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THE SAUDI RISING POWER – from Regional to International –

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 … [Read more...]

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academician Dan BERINDEI
academician Constantin BĂLĂCEANU-STOLNICI
academician Dan BĂLTEANU

ACADEMIA OAMENILOR DE ŞTIINŢĂ

Anghel ANDREESCU
Teodor FRUNZETI
Tasin GEMIL
Ionuţ PURICĂ
Gheorghe VĂDUVA
Constantin VLAD

INTERNATIONAL BOARD

Abdulrahman AL RASSI – Ministerul de Externe al Regatului Arabiei Saudite în Rusia
Alam ANWAR – Centre for West Asian Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
Zeljko BJELJAC – Geographical Institute ”Jovan Cvijic”, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Alex BERCA – analist economic, SUA
Christian BOLÍVAR – Chilean Army War College, Santiago, Chile
Maurizio BONI – Headquarters NATO Rapid Deployable Corps, Italy
Michele BRUNELLI – Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Italy
Come CARPENTIER DE GOURDON – World Affairs Journal, New Delhi, India
Michel CHOSSUDOVSKY – Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), Montreal, Qc. Canada
Dimitrios DALAKLIS – World Maritime University, Malmö, Sweden
Nicholas DIMA – Selous Foundation for Public Policy Research, USA
Sevdalina DIMITROVA – National Military University ”Vasil Levski”, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Serhiy DZHERDZH – NATO – Ukraine Civic League, Ukraine
Viacheslav DZIUNDZIUK – National Academy of Public Administration, Ukraine
Joseph E. FALLON – New York, USA
Tiberio GRAZZIANI – L’Istituto di Alti Studi in Geopolitica e Scienze Ausiliarie (IsAG), Roma, Italia
Pawel GOTOWIECKI – The College of Business and Entrepreneurship, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland
Jaroslaw GRYZ – National Defense University and University of Finance and Management in Warsaw, Poland
Mara S. GUBAIDULLINA – Al-Farabi Khazach National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Serhii HAKMAN – Bukovinian Center for Political Studies, Ukraine
George (Sam) HAMONTREE III – Florida, USA
Radu HERVIAN – Drake Institute for Social Studies, Philadelphia, USA
Leonard HOCHBERG – Mackinder Forum, USA
Karolina ILIESKA – University St. Kliument Ohridski-Bitila, Faculty of Economics, Prilep, R. Macedonia
Slobodan JANKOVIC – Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade, Serbia
David A. JONES – University of Warsaw, Poland
Thede KAHL – Institute for Romance Languages, Wien, Austria
Dincho KARAMUNCHEV – Geopolitics Consulting LTD, Bulgaria
Vladimir KARYAKIN – Russia`s Institute for Strategic Studies, Russia
Swapnil KISHORE – IDC Herzliya – International School, Israel
Yana KOROBKO – International Advisory Council of the Institute of Peace and Development, Canada
Tamara KOVAČEVIČ – University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Anatoliy KRUGLASHOV – Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine
Matthew KWASIBORSKI – American Institute on Political and Economic Systems, USA
Dorin LOZOVANU – EGEA, Rep. Moldova
Sohail MAHMOOD – Preston University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Armando MARQUES-GUEDES – Direcção-Geral da Política do Mar, Lisbon, Portugal
Satoshi MORISHIMA – Middle East Cultural Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Isa MULAJ – Institute for Economic Policy Research and Analyses, Pristina, Kosovo
Elman NASIROV – Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
John O`LOUGHLIN – University of Colorado, USA
Amanda PAUL – European Policy Centre (EPC), Brussels, Belgium
Charles PENNAFORTE – Universidade Paulista, São Paulo, Brasil
Donila PIPA – Faculty of Law, ”Vitrina” University, Tirana, Albania
Daniel PIPES – Middle East Forum, USA
Benjamin POGHOSYAN – Institute for National Strategic Studies – MOD, Armenia
Walter POSCH – Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin, Deutschland
Gaetano Mauro POTENZA – ”Geopolitical Review”, The Alpha Institute of Geopolitics and Intelligence, Italy
Maria PTASHKINA – National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Russian APEC Study Center, Moscow, Russia
Hans H. REISER – Regionalgeograph Donauländer, Deutschland
Charles SAINT-PROT – L’Observatoire d’études géopolitiques à Paris, France
Mohammed Saeed AL-SHAKARCHI – Ambasador Extraordinar şi Plenipotenţiar al Republicii Irak la Nairobi, Kenya
Steven Alan SAMSON – Helms School of Government Liberty University, Lynchburg, USA
José J. SANMARTÍN – Universidad de Alicante, España
Daniele SCALEA – Università degli Studi ”La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
Musa SHTEIWI – Jordanian Center for Strategic Studies, Amman, Jordan
Gregory SIMONS – Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Uppsala, Sweden
Vitalie SOCHIRCĂ – Universitatea de Stat din Chişinău, R. Moldova
Vladimir TESIC – Research Center for Western Balkan Security Issues, Serbia
Mohamad TROUDI – L’Institut International d’Etudes Stratégiques (IIES), Paris, France
Nuray TURKER – Karabuk University, Turkey
Tynchtykbek TCHOROEV (CHOROTEGIN) – Kyrgyz National University ”Jusup Balasagyn”, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Andrei VOLOSHIN – Institutul de Economie Mondială, Lyov, Ucraina
Daniel WAGNER – Country Risk Solutions, Connecticut, USA
Immanuel WALLERSTEIN – Dept. of Sociology Yale University, New Haven, USA
Suolao WANG – Center for International & Strategic Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China
Jan WENDT – Institute of Geography, Gdańsk University, Poland
Shams uz ZAMAN – National Defence University Islamabad, Pakistan

