One of the most distressing aspects of the way the situation in Ukraine is dealt with is the regularity with which the fundamental nature of the aggressor’s political regime is ignored. Today’s Russia is certainly not Stalin’s - or even Brezhnev’s - USSR, nor is it Nazi Germany, Italy in Fascist … [Read more...]
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Geopolitics, Revisionism and the Black Sea
Latent tensions have loomed before civil strife actually irrupted in Ukraine amid deep-rooted political uncertainties. That claims upon the Crimean peninsula would be eventually raised by Putin’s Russia, concentrating troops at the borders and effecting what appeared to be a military invasion, … [Read more...]
The Myths and Realities of Vladimir Putin’s Eurasian Economic Union
Russia is proving itself as an increasingly assertive political and economic regional power in EU’s Eastern periphery and neighborhood. Exerting influence in its "near abroad" is a crucial element in Russia’s geopolitical strategy, given the region’s importance as an energy producer, and its … [Read more...]
„Rimland”-ul ponto-baltic sau Containment-ul Federaţiei Ruse? Rolul României ca stat riveran Mării Negre
NATO enlargement, by the accession of Romania and Bulgaria, and the United States support of pro-Western elites in Ukraine and Georgia, make the Russian Federation to consider itself "besieged", which determines a "pull-out" conduct of this newly created "Rimland" component from the euroatlantic … [Read more...]
Rediscutarea frontierelor europene: unele consecinţe
The 2014 year will be a pillar of analysis and an issue of ideas not only for politicians, but also for economies and companies. The last months brought to us a different way to understand geopolitics and state behavior on international relations. Some special actions in the Eastern Ukraine forced … [Read more...]
Regiunea Extinsă a Mării Negre: provocări şi oportunităţi
The article makes an analysis regarding evolution and geostrategic importance of the Black Sea Region, security risks and challenges; consequences of the crisis in Ukraine and Russia’s aggression in Crimea for the security environment in the Black Sea Region; perspectives and opportunities for the … [Read more...]
Geopolitica Mării Negre la interferenţa a trei civilizaţii
Conexiunea Constanţa - Bagdad Sursa: Vasile Simileanu, România - teorii şi sisteme geopolitice, ed. Top Form 2014/2015 De multe ori ne întrebăm dacă putem vorbi de o geopolitică a Mării Negre. Când abordăm subiectul geopoliticii Pontului Euxin ne referim bineînţeles la întreaga regiune din jurul … [Read more...]
Sistemul geopolitic al Mării Negre
„Graniţele ţărilor democratice din regiune ating Siria, Irakul, Iranul şi ţărmurile Mării Caspice... În lipsa cooperării statelor de la Marea Neagră nu putem atinge cu uşurinţă partea nordică a Orientului Mijlociu Extins. Chiar şi marile puteri din secolul al XIX-lea au înţeles că naţiunea care … [Read more...]
Scoala Internationala de Vara GeoPolitica ed. a VII-a, Ploiesti 2
https://www.facebook.com/simileanu/media_set?set=a.711980742226305.1073741841.100002431561047&type=3 … [Read more...]
Lumea în care trăim – o lume la răscruce – un paradox geopolitic contemporan –
Dr. Alex BERCA* Rezumat: Autorul face o trecere în revistă a actualei situaţii economice, politice şi sociale, care se manifestă prin diverse aspecte de cele mai multe ori imposibil de a fi controlate şi le compară cu situaţiile similare ce au existat în trecutul istoric nu prea … [Read more...]