KIM Hyun-wook I. DENUCLEARIZATION PROCESS BETWEEN THE US AND NORTH KOREA1 The first-ever summit between leaders of the US and North Korea held significance in that it was a turning point toward the dismantling of the last remaining Cold War structure. At the summit, Chairman Kim reaffirmed his … [Read more...]
HYBRID WAR
Volodymyr NAKONECHNYI A hybrid war is an instrument of aggression that is used against a victim by various methods, the main of which are: military, political, economic and informational. The purpose is to destabilize the state with the further destruction of its sovereignty, annexation of the … [Read more...]
AGRESIUNI CIBERNETICE ALE CHINEI ÎMPOTRIVA STATELOR UNITE ALE AMERICII
Cosmin Florin BIRTA Abstract. Cyber security is, in principle, the protection of computerized networks and the information stored inside them, against penetration, malicious attacks or disruptions caused by so-called ”cybercriminals”. Since the use of computerized networks has become a major … [Read more...]
THE WORLD IS IN THE MIDST OF A ”NEW OLD” COLD WAR. HERE’S HOW
Wajahat QAZI The cliché that ”there are no permanent friends or enemies in international politics” holds a searing resonance and echo in the contemporary times. Even though not very significant, from the ”grand chessboard” view and perspective of politics, the impermanence of friends and enemies … [Read more...]
INTERESUL STRATEGIC AL FEDERAŢIEI RUSE ÎN ORIENTUL MIJLOCIU – PARTE A UNEI STRATEGII DE TIP „MASKIROVKA”
Marian ŞTEFAN Alexandru PINTILI Abstract. To show interest in an area that appears to be under the influence and interests of others, the Russian Federation had to delimit the old paradigms and build viable strategies, not necessarily new, in order to achieve the surprise. At first glance of … [Read more...]
IAR – 99 SuperȘoim
IAR-99 SuperŞoim - WINGS FOR THE FUTURE Daniel BUTNARIU As a leading entity representing the extensive Romanian tradition in the aero-nautical engineering, and, in pragmatic terms, as the recognized design authority for the IAR-99 program, the National Institute for Aerospace Research ”Elie … [Read more...]
FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR BASTORA BASIN FROM GAMASPAN TO GREATER ZAB
FEASIBILITY STUDY AND DESIGN FOR GUNJREN DAM Sulaymania Governorate, Mawat Dist., Kurdistan, Iraq Gunjren Dam site studied is in North East of Iraq, in Southern part of Kurdistan Region - Sulaymania Governorate. Access to the area is made of road between Sulaymania and Mawat. The site studied is … [Read more...]
ANALYSIS OF NORTH KOREA’S STEEP ECONOMIC DOWNTURN IN 2017 AND FORECAST1
LIM Soo-ho NORTH KOREAN ECONOMY RECORDS THE LOWEST GROWTH RATE IN TWO DECADES On July 21st, the Bank of Korea (BOK) released ”GDP Estimates for North Korea in 2017”. According to the BOK, North Korea’s real annual gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 3.5% in 2017, the lowest growth rate in two … [Read more...]
POLITICUL TREBUIE SĂ IA ATITUDINE FAŢĂ DE INVESTIŢIILE FONDURILOR SUVERANE
Uwe KONST De câţiva ani devine proeminent în afacerile globale cu participaţiuni şi investiţii un nou grup de actori: fondurile suverane, mai cunoscute în denumirea engleză „Sovereign Wealth Funds”. Aceste fonduri gestionează capitalul în numele unui stat sau al unei autori-tăţi locale şi îl … [Read more...]
”GEOINTELLIGENCE: FROM INFORMATION TO FAKE NEWS” – ”GeoPolitica” International Summer School – – Bucharest, July 9-12 2018 –
Mysterious, hidden in the depths of the Carpathian lush vegetation, a powerful stone castle, inside a pale figure dressed in a long black cape with a red lining - this kind of Romania imagines the majority of tourists in Europe thanks to pop-culture vampire fashion. A colorful land strewn with corn … [Read more...]