by Benjamin Weinthal The United States is tracking warlike announcements by Iran's regime that it deployed two military ships to Brazil that are also headed for the Panama Canal, where Tehran declared it will establish a military presence. A U.S. State Department spokesperson told Fox News … [Read more...]
Russia Against the Rest
At age 74, “obsolete” and “braindead,” NATO is proving its mettle again. Otherwise, Ukraine would be a goner by now. The West has taken up Kyiv’s cause because it is also its own. “We have no eternal allies and no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual,” Lord Palmerston laid … [Read more...]
Biggest fleet almost always wins: US Naval expert
By: Stephen Kuper Retired US Navy Captain Sam Tangredi has issued a concerning warning for the US Navy and its allied partners: “In naval warfare, a smaller fleet of superior quality ships is not a way to victory. The side with the most ships almost always wins.” Naval power has … [Read more...]
REMEMBERING THE DIVERSITY OF THE BLACK SEA REGION
Yevhen MAHDA* Russian aggression against Ukraine in 2014 and the Crimea occupation have dramatically changed the power balance in the region. The peninsula has been militarized and has become a serious threat not only for Ukraine (as a foothold for the further invasion) but for the whole Black … [Read more...]
ASPECTE IDEOLOGICE ALE INTERVENŢIEI RUSE ÎN UCRAINA
Ionuţ CONSTANTIN, PhD Abstract. The intervention of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, in February 2022, shocked the international community. Although predicted by state and non-state experts, the world believed that the current settlement of the international order would no longer allow such a … [Read more...]
RĂZBOIUL CARE PUNE CAPĂT RĂZBOIULUI RECE
Adrian FILIP* Abstract. This war will lead to the collapse of the Russian Federation and the isolation of what remains of it for many decades to come. A victorious march to take over Ukraine soon turned into a war of the Western world against a state that wants to bring the international order … [Read more...]
MAREA NEAGRĂ ÎN VORTEXUL GEOPOLITIC GLOBAL
Vasile SIMILEANU* Abstract. EU enlargement has led to major changes in the European space, imposing new geopolitical challenges on European, Asian and African actors. The gradual change of the EU's borders has provoked reactions from Russia and has created new security risks, but also new … [Read more...]
NATO STABILIZEAZĂ EUROPA DE EST
col. dr. Ion PETRESCU Evenimentul anului 2022, probabil şi al acestui deceniu, a fost reuniunea aliaţilor, la Madrid, unde şefii de stat şi de guvern au convenit asupra unei schimbări fun-damentale în descurajarea şi apărarea NATO, cu apărări avansate consolidate, grupuri de luptă îmbunătăţite în … [Read more...]
The Kremlin in May: between absurdity and powerlessness
Eugene Magda Director of the Institute of World Politics Recent resonant statements by Russian politicians are turning the aggressor country into a global source of absurdity. By and large, this completes the process of demythologizing "Great Russia," but in Moscow no one cares. Russia's … [Read more...]
Act, Maia
Evghen MAGDA The situation in Moldova reminds an equation with many unknowns, which many are trying to solve. We will try to join the process of studying the situation in Ukraine's neighboring country, the small size and certain geographical features of which can be misleading. Moldova is … [Read more...]