Ruxandra Laura BOȘILCĂ This paper's purpose is to provide an overview of NATO's “Open Door” policy and of Russia's position on the Alliance enlargement process and to briefly discuss the cases of aspirants to NATO's membership, namely of Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina's - which have … [Read more...]
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Evaluarea viabilităţii parteneriatului strategic sino-rus ca bază pentru formarea alianţei anti-americane
Ecaterina BĂLĂNEL Motto: „The Sino-Russian relationship is a delicate dance which at first glance appears to be smooth and well-choreographed. However, on closer observation, it becomes clear that neither side quite trusts its partner. The steps of the dance are not completely agreed upon, nor is … [Read more...]
Proiectul Eurasia al administraţiei Putin
Valentin MUNTEANU Eurasia is, without doubt, the most problematic and disputed geopolitical field in the entire world. Ever since the first geopolitical writings of Mahon and Mackinder, until the writings of the nowadays geopoliticians, Dugin or Brzezinski, much has been said about the history and … [Read more...]
Labour Migration: Just Close the Curtains – Monday, 19 August 2013
http://lindleyfrench.blogspot.ro/2013/08/labour-migration-just-close-curtains.html Alphen, Netherlands. 19 August. There is an old joke about the state of the then Soviet economy. Stalin, Kruschev and Brezhnev are sitting in a train. Suddenly the train judders to a halt the locomotive having … [Read more...]
Systemic Prevention Effect in Security Crisis Management
Mohsen ROSTAMI și Laila MODABBER The process of change and transformation in the modern era has accelerated the pace of development in societies. Our society is not excluded from this process. Although we can make predictions about these processes and prevent personal and structural … [Read more...]
Puncte de vedere privind transformarea şi tendinţele în Intelligence-ul secolului XXI
Tiberiu TĂNASE A definition centered upon the term “intelligence” could be useful in elaborating a theory of information, augmenting, at the same time, the understanding of its semantic sphere. In hopes that progress could be made in addressing this issue, I have gathered a series of concise … [Read more...]
Actualul pattern politic internaţional compromite pacea şi securitatea lumii
The meeting from Vilnius is turning point between euro-russian relations. It could be the start of a new energy competition and partition of influence plans between these international actors. This Competition could mean an open way to a cloudy future, where the major Powers fight under "give and … [Read more...]
Cooperarea internaţională în combaterea terorismului şi a crimei organizate între SUA, China şi Rusia
Terorismul a produs mutaţii în strategia de securitate a statelor şi organizaţiilor de tip militar, determinând schimbarea concepţiei privind poziţia şi rolul instituţiilor statului faţă de acest fenomen cu grad mare de risc. Considerat ca formă actuală de continuare politică a ducerii războiului … [Read more...]
Le deploiement du bouclier antimissile americain en Europe de l’est comme «pierre d’achoppement» entre les Etats-Unis et la Russie
En janvier 2007, l’administration Bush a officiellement demandé à la République Tchèque et à la Pologne d'accueillir les composantes d’un système de défense antimissile. D’après les déclarations officielles de Washington, l’objectif de ce projet était de renforcer la sécurité nationale en installant … [Read more...]
Chinese – Russian Rivalry in Central Asia
Sureyya YIGIT The post-cold war is regularly identified as being unipolar though with multipolar tendencies gaining ground. Clearly the unipolar power remains the United States with the ascending economic power being China. The role of Russia, the successor to the ex-superpower (USSR) is being … [Read more...]