Abdullah ALOTAIBI When people ask about Saudi Arabia, the first thing they cite is oil. This exclusive equation of Saudi Arabia and oil is mistaken. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a major Middle East Power that plays a significant role on the international arena, a role that does not emanate solely … [Read more...]
The Kingdom of The Saudi Family
Geoffrey COOK The constant with Saudi Arabia is that it is an economic giant, but because of its demographics, although their military forces are well-equipped and professional, they are too diminutive in manpower in comparison to the Kingdom’s worldwide economic importance to protect the country … [Read more...]
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Pivot or Regional Power Centre?
Abstract: In the present context it is spoken increasingly about the complicated situation in the Middle East. In this regard, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia plays a significant role in the geopolitical and geostrategical plan. From this point of view, we present the challenges that exist in the … [Read more...]
Geopolitica noului Orient Mijlociu după Primăvara Arabă
Marian Vasile NAZARE Riots within the Arab world have started in Tunisia on the 17th of December 2010, spreading fast to other Muslim countries: Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Sudan, Djibouti, Jordan, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Iraq, Somalia, Bahrain and … [Read more...]
The Myths of Novorossiya: Kremlin reinvents Ukrainian History to Justify Invasion
Serhiy DZHERDZH The disparity between Russian claims and historical reality is one of the key reasons why the Kremlin’s attempts to spark popular uprisings in eastern Ukraine have proved so relatively fruitless. While Putin’s spring 2014 Novorossiya speech envisaged territorial gains encompassing … [Read more...]
Un nou dinozaur strategic? Efecte geopolitice ale posibilei transformări a Organizaţiei de Cooperare de la Shanghai într-o organizaţie de securitate
Gheorghe VĂDUVA Conçue comme une organisation de coopération notamment économique et sécuritaire, Organisation de Coopération de Shanghai tende devenir un noyau asiatique de sécurité et défense pour le monde asiatique, géré par la Chine et la Russie, si non à l’opposition avec l’OTAN, alors d’une … [Read more...]
Semnificaţia summitului NATO din 4-5.09.2014 asupra securităţii naţionale a României, aflată în zona de est a Uniunii Europene și a Organizaţiei Atlanticului de Nord
Anghel ANDREESCU Abstract. Russia will finalize the annexation of Crimea at all costs; idem Transnistria will shape the development of Ukraine's foreign policy under influenced by ethnic Russians in eastern and south-eastern Ukraine; EU economic sanctions and other will be gradual and moderate. … [Read more...]
Politica de îngrădire a Rusiei şi conflictul ucrainean – scurtă analiză –
Vladimir Putin, a proponent of Realpolitik, had triggered in 2014 a series of events in the Black Sea Crimean Area by attaching and supporting the insurgents in eastern Ukraine. Although surprising, the Russian actions are justified both for historical reasons and especially through the concept that … [Read more...]
Ukraine – Let’s Think European
One of the most distressing aspects of the way the situation in Ukraine is dealt with is the regularity with which the fundamental nature of the aggressor’s political regime is ignored. Today’s Russia is certainly not Stalin’s - or even Brezhnev’s - USSR, nor is it Nazi Germany, Italy in Fascist … [Read more...]
Geopolitics, Revisionism and the Black Sea
Latent tensions have loomed before civil strife actually irrupted in Ukraine amid deep-rooted political uncertainties. That claims upon the Crimean peninsula would be eventually raised by Putin’s Russia, concentrating troops at the borders and effecting what appeared to be a military invasion, … [Read more...]