Ambasador dr. Ion POROJAN De mai bine de patru-cinci secole, buna vecinătate, ca principiu de drept, se aplică în raporturile juridice internaţionale. Fără a intra în detalii, voi cita pe fostul nostru coleg, dr. Pop Iftene, care preciza că: „din punct de vedere strict juridic, conceptul de bună … [Read more...]
PAST AND POTENTIAL FUTURES IN THE BLACK SEA AREA
Ionuţ PURICĂ, PhD* The Black Sea region has been a crossroads for the Silk Road and for the Road from the Varangians to the Greeks. It is still keeping its importance. Control of the Bosphorus and Dardanele Straights was a constant historical struggle between the powers of the … [Read more...]
The massacre of Armenians during World War I in the politics of memory of Armenia and Turkey
PhD Przemysław Furgacz , PhD Przemysław Łukasik Department of National Security of the College of Business and Enterpreneurship in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. Armenian perspective: "Recognition of genocide by Turkey is for us a political and moral issue. The moral issue lies in giving … [Read more...]
Arabia Saudită şi România – ieri, azi şi mâine – gânduri răzleţe, paradoxuri si realităţi ale relaţiilor bilaterale –
Dr. Isam MAHGOUB În 1999 am însoţit, ca translator, prima delegaţie parlamentară saudită care a vizitat România, condusă de Sheikh Muhammad Ibrahim Al Jubeiri, preşedintele de atunci al Consiliului Shura. Odată, aşa cum mi-a cerut, i-am vorbit despre relaţiile româno-arabe, abordând şi problema … [Read more...]
CAUCAZUL – STRUCTURA POLITICĂ ŞI ETNICO-CONFESIONALĂ –
Dr. Radu SĂGEATĂ Le Caucase. Structure ethnique, politique et religieuse. „Cet enchevêtrement s'est créé tot au long de l'Histoire, car le Caucase a servi aussi bien de lieu de passage que de lieu de refuge. Lieu de passage nord-sud, par les portes de Fer qui contrôlent à la hauteur de Dervent la … [Read more...]
TRANSCAUCASIA: THE GORDIAN KNOT IN THE WIDER BLACK SEA REGION
TRANSCAUCASIA: THE GORDIAN KNOT IN THE WIDER BLACK SEA REGION1 Eng. Marius ROŞU, PhD Abstract. After the end of the Cold War and the evanescence of the Soviet Union, there appeared in Transcaucasia three distinct geopolitical entities: Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno-Karabakh. Following armed … [Read more...]
GEORGIA NEEDS AN EUROPEAN STRATEGY FOR THE BLACK SEA
GEORGIA NEEDS AN EUROPEAN STRATEGY FOR THE BLACK SEA1 Ambassador Tedo JAPARIDZE The Black Sea in general and Georgia, in particular, is at the epicenter of two coextensive geopolitical shifts, military and economic. As a nation, we face the challenge of adjusting to an increasingly fluid … [Read more...]
STRATEGIA RUSIEI PRIVIND REVENIREA ÎN JOCUL GEOPOLITIC AL PUTERILOR GLOBALE
Dr. Vasile NAZARE* Abstract. Russia's ambition to regain its former superpower position can easily be noticed in the context of certain major political and military events which define and influence both Russia's internal political life and the future of its regional and international … [Read more...]
GRAND STRATEGY AND TACTICS: U.S. POLICY TOWARD IRAN AND AZERBAIJAN
Joseph E. FALLON The reality of ”international relations” remains as Thucydides first described them in his History of The Peloponnesian War - ”right…is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.”1 To counter the threat posed … [Read more...]
THE CAUCASUS REGION, THE KEY OF THE GEOPOLITICAL EVOLUTIONS IN THE NEAR EAST
Florian OLTEANU, PhD Abstract. The Region of Caucasus represents a portion of territory between Caspian and Black Sea, where are located Caucasus Mountains, with the highest point on Elbrus (5,642 m) where according to the legend, the titan Prometheus was enchained at the order of Zeus, after he … [Read more...]