The risks, hazards and threats to domestic and international security have evolved, in particular after the fall of the Iron Curtain, making phenomena such as terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or human trafficking to cause a significant number of victims, which means that the … [Read more...]
North Korea Nuclear Weapons Program
Zelha ALTINKAYA, Ștefan GEORGESCU și Marian ZIDARU On 11 February 2013, the US Geological Survey reported a 4.9-magnitude earthquake in North Korea, raising fears that Pyongyang had gone ahead with its threat to conduct a third nuclear test. North Korea confirmed it had conducted a nuclear test on … [Read more...]
Pakistan and Israel: Nuclear Confrontation?
Geoffrey COOK This is a highly evolving study that will change. Therefore, legal free use is granted with the proviso that the author be contacted for quotations or citations in case the conclusions are revised through subsequent research. This Introduction is the outline of my objectives and … [Read more...]
Obama Policy Towards Iran
Beniamin POGHOSYAN The US - Iran relations and, in particular, the Iranian nuclear program, are among the top foreign policy priorities of the Obama administration. The attention paid by the US current administration to Iran is occasioned by the Iranian influence in the Middle East, the Iranian … [Read more...]
Grand Strategy and Nuclear Weapons: a Historical and Political Perspective under the Concepts of Arms Control and Disarmament
George VOSKOPOULOS A historical analysis of nuclear weapons as opposed to the efforts to impose an arms control regime of impose disarmament clearly illustrates the links between national security and the political aims of acquiring weapons. Arms control efforts have faced the descriptive realities … [Read more...]
Infrastructura critică energetică, parte a infrastructurii critice a Uniunii Europene
Tiberiu TĂNASE și Costel MATEI Motto: „Securitatea nu este gratuită. Ambele sectoare, public şi privat, trebuie să investească în construirea unui nivel mai înalt de securitate pentru sistemul energetic, ceea ce înseamnă că securitatea energetică se va regăsi în preţul energiei cât şi în costul … [Read more...]
The EU Legislative Approach: Civil Society’s Expectations
Richard ADAMS Last week I had a few days holiday in Barcelona and as I was on the beach, enjoying the Mediterranean sun, there was a cloud on the horizon. I was conscious that today I would be presenting, from the viewpoint of civil society, a comment on the legislative approaches of the EU to … [Read more...]
Creşterea insecurităţii la nivel global – un fenomen de neevitat
Marius VĂCĂRELU In the last decades the security problems appeared and become bigger, because it increased the proportion of vulnerabilities in every country and politicians was unable to fix them or to stop their increasing. This group of vulnerabilities is consequence of huge number of planet … [Read more...]
Securitatea şi apărarea Franţei în contextul crizei economice globale – Rolul şi importanţa Cărţii Albe de Securitate şi Apărare –
Tiberiu TĂNASE, Roxana OPREA During recent years the international environment has shown an increasing instability and more dangers and threats. All actors have to adapt their strategies to this new climate, for being prepared to compete successfully with. In this context, one of the relevant … [Read more...]
Evoluţia legislaţiei naţionale a României în asigurarea securităţii maritime – dificultăţi şi realizări
Raluca ENESCU Security regimes have been developed during the Cold War, but maritime regimes that protect the rights and freedom of movement of commercial shipping traffic and other emerged and asserted themselves since the time of colonial powers who sought to protect resources and trade routes in … [Read more...]