Tiberio GRAZIANI The transition from the unipolar system to a multipolar one is generating tensions in two particular areas of the Eurasian landmass: the Mediterranean and Central Asia. The process of consolidation of polycentrism seems to be undergoing an impasse caused by the “regionalist” … [Read more...]
De la ”Revoluţiile Colorate” la ”Primăvara Arabă”: dinamica geopolitică în spaţiul post-sovietic
Eduard ŢUGUI Revoluţiile care au cuprins lumea arabă, în 2011, marchează nu numai reconfigurări geopolitice în Orientul Mijlociu Extins sau o nouă evoluție socială în statele arabe. Geopolitica zonei post-sovietice cunoaște, de asemenea, schimbări dramatice sub influența evenimentelor din lumea … [Read more...]
The Arab Spring and the Balance Of Power in the Middle East
Ştefan GEORGESCU, Marian ZIDARU The series of protests and demonstrations across the Middle East and North Africa has become known as the "Arab Spring". As of November 2011, governments have been overthrown in three countries: Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. The geopolitical implications of the protests … [Read more...]
The Fantastic Success of Occupy Wall Street
Commentary No. 315, Oct. 15, 2011 http://iwallerstein.com/fantastic-success-occupy-wall-street/ The Occupy Wall Street movement – for now it is a movement – is the most important political happening in the United States since the uprisings in 1968, whose direct descendant or continuation it … [Read more...]
The February Revolution of 2011: a Harbinger of Arab Spring
Steven Alan SAMSON In a column posted on the day of Ronald Reagan's centenary and Super Bowl Sunday, February 6, 2011, Barry Rubin delivered a punishing half-time assessment of the Obama Administration's Middle East policy. His chief point was simple: Do any of the chief actors in the region … [Read more...]
Eau et espace politique: voie navigable et intégration territoriale des grands espaces
La maîtrise de l'eau a souvent été à l'origine du politique. Pour le moins, elle aurait favorisé ou consolidé la création d'unités territoriales. Dans son ouvrage célèbre, Le Despotisme oriental. Une étude comparative du pouvoir total, Karl August Wittfogel défend la thèse que la naissance des … [Read more...]
Ukraine – a Pawn on the European Map
Alexandru Mihai GHIGIU, Sorin TUDOSE Analyzing the east-European area after the collapse of the Soviet empire we must retain the appearance of a state which by its size, population and geopolitical position, can be considered a regional actor, whose policy should be carefully observed. That state … [Read more...]
A new Arms Race? The False Hope of the “Carrier Killer” and the Urgency of Reversing the Obama Administration’s Ineptitude in “Gunboat Diplomacy”
David A. JONES China’s development, testing, public display, and apparent intent to deploy its new Dong Feng 21D “Carrier Killer” missile offers China and its allies a false hope if it intends to sink American aircraft super carriers. More likely, this will be the pretext for a 21st century arms … [Read more...]
Geopolitica viitorului – Un punct de vedere
Alex BERCA “Distincţia dintre trecut, prezent şi viitor este doar o iluzie, oricât ar fi de persistentă” (Albert Einstein, 1955) Autorul prezintă succint unele aspecte foarte controversate în ceea ce privește situaţia curentă și viitorul omenirii din diferite puncte de vedere.Chestiunea … [Read more...]
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Obama’s Geopolitical Engineer
Lopez German GORRAIZ It has always been believed that AIPAC and the hawks in the Pentagon acted as a shadow government in Washington, distort policy in terms of Israeli interests rather than the US, but the reality is that the Pro-Israeli lobby has real weight in the areas of power, but only … [Read more...]