Tomasz GAJEWSKI, PhD Summary. The aim of this short and rudimentary analysis is to describe current geopolitical positions of the main politico-religious groups of Lebanon, the links between internal situation in this country and the dynamics of external conflicts, located in the volatile Middle … [Read more...]
Archives for 2016
M.k. Gandhi and the Birth of Israel
M.k. Gandhi and the Birth of Israel[1] Geoffrey COOK* ”Ierusalem, Ierusalem, convertere ad Dominum Deum tuum” The Lamentations of Jeremias[2] Most of your author’s Pakistani friends have no great respect for the ”great soul,” because they are of the opinion that his great political … [Read more...]
Libia: între ascensiunea Daesh şi diviziune politică. Posibile evoluţii şi scenarii de viitor
Răzvan MUNTEANU Abstract. The Arab Spring did not bring with it the long awaited prosperity in the Libyan state, which, despite its rich hydrocarbon reserves, has plunged into a political and ethnic crisis, being divided between two parallel regimes that both claim the right to rule the country. … [Read more...]
Implicaţii potenţiale ale crizei ucrainene asupra mediului de securitate subsaharian
Dr. Alba Iulia Catrinel POPESCU Motto: „Gazul este o comoditate, dar este o comoditate specială (...) Devii un pic morocănos dacă nu ai o ceaşcă de cafea (dimineaţa) dar supravieţuieşti. Gazul este cu totul altceva” Assis Malaquias1 Abstract. Stung by the West’s economic sanctions as a result of … [Read more...]
Tabla de şah a războiului civil din Siria. Între rivalităţi geopolitice şi diplomaţie publică
Ecaterina HLIHOR prof. univ. dr. Constantin HLIHOR Actuala confruntare din societatea siriană nu poate fi explicată doar prin înţelegerea rădăcinilor istorice şi analiza relaţiilor dintre statele Orientului Mijlociu, dominate de suspiciune, animozităţi şi tensiuni sau a tendinţelor unor actori … [Read more...]
Consecinţele terorismului şi organizarea contraofensivei împotriva Daash (ISIS)
Mohammed Nasseraldin Yassin AL-NASSERY Grupările teroriste, de stradă, denumite DAASH - AGIL, care utilizează sistemele de tip HIT-AND-RUN, cu arme de calibru mic şi mediu, determină, pentru forţele guvernului irakian, o prognoză greoaie a evoluţiei conflictului, a obiectivelor şi rezultatelor … [Read more...]
Iraq’s Coming Apocalypse
Daniel PIPES No, it's not ISIS or rampaging Shi'i militias. It's the Mosul Dam, Iraq's largest, and its possible collapse, perhaps leading to millions of deaths. Those in the know worry catastrophe could strike this spring, as snows melt and build an uncontrollable water pressure. Hastily built … [Read more...]
Briefing on National Security Strategy of Iraq
Hamza SHAREEF Abstract. Iraq faces a number of challenges: how to defeat the ISIS Army of Occupation without destroying the social fabric of Iraq; how to prevent polarization that already exists from being externally influenced into further internal conflict; how to diversify the economy; how to … [Read more...]
The Kurdish Problem: One Complication among Most Complicated Problems
Robert Radu, PhD Seldom in the history of the world, a people no matter how diverse and no matter how numerous has been able to simultaneously play the role of the ”good guy” along with the role of the ”bad guy”. To complicate the matter and make it even more difficult, neither has a country, is … [Read more...]
MUNTENEGRU: „ISTORIE, SECURITATE ŞI DEMOCRAŢIE” ÎN BALCANII DE VEST – GeoPolitica Club România – aprilie 2016 –
Dr. Alexandra BOGDANOVICI În cadrul Conferinţei „Muntenegru: Istorie, securitate şi democraţie în Balcanii de Vest”, care a avut loc în data de 09 aprilie 2016, la Stone Club, din Bucureşti, subiectul de dezbatere a fost Muntenegru. Lectorii invitaţi au fost ES dl. Ambasador Milan Begovic, … [Read more...]