Special Issue: On Physics and National Security

Physics Today ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 53 (12) ◽  
pp. 25-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sidney D. Drell
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Special Issue

Introduction to the Special Issue on World Energy Geography and National Security

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (11) ◽  
pp. 2569
Author(s):  
Yu YANG ◽  
Cheng-liang LIU ◽  
Shou-jun CUI
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
World Energy

Representing qualitative social science in computational models to aid reasoning under uncertainty: National security examples

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul K Davis ◽  
Angela O’Mahony
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Computational Modeling ◽  
National Security ◽  
Computational Models ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Empirical Testing ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Reasoning Under Uncertainty ◽  
Social Science Knowledge ◽  
Qualitative Models

Representing causal social science knowledge in models is difficult: much of the best knowledge is qualitative and ambiguously conditional, unlike the knowledge in “physics models.” This paper describes a stream of RAND research that began with qualitative models providing a structured depiction of casual factors creating effects. That has subsequently been extended to an unusual kind of uncertainty sensitive computational modeling that enables exploratory reasoning and analysis. We illustrate the approach with applications to counterterrorism, detection of terrorists, and nuclear crises. We believe that the approach will complement other approaches that can reflect social science phenomena [see other papers in this special issue of JDMS] and that the approach has broad potential within and beyond the national security domain. We also believe that it has the potential to inform empirical work—encouraging a transition from the step-by-step empirical testing of simple discrete hypotheses to the testing and refinement of more comprehensive causal models.

scholarly journals Resisting autocratization: the protest–repression nexus in Hong Kong's Anti-ELAB Movement

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Hans H. Tung ◽  
Yuko Kasuya
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
The Political ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Core ◽  
Political Preferences ◽  
Introductory Essay ◽  
New Research

Abstract This introductory essay outlines the core themes of the special issue on the rise and fall of Hong Kong's Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement. In the essay, we highlight several theoretical and empirical contributions the featured papers make to our understanding of the protest–repression nexus from the onset of the movement to the imposition of the National Security Law. First, we describe the political and social contexts of the movement. Second, we present our empirical findings on Hong Kongers' political preferences. Finally, we highlight new research avenues arising from this special issue.

scholarly journals Introduction

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Ailise Bulfin ◽  
Harry Wood
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Cultural Production ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
First World War ◽  
Critical Survey ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
World War ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
The First World War ◽  
First World

The Introduction prefaces a double special issue of Critical Survey examining the work of controversial popular author, journalist and amateur spy William Le Queux from 1880 to 1920. Known as the ‘master of mystery’, Le Queux was prominent in transmitting exaggerated fears about British national security before, during and after the First World War. The Introduction provides a historical and literary framework for the special issue and outlines its central premises: that cultural production in Le Queux’s era was intimately connected with contemporary socio-political forces; that this relationship was well understood by authors such as Le Queux, and often exploited for propagandist purposes; and that the resulting literary efforts were sometimes successful in influencing public opinion. The Introduction also outlines the overall finding that Le Queux’s work tended to distort his subject matter, misinform his readership, and blur the lines between fact and fiction in pursuit of his defencist agenda.

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