建议。     

欧盟危机管理初探

欧盟以保障公众健康为首要宗旨的危机管理机制,因有关法律法规的出台及食品安全局的正式运行趋于完善。变革后的机制拥有较为完善的组织结构,并体现出许多强化欧盟危机管理效能的新特点。另一方面,危机管理本质上是一种非程序化决策过程,管理者应拥有非常态下一切必要权变所需的充分权力资源。但欧盟变革后的危机管理机制却体现出法权资源相对不足并实行二元化管理等与欧盟总体结构布局相一致的特征,这在一定程度上又对欧盟危机管理效能的充分实现带来了一定的负面影响。     

论网络化时代警察公关意识的有效提升

网络时代如何防范负面涉警舆情,是当前公安机关面临的一项重要而紧迫的任务。警察公共关系意识是警察的深层次思想观念,能够成为警察公共关系的一种内驱力,有助于防范与应对涉警网络舆论危机。因此,增强警察公关意识、加强警察公共关系建设应当成为网络时代公安工作的重要组成部分。借鉴国外的先进做法,基于中国国情,采取改善公安院校课程设置、成立警察公关培训基地、开展机关内部教育与考核等方式可以成为增强警察公关意识有效路径。     

论现代危机下的公民责任

现代化是一个充满风险的过程,危机将是现代社会的常态。公民的责任能力对于抗击现代危机的意义重大,在一定程度上决定着战胜危机的成败走向,关系着政府危机领导的效果。公民参与危机治理的公共事务是公民内在的职责,因为公民身份本身就包含着责任。公民积极主动的责任观念使参与危机的治理成为公民内在的自由要求。公民责任能力的提高需要教育引导和政治环境的熏陶。公民责任是与公民权利相联系的责任,责任之中包含着权利分享之义。     

公共危机治理中的政府信息公开与治理效度——基于一项调查实验

高质量公共信息在政府与民众间的开放及流动,不仅在国家治理体系中扮演着重要角色,更对政府提升危机应对能力起到关键作用.在本次新冠疫情防治中,各地基本做到了及时公开权威性信息,但信息公开程度有所差异,这对民众的风险防范行为和疫情防治效度产生了重要影响.目前对信息公开与治理效度的研究在理论上缺乏因果机制分析,在方法上依赖观察...     

六方会谈重启的必然性及难点分析

自朝鲜退出六方会谈以来,朝鲜半岛局势日趋紧张。深入分析朝鲜半岛时局变化特征,找出半岛危机频发的根源,采取合理的应对措施极为重要。由于朝鲜半岛时局危机频发,作为多边对话机制的六方会谈的重要性越来越突出,其意义已经超出和平解决朝核问题本身,成为维护地区局势稳定的需要。鉴于六方会谈有关各国立场和实际努力,六方会谈重启只是时间问题,重新开启六方会谈也将有效推动朝韩、朝美关系改善。     

Why China Won't Suffer a “Debt Crisis”

正INACCURATE articles sometimes appear in the Western media claiming China faces a"severe debt crisis."Factually these are easily refuted.Changyong Rhee,the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department director,recently pointed out that China’s national and local government debt is only 53 percent of GDP,while the U.S.government’s debt is roughly     

Decomposing Audience Costs: Bringing the Audience Back into Audience Cost Theory

According to a growing tradition in International Relations, one way governments can credibly signal their intentions in foreign policy crises is by creating domestic audience costs: leaders can tie their hands by publicly threatening to use force since domestic publics punish leaders who say one thing and do another. We argue here that there are actually two logics of audience costs: audiences can punish leaders both for being inconsistent (the traditional audience cost), and for threatening to use force in the first place (a belligerence cost). We employ an experiment that disentangles these two rationales, and turn to a series of dispositional characteristics from political psychology to bring the audience into audience cost theory. Our results suggest that traditional audience cost experiments may overestimate how much people care about inconsistency, and that the logic of audience costs (and the implications for crisis bargaining) varies considerably with the leader's constituency.