Year XIII, no. 59 (1 / 2015)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

Vasile SIMILEANU – Saudi Arabia – a New Vision

ARGUMENT

Prince Saud AL FAISAL  – Facing Global Challenges in a Spirit of Determination

INTERVIU

Vasile SIMILEANU – Interview with His Excellency Bogdan AURESCU, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Vasile SIMILEANU – Interview of His Excellency Abdulrahman I. AL RASSI, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Mihai Bogdan MĂRGINEANU –  Interview with Brian MORAN

GEOPOLITICS

Vasile SIMILEANU – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Pivot or Regional Power Centre?

Geoffrey COOK –  The Kingdom of the Saudi Family

Abdullah ALOTAIBI –  Saudi Arabia on the Global Level: Responsibilities and Commitments

Anghel ANDREESCU, Nicolae RADU – Saudi Arabia, a New King, a New Beginning

Saleh Abdullah AL RAJHI – Saudi Foreign Policy: the Arab Dimension

Saud AL TAMAMY – Saudi Arabia’s Role in the Islamic World

Isam MAHGOUB – Saudi Arabia and Romania – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Scattered  Thoughts, Paradoxes and Realities of the Bilateral Relations

Răzvan MUNTEANU, Dragoş TÎRNOVEANU – The Bucharest – Riyadh Axis: Cooperation and  Development Towards a Stable Regional Environment

GEOSTRATEGY

Abdullah F. ANSARY – The Principal Steps Taken by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Combat  Terrorism, the Financing of Terrorism and Money Laundering

Raluca COŞEA – ”Foreign Fighters”

Romulus HÂLDAN – Naval Forces of Saudi Arabia on the Threshold of Decisive Modernization

CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION

Yusuf MURAT – Pilgrimage to Mecca

Glauco D’AGOSTINO – Architecture in Saudi Arabia: an Exciting Challenge amidst Traditional Islamic Features and Technological Development

Mircea Codruţ MARIN – Saudi Arabia – Dealing with Cultural Diversity Issues

Mihai Bogdan MĂRGINEANU – Romanians in Saudi Arabia

GEOECONOMY

Vasile NAZARE – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Geopolitics of Oil

Dan Marcel BĂRBUŢ – Oil Politics of Saudi Arabia

*** – The National Institute of Aerospace Research and Development ”Elie Carafoli”: INCAS Bucharest

Ionuţ PURICĂ – Saudi Arabia and Romania: Complements and Similarities

Severin CĂZĂNESCU, Dan Ion OPREA – The Long Term Environment-Production Puzzle’s Solution as Sustainable Bridge between Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and European Union

*** – AQUAPROIECT SA

Marius DINCĂ – Islamic Type of Banking and Finance in the Middle East

UNIVERSITAS

Monica MUŢU – ”Ion Conea” Geopolitical Association (AGIC)

Michael-Bogdan MĂRGINEANU – KAUST, a Beacon for Science and Technology in the Middle East and the World

*** – The European Romanian-Pan-Arabian Cultural Center