Daniel Kochis @dankochis Senior Policy Analyst in European Affairs Daniel Kochis is a senior policy analyst in European Affairs in the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom. SUMMARY On July 24, 2019, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, leader of Germany’s CDU party, and potential successor to … [Read more...]
A Strong Military Everyday Keeps China Away
Soft power is great, but worthless if America can’t demonstrate the capability and will to protect its interests. by James Jay Carafano (born May 8, 1955) is the director of the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies and Vice President of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis … [Read more...]
DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY: CHALLENGES TO SECURITY IN SPACE
Politici şi strategii NATO
Prof. dr. Ioana Rieber1 În 1949, 12 state au format Alianţa Nord -Atlantică. Misiunea iniţială era aceea de a contracara eventuala încercare a Moscovei de a-şi extinde regimul politic în lume, în general, şi în Europa, în special. La sfârşitul Războiului Rece, după dezmembrarea … [Read more...]
MAREA NEAGRĂ DE LA „LAC RUSESC” LA SPAŢIU DE SECURITATE AL EUROPEI
Gl.(r) dr. Alexandru GRUMAZ Despre problema aşa numitului „spaţiu de securitate” istoricul Gheorghe I. Brătianu a făcut unele referire în lecţia inagurală a cursului dedicat trecutului Mării Negre susţinut la Universitatea din Bucureşti, în perioada 1941-1942, cu titlul Chestiunea Mării Negre. El … [Read more...]
OPŢIUNI DEFENSIVE ALIATE ÎN BAZINUL MĂRII NEGRE
Dr. Silviu NATE Abstract. The Black Sea is a challenging operational environment for allied forces due to limited geographical features, reorientation in coastal states' foreign policy, and the maintenance of regional conflicts. Russia's military posture suggests developing an allied deterrence … [Read more...]
PORTAVIONUL CRIMEEA
Am.(r) dr. Romulus HÂLDAN Abstract. The entry of the Crimea peninsula in the composition of the Russian Federation, as well as the increased tensions between Ukraine and Russia, but also the clear tendency of the Russian Federation to dominate the Black Sea, the Azov Sea and the related straits, … [Read more...]
UKRAINE: NATO’S FAILED STRATEGY
Joseph E. FALLON On April 4, 2019, NATO celebrated its 70th anniversary. Originally consisting of 12 members - “Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States”1, NATO had been created in 1949 at the … [Read more...]
TURKISH BLACK SEA STRATEGIES
Süreyya YİĞİT, PhD Abstract. The Black Sea can be divided into two time periods after the Cold War. One, where Russia was inward-looking and passive, the other when it has chosen to be outward looking, perceived as aggressive and highly active. Turkish policy has had to manage its northern … [Read more...]
MAREA NEAGRĂ – STRATEGII 2020: O PERSPECTIVĂ STRATEGICĂ
Dr. Octavian SERGENTU Abstract. In the present study we intend to decode the threats and vulnerabilities of the Wider Black Sea Region. Evidence reveals that the Black Sea has become a troubled geopolitical area where strategic interests manifest themselves as a "war of nerves" and simulations of … [Read more...]