Gender Mainstreaming Unraveled: The Case of DDRR in Liberia

In the past women have been excluded from peace initiatives. However, with the advent of UNSCR 1325 (2000) women's agency in the process has been heightened through a new framework for involvement. UNSCR 1325 is a policy document that acknowledges the link between women, peace, and security and uses gender mainstreaming as a mechanism to implement its objectives. Yet in spite of its policy advancements, over a decade later women still do not participate equally in peace and security initiatives that impact on the sustainability of peace. This article aims to explore the context of this framework through considerations of the gender mainstreaming provision in the disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation, and reintegration (DDRR) process in Liberia. Using interviews with women associated with fighting forces (WAFFs)/ex-combatants the article argues that although there was a specific targeted focus showing some gender responsive design and coordination, WAFFs’/ex-combatants’ unique needs, especially those of a social and psychological nature, were poorly addressed. In addition, the commentary shows that the focus did not attend to structural inequality issues such as sexual and gender based violence (SGBV).     

Suicide bombers in Western literature: demythologizing a mythic discourse

In facing the challenge of suicide terrorism today on a global scale, it is tempting to attribute the phenomenon to cultural or religious behavior patterns observed solely in non‐Western countries. Yet recent scholarly research on its possible cultural or religious origins has led less to convincing and satisfactory results than to an unresolved aporia between arbitrariness and contingency. By the same token, little notice is taken of the fact that, in Western history and literature, actions and figures can be found whose development and strategies conspicuously resemble those of today’s suicide bombers. A series of such analogous examples in Western literature from antiquity to the present is explored in order to provide deeper insights into situational and systemic factors at work beyond cultural and religious determinants. To more effectively counter suicide terrorism, alternative policies are proposed with the vision of a peaceful coexistence of diverse cultures and religions.     

提高党的执政能力与反腐倡廉

反腐倡廉是否取得成效关系到党的执政能力的强弱,当前反腐倡廉工作存在的问题不利于提高党的执政能力。必须按照党的十六届四中全会的部署加大反腐倡廉的力度以提高党的执政能力     

建国初期河北省禁烟禁毒运动若干措施浅析

中华人民共和国建立初期,河北省开展了声势浩大的禁烟禁毒斗争。在短短三年时间里,就从源头上基本解决了旧中国历届政府所无法解决的烟毒泛滥问题,树立了“无毒省”的形象。当时河北省在禁烟禁毒运动中采取的各种措施,为当前禁毒斗争提供了一些历史参照。     

公共权力腐败及其治理

文章从公共权力腐败的概念界定出发,阐述了公共权力和腐败的关系;通过对造成公共权力腐败的体制内外因素进行多维度的分析,提出治理公共权力腐败的思路,即通过限制公共权力扩张、制约权力主体权力行为、完善外部制约监督机制来预防和治理腐败。     

适应性:提升部队整体战斗力的重要环节--基于复杂适应系统对战斗力的考察

战斗力系统是一个具有能动性、适应性的复杂适应系统。其中,战斗力系统行为主体的适应性是战斗力系统生成和演化的基础。军事转型应当把提升军队的适应能力作为一个重要目标。     

论新时期我军军事斗争准备基点的三次转变

军事斗争准备基点的转变是党中央、中央军委根据国际战略格局和国际军事形势的发展作出的重大决策。从“早打、大打、打核战争”到打赢信息化条件下的局部战争,新时期我军军事斗争准备基点经历了三次转变。     

禁毒工作的经济学思考

毒品作为特殊商品的劳动二重性以及毒品市场不同于一般市场的畸型发展,如果从经济学理论的角度出发,或许可以找出毒品犯罪的内在根源,或许禁毒工作会更加强调经济因素的考虑。其具体措施是:加大禁毒经费投入;讲求禁毒工作效益;应用经济惩罚手段;加大反“洗钱”力度以摧毁贩毒集团经济实力等。     

国际社会反腐败的新进展:以《联合国反腐败公约》及其实施评估为视角(下)

三、深化反腐败的国际司法和执法合作正如李昌道所指出的那样,《联合国反腐败公约》是联合国历史上第一部指导国际社会反腐败的法律文件,标志着国际社会进入通过国际合作打击腐败的新阶段,被称为"21世纪国际合作的里程碑"。《公约》在促进、便利和支持反腐败国际合作方面的主要成就如下:     

新时期合成警务机制研究

现代警务迫切要求整合社会信息资源,推动公安工作模式转变,合成警务由此应运而生。合成警务以信息共享、扁平化管理以及情报主导决策为基本要求,以公安机关内部警务合成、公安机关与社会间警务合成为表现形式。为了便于理解和应用,可以将合成警务中的相关主体整合为指挥机构要素、侦查机构要素、防控机构要素三类,构建合成警务模型,推动打防控一体化。