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Security Environment (security + environment)

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Humanities and Social Sciences	33%

Selected Abstracts

The Challenge for Naval Engineering in the New Security Environment

NAVAL ENGINEERS JOURNAL, Issue 1 2003
Article first published online: 29 OCT 200
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

Mobile Targets from Under the Sea: New Missions in a New Security Environment

NAVAL ENGINEERS JOURNAL, Issue 2 2000
ADM F. L. Bowman USNxd
First page of article [source]

The tension between data confidentiality and national security in higher education

NEW DIRECTIONS FOR INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH, Issue 146 2010
Cathe LesterArticle first published online: 20 JUL 2010
This chapter briefly reviews the history of statistical confidentiality in the U.S. Census Bureau, the tension between statistical confidentiality and the need for information in the current national security environment, and the importance of institutional researchers' awareness and active participation in the debate surrounding confidentiality. [source]

The Struggle between Security and Democracy: An Alternative Explanation of the Democratization of South Korea

PACIFIC FOCUS, Issue 1 2010
Dongsoo Kim
South Korea experienced democratic reform relatively recently. Before its significant democratic reform in 1987, South Korea had been dominated by a series of authoritarian regimes over a few decades since its liberation from Japanese colonial rule. This study aims to uncover a set of variables that helped the democratic development of South Korea. For that purpose, I will demonstrate that prior to democratization the politics of South Korea were characterized by the struggle between democracy and security, and that the authoritarian leaders were successful in utilizing the unstable international security environment to strengthen their power during those years. I will also show that the favorably changing security environment played a significant role in the process of democratic transition. In so doing, I will argue that consideration of the external security environment is essential in the discussion of democratization. [source]

South Korea's Missile Defense Policy: Dilemma and Opportunity for a Medium State

ASIAN POLITICS AND POLICY, Issue 3 2009
Tae-Hyung Kim
Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) delivery systems has made missile defense a key security challenge, but missile defense systems are highly controversial. I closely examine the development of the missile defense system in South Korea. South Korea has steadfastly remained outside the theater missile defense (TMD) structure, but it cooperates on missile defense, in a limited way, with its U.S. ally. South Korea's refusal to participate in TMD even as it quietly acquires air defense systems can be explained by political and diplomatic considerations regarding its neighbors (especially China), military and economic considerations about missile defense, and strategic considerations for the United States-South Korea alliance. The TMD situation demonstrates South Korea's dilemma and opportunity as a medium power in a particularly harsh security environment. South Korea is walking a fine line to diversify security relations, to maintain the alliance structure with the United States (albeit in a changed form), and to build a self-reliant military capability. [source]

Planning without guidance: Canadian defence policy and planning, 1993,2004

CANADIAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION/ADMINISTRATION PUBLIQUE DU CANADA, Issue 3 2010
Robert Michael Hartfiel
The Forces' operational tempo increased significantly even as the defence budget was cut by a quarter. Defence issues were perceived to have very little profile in Ottawa, and military officers felt their concerns were not being heard. Despite rapid changes in the global security environment, dramatic budget cuts, and frequent deployments, the government failed to update its policy guidance to reflect these new challenges. However, the Canadian Forces gradually learned to survive in the absence of political guidance. Defence planners initiated a number of reforms aimed at anticipating future missions, preserving combat capabilities, and winning more resources. Drawing on a series of interviews with senior military officers and civilian officials at the Department of National Defence and a reading of the relevant literature on Canadian defence policy and strategic planning, the author examines the process of adaptation, focusing particular attention on the adoption of capabilities-based planning for resource allocation and mitigating risk. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications of these developments for civil,military relations in Canada and presents a case for institutional reform. Sommaire : La décennie qui s'est déroulée entre la publication du Livre blanc sur la défense de 1994 du Canada et son Énoncé de politique internationale de 2005 a été une période de crise au sein des Forces canadiennes. Leur rythme opérationnel s'est accru considérablement alors même que le budget de la Défense était réduit d'un quart. Les questions relatives à la Défense étaient considérées comme ayant peu d'importance à Ottawa, et les dirigeants militaires avaient l'impression qu'on n'écoutait pas leurs préoccupations. Outre les changements rapides intervenus au niveau de la sécurité internationale, les réductions budgétaires drastiques et les redéploiements fréquents, le gouvernement a omis de mettre à jour ses lignes directrices politiques pour refléter ces nouveaux défis. Cependant, les Forces canadiennes ont appris progressivement à survivre en l'absence de lignes directrices politiques. Les planificateurs de la Défense ont lancé un certain nombre de réformes visant à prévoir les missions futures, à préserver les capacités de combat et à obtenir plus de ressources. En s'appuyant sur une série d'entrevues avec de hauts dirigeants militaires, des dirigeants civils du ministère de la Défense nationale et sur une lecture de documents pertinents concernant la politique de défense et la planification stratégique canadienne, l'auteur étudie le processus d'adaptation, en portant une attention particulière à l'adoption de la planification fondée sur les capacités d'affectation des ressources et de la réduction des risques. L'article se termine par une discussion sur les implications de ces faits nouveaux concernant les relations civilo-militaires au Canada et présente un cas pour le bien-fondé d'une réforme institutionnelle. [source]