Marcelo GULLO, PhD Abstract. We affirm in our work that the understanding of affairs on the international stage is determined by two decisions made by the government of the United States: 1) The strategic decision to rebuild the national power of the United States through a new … [Read more...]
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Geopolitics of Lebanon’s Religious Communities
Tomasz GAJEWSKI, PhD Summary. The aim of this short and rudimentary analysis is to describe current geopolitical positions of the main politico-religious groups of Lebanon, the links between internal situation in this country and the dynamics of external conflicts, located in the volatile Middle … [Read more...]
M.k. Gandhi and the Birth of Israel
M.k. Gandhi and the Birth of Israel[1] Geoffrey COOK* ”Ierusalem, Ierusalem, convertere ad Dominum Deum tuum” The Lamentations of Jeremias[2] Most of your author’s Pakistani friends have no great respect for the ”great soul,” because they are of the opinion that his great political … [Read more...]
Consecinţele terorismului şi organizarea contraofensivei împotriva Daash (ISIS)
Mohammed Nasseraldin Yassin AL-NASSERY Grupările teroriste, de stradă, denumite DAASH - AGIL, care utilizează sistemele de tip HIT-AND-RUN, cu arme de calibru mic şi mediu, determină, pentru forţele guvernului irakian, o prognoză greoaie a evoluţiei conflictului, a obiectivelor şi rezultatelor … [Read more...]
Briefing on National Security Strategy of Iraq
Hamza SHAREEF Abstract. Iraq faces a number of challenges: how to defeat the ISIS Army of Occupation without destroying the social fabric of Iraq; how to prevent polarization that already exists from being externally influenced into further internal conflict; how to diversify the economy; how to … [Read more...]
The Kurdish Problem: One Complication among Most Complicated Problems
Robert Radu, PhD Seldom in the history of the world, a people no matter how diverse and no matter how numerous has been able to simultaneously play the role of the ”good guy” along with the role of the ”bad guy”. To complicate the matter and make it even more difficult, neither has a country, is … [Read more...]
Contemporary Maritime Security Challenges: Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling at Sea
Burak Şakir ŞEKER, PhD Dimitrios DALAKLIS, PhD Abstract. Globalization is most commonly associated with economic development and increased financial gains; maritime trade is quite often characterized as the ”back-bone” of this multi-level phenomenon. However, globalization is also linked with … [Read more...]
Descurajarea, prevenirea şi reprimarea actelor de piraterie
Prof. univ. dr., dr.h.c. Constantin ANECHITOAE Abstract. The piracy in 2016 has become an important issue for all maritime and non-maritime states. The shipping and river transportation costs are out of control because of the increase in crew, cargo and vessel insurance rates and in the … [Read more...]
Hashtag: #Daesh: Transformation of Western Youngsters into Jihadi Fighters
Prof. univ. dr. Cristian BARNA Why do we need to live in the ”us” and ”the others” paradigm? Who and why would somebody want the other’s death? Radicalisation of the youngsters is the one-way road in search of identity. The role of social media in radicalising western youngsters is … [Read more...]
A new dimension of terrorism: ISIS
Selami Ahmet SALGUR, PhD Abstract. Today, as we know, terror and terrorism are very big issues for all over the world. People have always been discussing about terrorism but it’s not clear in their minds. Who are the terrorists? In the same time, religions, especially Islam, are associated with … [Read more...]