prof. DSc Sevdalina DIMITROVA* chief assist. Daniel BERCHEV, PhD** Abstract. The security environment - dynamic, largely uncertain, risky and unpredictable - has highlighted the security issues of the European Union (EU) on the Union's Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP). Military action … [Read more...]

Aliodor MANOLEA, PhD* Abstract. The military balance in the Black Sea area is changing. Russia poses an existential threat to Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova. Russian revisionism is manifesting today in Crimea, South Ossetia, Donbass, Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia, and Syria. … [Read more...]

Dorin POPESCU* Abstract. The vast Black Sea region has quickly become a hybrid theater for competition for the new world order. Recent turbulent developments confirm that this region is, for Moscow, the favorite terrain for the manifestation, expression and imposition of the post-Soviet … [Read more...]

prof. univ. dr. Cristian BARNA* Abtract. Putin knows that the solution to the Ukrainian war depends heavily on peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, negotiations that are impossible for Ukraine to conduct in these conditions. Speculation that the war in Ukraine is not going the way … [Read more...]

The infantry fighting vehicle, proposed for selection under the Commonwealth government’s LAND 400 Phase 3 project, is set to support the US Army’s OMFV program. Hanwha Defense Australia (HDA) has revealed it has been selected to support the Oshkosh Defense OMFV Consortium — a cooperative … [Read more...]

Olivier DUPUIS It was a good deal - too good to be true. The supply of 12 conventionally powered submarines to Australia, a contract worth nearly € 55 billion, half of which seemed set to go to France’s Naval Group. Australia cancelled the contract, purely and simply, in favour of acquiring … [Read more...]

conf. univ. dr. Maria CONSTANTINESCU Abstract. The contemporary world is characterized by a sharp increase in the rivalry and competition between states, with a tendency towards instability and multi-polarity. In the current international environment, the rivalry between states manifests itself … [Read more...]

Robert Radu HERVIAN Looking from the American side, former President Donald Trump’s decision to break the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action - JCPOA, (the Iran Nuclear Deal) for short, signed during the Obama Administration, has proven to be one of the most counterproductive national security … [Read more...]

dr. Peter BROOKES The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is unquestionably a country with grand ambitions. It is determined to replace the United States as the preeminent power in the Pacific. Moreover, arguably, it may intend to supersede the U.S. globally atop of the international system at some … [Read more...]

Elena-Daiana GHINIŢĂ Abstract: Nuclear weapons caught the attention of the international community in 1945 as a result of nuclear attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Nuclear weapons, through their association with various state and non-state actors, threaten the international … [Read more...]