Ioannis P. SOTIROPOULOS, PhD INTRODUCTION At the threshold of the second quarter of the 21st century, everything runs faster, and so does history. Science, technology, electronics, telecommunications, cybernetics and transportation are moving at unprecedented speed. However, no matter … [Read more...]
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EIGHT NEW POINTS ON THE PORCUPINE: MORE UKRAINIAN LESSONS FOR TAIWAN
EIGHT NEW POINTS ON THE PORCUPINE: MORE UKRAINIAN LESSONS FOR TAIWAN1 Andrew ERICKSON Gabriel COLLINS Watching Russia falter in Ukraine, Chinese President Xi Jinping may conclude that if he decides to invade Taiwan, he cannot hope to achieve victory with little or limited fighting. The risk … [Read more...]
THE UNITED STATES AND ESCALATION OF MIDDLE EAST CONFLICTS: A BRIEF
Mahmood SOHAIL, PhD On February 6, 2024, the UK and the US jointly launched a fresh bout of air-strikes targeting Houthis in Yemen. Earlier, six Kurdish fighters were killed in a drone attack that hit the training ground at al-Omar base in Syria. The US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces … [Read more...]
STEPPINGSTONES TO AUSTRALIA
David HAYWARD Make no mistake, the Chinese are far too clever for many of us. Inscrutable in fact. The Pacific islanders and Chinese-Indonesian diaspora are gratefully holding out their hands for readily available, bountiful Chinese cash. The steppingstones about to threaten Australia’s … [Read more...]
RĂZBOIUL HIBRID ŞI CONTROLUL CONŞTIINŢEI UMANE
Aliodor MANOLEA Abstract. The military balance in the Black Sea area is changing. Russia poses an existential threat to Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova. Russian revisionism is manifesting today in Crimea, South Ossetia, Donbass, Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia, and Syria. These … [Read more...]
CYBER SECURITY IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION
Ionuţ BELDIMAN Abstract. The continuous evolution of globalization has led to the emergence of both new oppor-tunities and challenges, posing significant threats that can have major negative effects on cybersecurity. Technological advancements and the widespread use of the internet are fundamental … [Read more...]
CYBER CRIMINALITY, THREAT TO WESTERN BALKAN SECURITY SYSTEMS
1 Arian KADRIU, PhD Abstract. The main priority of the Cyber Defense Strategy will be to treat cyberspace as an operational domain in order to be organized, trained and equipped with tools, so that the MoD / Armed Forces can act on the potential of cyberspace for the protection of … [Read more...]
THE GEOPOLITICAL AND GEOECONOMIC HEGEMONY OF THE UNITED STATES
Giuseppe GAGLIANO Emerging victorious from the long years of the Cold War, the United States was the first to fully grasp the new international and strategic reality devoid of the opposition of the two blocs. The new American approach unfolds in a renewed focus on the economic field, of … [Read more...]
WHY CHINA CAN’T PULL THE WORLD OUT OF A NEW GREAT DEPRESSION
William ENGDAHL Over the past two decades since China was admitted into the WTO, its national industrial base has made unprecedented strides to emerge as the world’s leading economic producer in many major areas. The academic debates over whether China’s GDP is larger than that of the USA are … [Read more...]
TENDINŢELE INDUSTRIEI ENERGETICE ÎN NOUA REALITATE GEOPOLITICĂ (II)
Cosmin Gabriel PĂCURARU, PhD Abstract. Schimbările din industria energetică sunt în curs şi nu se referă numai la cele geopolitice. Astfel avem o redesenare a traseelor energetice de aprovizionare, dar şi schimbări majore în teh-nologiile de producţia de energie termică, în energia folosită în … [Read more...]