On 16 February 2022, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that NATO Defence Ministers “met to address Russia’s continued military build-up in and around Ukraine,” on the first day of NATO Defence Ministers’ meetings in … [Read more...]

CAPT David L O “Bulldog” Hayward (Retd) Defense Analyst, Management Consultant and Author Founder: China Research Team Australia (2003) Our world waits in dire trepidation. Will a worst case scenario eventuate any time soon? Will mankind survive potential Armageddon? [ i.e. In the New Testament, … [Read more...]

Newly commissioned upgraded F-16V fighter jets are seen at Air Force base in Chiayi in southwestern Taiwan Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. Taiwan has deployed the most advanced version of the F-16 fighter jet in its Air Force, as the island steps up its defense capabilities in the face of continuing … [Read more...]

Joseph E. FALLON Geopolitics has been defined as “The struggle over the control of geographical entities with an international and global dimension, and the use of such geographical entities for political advantage.”1 But Geopolitics can best be understood as the application of Sir Isaac Newton’s … [Read more...]

Eduard PRYS, PhD UKRAINE AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION AND UKRAINE’S MOVEMENT TOWARDS EU AND NATO In 1991, Ukraine, as many other countries of former socialist camp, declared independence and the will to join Euro-Atlantic course of foreign policy. As it is known the processes of … [Read more...]

dr. Octavian SERGENTU Abstract. Critical infrastructure research is becoming a priority in most states and primarily in the United States, where the level of information technology development and opportunities for contemporary imitation modeling complexes are steadily increasing. Among the … [Read more...]

Valentin M. IONESCU Abstract. This article briefly examines the extent to which the institutional framework for critical infrastructure that the Romanian Government built 10 years ago is appropriate to current risks and whether it is the right time to rethink it based on Business Continuity … [Read more...]

Brett SCHAEFER America has had an evolving relationship with the United Nations and the related organizations that have mushroomed up around it in the decades since World War II. After the war, the U.S. found itself as the preeminent military and economic power and decided to support the creation … [Read more...]

Mashhour Khalaf Abdallah AL-RABIE Abstract. The Department of Political and Peace-building Affairs (DPPA) has an important role in the United Nations actions to prevent deadly conflicts and in order to build sustainable peace. Together with its Department of Peace Operations, they help put into … [Read more...]

Comanda acum! - editura Top Form Bucureşti, 2021 - Zona gri este un concept relativ nou şi încă insuficient explorat. Complexitatea interdependenţelor, frecvenţa schimbărilor prin inovaţie şi gradul de incertitudine fac practic imposibilă o abordare holistică a problematicii reprezentată de starea … [Read more...]