NATIONAL BOARD

Constantin ANECHITOAE – Universitatea „Ovidius”, Constanţa
Cristian BARNA – Academia Naţională de Informaţii, Bucureşti
Dumitru BORŢUN – SNSPA, Bucureşti
Cristian BRAGHINĂ – Universitatea din Bucureşti
Anna-Eva BUDURA – Universitatea „Ovidius”, Constanţa
Irena CHIRU – Academia Naţională de Informaţii, Bucureşti
Dumitru CODIŢĂ – Asociaţia de Drept Internaţional Umanitar
Laura COMĂNESCU – Universitatea din Bucureşti
Olivia COMŞA – Centrul de Inginerie şi Tehnologie Obiective Nucleare
Dan DUNGACIU – Institutul de Relaţii Internaţionale al Academiei Române
Călin FELEZEU – Universitatea „Babeş-Bolyai”, Cluj-Napoca
Cornel GRIGORUŢ – Universitatea „Ovidius”, Constanţa
Constantin HLIHOR – Universitatea Creştină „Dimitrie Cantemir”, Bucureşti
Ioan IANOŞ – Universitatea din Bucureşti
Alexandru ILIEŞ – Universitatea din Oradea
Aliodor MANOLEA – Universitatea Hyperion, Bucureşti
Dumitru MIRON – Academia de Studii Economice, Bucureşti
Vasile NAZARE – Asociaţia de Geopolitică „Ion Conea”
Florin PINTESCU – Universitatea „Ştefan cel Mare”, Suceava
Nicolae POPA – Universitatea de Vest, Timişoara
Ştefan PURICI – Universitatea „Ştefan cel Mare”, Suceava
Nicolae RADU – Academia de Poliţie „Al. I. Cuza”, Bucureşti
Dănuţ-Radu SĂGEATĂ – Institutul de Geografie al Academiei Române
Vasile SIMILEANU – Academia de Studii Economice, Bucureşti
Laura SITARU – Universitatea din Bucureşti
Cristian TĂLÂNGĂ – Universitatea din Bucureşti
Cristian TRONCOTĂ – Universitatea „Lucian Blaga”, Sibiu
Răzvan ZAHARIA – Academia de Studii Economice, Bucureşti

REFERENŢI ŞTIINŢIFICI

Constantin ANECHITOAE – Universitatea „Ovidius”, Constanţa
Maricel ANTIPA – Universitatea Naţională de Apărare „Carol I”, Bucureşti
Cristian BARNA – Academia Naţională de Informaţii, Bucureşti
Adrian FILIP – Universitatea „Andrei Şaguna”, Constanţa
Constantin HLIHOR – Universitatea Creştină „Dimitrie Cantemir”, Bucureşti
Aliodor MANOLEA – Universitatea Hyperion, Bucureşti
Silviu NATE – Universitatea „Lucian Blaga”, Sibiu
Nicolae RADU -Academia de Poliţie „Al. I. Cuza”, Bucureşti
Radu SĂGEATĂ – Institutul de Geografie al Academiei Române
Vasile SIMILEANU – Academia de Studii Economice, Bucureşti

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DIRECTOR FONDATOR: Vasile SIMILEANU
Senior Editor: Vasile SIMILEANU
Redactor Şef: Cristina GEORGESCU (SIMILEANU)
Secretar Știinţific: Aliodor MANOLEA
Secretar de redacţie: Monica MUŢU
Website: Andrei ŢURCAN
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Redactori: Alexandru DINU
Irina IONIŢĂ
Cosmin PĂCURARU
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