Diaspora chineză în epoca social-media Diaspora chineză este una din cele mai numeroase la nivel global, fiind constituită după unele estimări din 50 milioane oameni care locuiesc în 135 ţări. Imaginându-se şi fiind acceptată ca o unitate, ea se caracterizează mai degrabă prin heterogenitate, fiind … [Read more...]
Universităţile americane, instrument al „soft power” în relaţia SUA – China
Monica MUȚU "The [Fulbright] Program aims…to bring a little more knowledge, a little more reason, and a little more compassion into world affairs and thereby to increase the chance that nations will learn at last to live in peace and friendship.” Senatorul J. William Fulbright This paper … [Read more...]
NATO’s “Open Door” Policy and Russia: the Difficult Cases of Georgia’s and Ukraine’s Accession
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...]
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...]
Decizia Germaniei de închidere a centralelor nucleare, între ecologie şi sustenabilitate economică
In 2011, Germany decided to close the nuclear reactors on its territory, in particular in response to the Fukushima accident. The German government wants to close all its nuclear-power capacity by 2022. This decision caused strong reactions; many are now saying that green technology can not sustain … [Read more...]
Armamentul nuclear al Chinei – o ameninţare?
Elena Maria Olga RACU Is P.R. of China nuclear armament a threat to international peace, or not? Taking into account several points of view, such as China principal no-first-use policy regarding nuclear weapons, China implication in several international organizations and an active role in the … [Read more...]
Nemesis: Oil and Missiles in the 21st Century
David L O HAYWARD ”The country that faced down the tyranny of fascism and communism is now called to challenged the tyranny of oil” Barack Obama, Detroit Economic Club, May 2007 Strangulation of the ‘umbilical cord’, our essential global oil supply conduit from the Arabian Gulf to major … [Read more...]
Drepturile femeilor din Uniunea Europeană
Cristina ALEXANDRESCU „Secretul pe care îl deţin Zeii şi Regii este că atât bărbaţii, cât şi femeile sunt liberi, dar nu o ştiu”, spunea Jean-Paul Sartre. Egalitatea dintre bărbat / femeie constituie un principiu fundamental al Uniunii Europene, care începând cu Tratatul de la Roma din 1957 (care … [Read more...]
Who Will Pay for Cyprus?
Tuesday, 19 March 2013 Who Will Pay for Cyprus? Alphen, Netherlands. 19 March. In “1984” George Orwell wrote, “Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind, simultaneously, and accepting both of them”. I was reminded of doublethink (to that add double-speak) … [Read more...]