A view from the policy community: a new strategic narrative for Europe?

ABSTRACT

Reflecting on the results presented in articles in this special issue, European leaders should take greater account of external perceptions in crafting the European Union's strategic narrative and guiding its actions. Failure to do so has impaired external policies like the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, the European Neighbourhood Policy and Eastern Partnership. Leaders emerging from the Arab uprisings perceived the EU as complicit with their countries’ former anciens régimes and Russian leaders see EU support for democracy and the market economy in former Soviet states as duplicitous and instrusive. Awareness of such perceptions should be filtered into EU decision-making, without validating views that European officials and diplomats consider misleading.     

Shaking off the neoliberal shackles: “democratic emergence” and the negotiation of democratic knowledge in the Middle East North Africa context

ABSTRACT

There is a general assumption in democracy promotion that liberal democracy is the panacea that will solve all political and economic problems faced by developing countries. Using the concept of “good society” as analytical prism, the analysis shows that while there is a rhetorical agreement as to what the “good society” entails, democracy promotion practices fail to allow for recipients’ inclusion in the negotiation and delivery of the “good society”. Contrasting US and Tunisian discourses on the “good society”, the article argues that democracy promotion practices are underpinned by neoliberal parameters borne out from a reliance on the transition paradigm, which in turn leave little room to democracy promotion recipients to formulate knowledge claims supporting the emergence of alternative conceptions of the “good society”. In contrast, the article opens up a reflective pathway to a negotiated democratic knowledge, which would reside in a paradigmatic change that consists in the abandonment of the transition paradigm in favour of a “democratic emergence” paradigm.     

网络环境下的公安院校宣传工作

网络具有全球性、开放性、即时性等特点。网络环境下,公安院校的宣传工作既面临挑战也迎来契机,公安院校宣传工作应更新观念,开辟网络宣传新途径,丰富宣传工作的内容,加强管理,趋利避害,为我所用,占据主动地位,以提高宣传工作的实效。     

大陆、台湾刑法中保安处分制度比较研究

我国 1997年新刑法的颁布 ,标志着我国的刑事实体法又上了一个新的台阶。保安处分制度是现代西方刑法理论和刑法制度的重要组成部分。在刑法修改以前 ,是否应该将该制度引入我国的刑事立法体系 ,引起了我国学者的广泛讨论。本文通过对台湾刑法中的保安处分制度和大陆法律中类似于保安处分制度的保安性措施进行比较分析 ,旨在论证将保安处分制度引入我国大陆刑法的可行性。     

俄远东地区2001年工业运行浅析

工业是俄罗斯远东地区的主导经济部门。2001年远东工业仍未走出低谷,但有的工业部门生产已出现恢复性增长。按部门概述远东工业生产运行状况,指出存在的问题及成因,以探讨解决问题的途径。     

无线VoIP安全性研究

随着无线局域网的普及以及VoIP技术的不断发展,无线VoIP已成为一个热门的研究课题,其安全性问题尤其值得关注。本文将首先介绍无线VoIP的基本原理,然后分析威胁无线VoIP系统安全的因素,最后讨论初步的安全解决方案。     

文明论:东北亚研究的新视角

作为东北亚区域研究重要的理论架构,文明理论可以帮助我们打破传统的东亚文明“浑然一体论”的束缚,进一步理解东北亚区域文明的基础构造,把握东北亚区域文明结构体系内部“中心—边缘”间复杂的互动关系,处理好国别研究和区域文明整体研究之间的关系,在比较中加深我们对东北亚区域的理解。     

Community-managed rice banks: lessons from Laos

Rice banks are increasingly used in South-East Asia as a means of addressing seasonal food crises facing poor communities. Despite general agreement about the effectiveness of community-managed rice banks in improving food security, there has been almost no research into their effectiveness in reaching the poorest, or the prospects of sustainability linked to regular repayments of rice. Concern Laos sought to answer these questions through community mobilisation, forming rules and regulations to encourage the participation of the poorest, developing simple tools and procedures in line with existing community capacity, and building greater community capacity. Other challenges remain, such as changing the prevailing ‘relief’ mentality, ensuring women's participation, and establishing regular savings schemes, in order to enhance the effectiveness and sustainability of the rice banks.     

浅谈公安干部竞聘机制的完善

公安干部队伍建设是搞好公安工作的前提和保证。公安干部竞聘机制是公安人事制度改革的方向之一,但在实际运作中还存在不少问题。公安干部的竞聘必须遵循一定的原则,把握一些重要环节,正确处理好三对关系。     

制度创新:21世纪我国公安行政改革的主旋律

改革我国公安行政现有与时代不相适应的制度,进行有效的制度创新,给我国公安行政改革注入新的活力,是新世纪新阶段我国公安行政改革的必然趋势。本文在结合我国公安行政改革实践的基础上,分析了制定我国未来公安行政改革奋斗目标应体现的特点和要求,并具体分析了我国公安行政改革制度创新的奋斗目标。制度创新必将成为21世纪我国公安行政改革的主旋律。