简介:China’spoliticalsecurityhaspassedseveretestsaftertheendoftheColdWar.IthaswithstoodWesternpoliticalpressureandovercomepoliticaldifficultiesafter1989.FacedwiththecommonthreatoftheformerSovietUnion,theWesterncountriesusedtosupportChina’seconomicdevelopmentandpoliticalstabilityintheclosingyears
简介:SincetheendoftheColdWar,economicsecurityhasbecomethemajorpartofChina’ssecurity.DuringtheColdWar,China’ssecurityusedtofocusonmilitarystrategy,i.e.,howtoavoidanewworldwarandforeignmilitaryinvasion.TakingalessonfromtheSovietdisintegration,Chinesepoliticalleadershavedeepenedtheirconvictionthatnationalsecuritydependsmoreuponoverallnationalstrength
简介:Theon-goinginformationrevolutionhasspurreddrastictransformationsinthemilitaryfield,exertingfar-reachingimpactontheworldpeaceandsecurity.Thiscanbeseeninstrategicorpoliticaltermsaswellasintheformofwarandmilitarytheory.Morespecifically,theimpactwillbefeltinthefollowingsevenarenas.
简介:TheEuropeanSecurityandDefencePolicy(ESDP)comprisesanimportantpartoftheEU'sCommonForeignandSecurityPolicy(CFSP).TheaimofESDPistostrengthentheEU'sexternalabilitytoactthroughthedevelopmentofcivilianandmilitarycapabilitiesforinternationalconflictpreventionandcrisismanagement.InDecember2003,theEUadopteditsfirstEuropeanSecurityStrategy(ESS).Eversincethen,theimplementationoftheESShasbeenregardedasoneofthebiggestchallengesfortheEUinCFSP/ESDPmatters.Althoughmuchprogresshasbeenmadeinitsindependentsecurityanddefence-buildingprocess,EUstillfacesseriousproblemsanddifficultiesinthispolicyarea.Thispapertriestoexaminetheserecentdevelopments,assesstheirimpactsinregional-globalsecurity,andanalyzeexistingproblemsandfuturetrends.Finally,theauthoralsoexaminesEU-Chinaengagementsinrecentyearsandexplorespossibilitiesfortheirfuturecooperationintheareaofinternationalsecurity.
简介:SeminaronSocialSecurityByQianFangliangBetweenDec.13and14,1994,theChineseAssociationforInternationalUnderstandingandtheInstitu...
简介:China’smilitarysecurityisnowinthebestshapeafterthefoundingofthePeople’sRepublicofChina(PRC)in1949.Foralongtimeafteritsfounding,Chinasufferedmilitarythreatsfromthetwosuperpowersatdifferentperiodsandhadmilitaryconflictswiththematdifferentplaces.DirectforeignmilitarythreatsdidnotdisappearuntiltheendoftheColdWar.Thedisappearanceofsuchmilitarythreatsisduetothe
简介:Anintelligentsecuritysystemsengineeringapproachisusedtoanalyzefireandexplosivecriticalincidents,agrowingconcerninurbancommunities.Afeed-forwardback-propagationneuralnetworkmodelsthedamagesarisingfromthesecriticalincidents.Theoverallgoalistopromotefiresafetyandsustainablesecurity.Theintelligentsecuritysystemsengineeringpredictionmodelusesafullyconnectedmultilayerneuralnetworkandconsidersanumberoffactorsrelatedtothefireorexplosiveincidentincludingthetypeofpropertyaffected,thetimeofday,andtheignitionsource.ThenetworkwastrainedonalargenumberofcriticalincidentrecordsreportedinToronto,Canadabetween2000and2006.Ourintelligentsecuritysystemsengineeringapproachcanhelpemergencyrespondersbyimprovingcriticalincidentanalysis,sustainablesecurity,andfireriskmanagement.
简介:InthewakeoftheSeptember11,2001terroristattacks,thereisagrowingsenseofinsecurityfeltbymanycitizensaroundtheworld.Sustainablesecurity,withrootsinthesustainabledevelopmentandhumansecurityliterature,seekspositivetransformationsfortheco-evolvingandmutuallydependenthuman-environmentalconditionbyintegrating(andsubsuming)national,human,environmental,andenergysecurityconcernsandcapitalizingonopportunitiesprovidedbyhumancreativity,diplomaticopenings,modernizationandenvironmentalchange.ThefieldofSustainableSecuritySystemsEngineeringisproposedforprotecting,restoring,designing,andimplementingasetofintegratednaturalandman-madeprocessesthatequitablyandresponsiblymeetthebiophysicalneedsofhumancommunities,whilemaintaininglong-termsecurity,respectingfinancialconstraints,meetingecologicallimits,andimprovinginstitutionalarrangementsfortransparentandeffectivegovernance.Scenarioplanningisshowntohelppromotesustainablesecuritybyidentifyingthepreconditionsofinstabilityandhelpingtoproactivelyaddresstheminanincreasinglycomplexanduncertainworld.Thesixpaperspublishedinthisfeaturedcollectioncrosspolicydomains,geographic,political,andsectoralboundariesandwerediscussedatforumssponsoredbytheSystemsEngineeringandGlobalPolicygroup.Collectively,theydemonstratethequality,breadthanddepthofsystemsengineeringmethodologiesthatareusedtopromotesustainablesecurity.
简介:TremendouschangesvisiteduponthesecurityenvironmentinAsiaPacificinthewakeoftheendofthecoldwar.Suchchangeshaveofferedtherationaleforadjustmentsinthesecuritystrategiesofallnationsintheregion.Andtheseadjust-mentshave,intheirturn,broughtaboutfurtherchangesintheregionalsecurityenvironment.ProceedingfromananalysisofthesecuritystrategiesofmajorAsia-PacificnationsandAsean,thispaperaddressesthesecuritytrendsinAsiaPacificsincebeginningofthesecondhalfofthe1990s.
简介:Thearticlediscussestherelationshipbetweenepidemicsandinternationalsecurity.Itanalyzeshowhumaneconomicbehaviorshavebrokentheequilibriumofco-evolution,andexaminesthepossibledangerousimpactsofthisuponhumansociety.Finally,mechanismsofcooperationagainstpandemicsatthegovernmentalandgrassrootslevelarelisted.Theauthorsarguethatonlybyrevisingourconceptionofdevelopmentandestablishinganintegratedunderstandingofglobalprogresscanweachieveinternationalcooperationagainstepidemics.