Wajahat QAZI The cliché that ”there are no permanent friends or enemies in international politics” holds a searing resonance and echo in the contemporary times. Even though not very significant, from the ”grand chessboard” view and perspective of politics, the impermanence of friends and enemies … [Read more...]
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”PAX AMERICANA”, APPARENTLY IN DANGER. QUESTIONING THE NEW US DOCTRINE: ”AMERICA FIRST”
Radu HERVIAN Benefiting as a partial winner in the Great War and one of the principal winners in the Second World War, the United States has become the emerging Superpower during the second part of the 20th Century. It lasted victoriously thru the Cold War, and into the present times and it is … [Read more...]
INTERESUL STRATEGIC AL FEDERAŢIEI RUSE ÎN ORIENTUL MIJLOCIU – PARTE A UNEI STRATEGII DE TIP „MASKIROVKA”
Marian ŞTEFAN Alexandru PINTILI Abstract. To show interest in an area that appears to be under the influence and interests of others, the Russian Federation had to delimit the old paradigms and build viable strategies, not necessarily new, in order to achieve the surprise. At first glance of … [Read more...]
ASIMETRII STRUCTURALE ÎN RELAŢIILE UNIUNII EUROPENE CU CHINA
Ec. dr. Valentin M. IONESCU Bazate pe Acordul de Cooperare şi Comerţ (oct. 1985) şi sub umbrela conceptului de „parteneriat strategic” (2003), relaţiile Uniunii Europene cu R.P. Chineză s-au extins semnificativ în ultimii 15 ani, având ca motor comerţul şi investiţiile directe, ceea ce a determinat … [Read more...]
SOUTH KOREA – A GLOBAL VISION IN A NUTSHELL
Prof. univ. dr. Ionuţ PURICA A nation that started after the Korean war with 81 USD per capita to reach these days 28,000 USD/capita. A nation that understood the value of planning and of developing the necessary industries both for the internal economy and for export. A nation that understands … [Read more...]
IAR – 99 SuperȘoim
IAR-99 SuperŞoim - WINGS FOR THE FUTURE Daniel BUTNARIU As a leading entity representing the extensive Romanian tradition in the aero-nautical engineering, and, in pragmatic terms, as the recognized design authority for the IAR-99 program, the National Institute for Aerospace Research ”Elie … [Read more...]
FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR BASTORA BASIN FROM GAMASPAN TO GREATER ZAB
FEASIBILITY STUDY AND DESIGN FOR GUNJREN DAM Sulaymania Governorate, Mawat Dist., Kurdistan, Iraq Gunjren Dam site studied is in North East of Iraq, in Southern part of Kurdistan Region - Sulaymania Governorate. Access to the area is made of road between Sulaymania and Mawat. The site studied is … [Read more...]
ANALYSIS OF NORTH KOREA’S STEEP ECONOMIC DOWNTURN IN 2017 AND FORECAST1
LIM Soo-ho NORTH KOREAN ECONOMY RECORDS THE LOWEST GROWTH RATE IN TWO DECADES On July 21st, the Bank of Korea (BOK) released ”GDP Estimates for North Korea in 2017”. According to the BOK, North Korea’s real annual gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 3.5% in 2017, the lowest growth rate in two … [Read more...]
POLITICUL TREBUIE SĂ IA ATITUDINE FAŢĂ DE INVESTIŢIILE FONDURILOR SUVERANE
Uwe KONST De câţiva ani devine proeminent în afacerile globale cu participaţiuni şi investiţii un nou grup de actori: fondurile suverane, mai cunoscute în denumirea engleză „Sovereign Wealth Funds”. Aceste fonduri gestionează capitalul în numele unui stat sau al unei autori-tăţi locale şi îl … [Read more...]
INDOCHINA – elemente de geografie politică, geopolitică şi geoistorie –
Conf. univ. dr. Radu SĂGEATĂ Abstract. Elements of Political Geography, Geopolitics and Geohistory. This article makes a contribution to delimiting Indochina by geographical, cultural and geopolitical criteria with highlight on regional particularities, and especially on French Indochina, as a … [Read more...]