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
