1 Radu SĂGEATĂ, PhD Rezumat. Frontiere și dinamici centru-periferie. Elemente de geopolitică aplicată statelor francofone. Lucrarea are ca obiectiv evidențierea și analiza disfuncționalităților teritoriale generatoare de conflicte, folosind câteva studii de caz reprezentative din cele 61 de … [Read more...]
QATAR, ITS PROTECTED INDEPENDENCE AND GEOPOLITICAL ABILITY
Glauco D’AGOSTINO Abstract. Qatar is a borderland and a bridge between multifaceted cultures within Islam itself. Independence protection, sectarianism overcoming, diplomatic mediation and defence of Palestinian claims are Dōha’s geopolitical fulcrum. Problems within the Gulf Cooperation Council … [Read more...]
NORTH KOREA’S SPY SATELLITE LAUNCH IS ONE GIANT (AND DANGEROUS) QUESTION MARK1
North Korea announced the satellite surveilled U.S. military bases in Guam and vowed to launch several additional reconnaissance satellites “in a short span of time.” Bruce KLINGNER NORTH KOREAN SPY SATELLITE ENHANCES TARGETING ABILITY Pyongyang successfully launched its first military … [Read more...]
NORTH KOREA’S 2024 ‘BROMANCE’ WITH CHINA AND RUSSIA: HOW LONG WILL IT LAST? Assessing the Potential Decline in Strategic Value for Russia Post-Ukraine Situation
CHO Han-bum At the 9th Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in December 2023, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un declared a complete severance of relations with South Korea and presented the 'Anti-U.S. Combat Principle' focusing on strengthening … [Read more...]
BULGARIA – NEAR FUTURE PROGNOSIS WITH THE NEW GEOPOLITICAL CONTEXT
Zlatogor MINCHEV THE NEW GEOPOLITICAL LANDSCAPE Being on the crossroad of post-socialist nostalgia and modern democracy the socio-technological challenges for Bulgaria are quite intriguing and at the same time somewhat confusing. From one hand it is the influence of EU & NATO, but from … [Read more...]
POLITICA NEO-OTOMANĂ A TURCIEI, ÎNTRE ADERAREA LA UNIUNEA EUROPEANĂ ŞI CONFLICTUL ISRAEL – HAMAS. ERDOĞAN, UN NEGUSTOR GEOPOLITIC
Ionuţ CONSTANTIN „Occidentul este de încredere, Rusia este la fel de încredere” Tayyp Recep Erdoğan Abstract. Tayyp Recep Erdoğan is the current leader of Turkey who aims to achieve an ideological and historical geopolitical redirection of his country. Controversial and difficult as leader, … [Read more...]
BELARUS ON THE GEOPOLITICAL MAP OF EUROPE IN THE MID-TERM PERSPECTIVE
Zmicier MICKIEVIČ After August 2020 Belarus got on the European political agenda in the result of mass protests after the presidential election (which was falsified in order to continue the already 29-year rule of Aliaksandr Lukashenka). The protests can be characterised as a peaceful … [Read more...]
Xi Jinping’s never-ending hunt for corruption in the Communist Party
By Stephen McDonell China correspondent As the latest phase of Xi Jinping's anti-corruption crackdown cuts through high-level banking and the elite nuclear rocket force, some have questioned when it might end. The short answer: it won't. It has become a central plank of … [Read more...]
Is the Middle East Heading for War?
Ghaffar Hussain Since mid-October 2023, Iran-backed militias have attacked US military bases in the Middle East on over 165 occasions. The deadliest attack so far took place in late-Jan of this year at a military base in the Jordanian desert close to the Syrian border. This was a drone strike … [Read more...]
Venezuela Amassing Troops On Guyana Border, Expanding Military Bases, Satellite Images Show
SAMYARUP CHOWDHURY The latest developments were seen in the satellite images shared by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington. Back in December 2023, President Maduro pledged that Venezuela would not take military action against Guyana. The leaders of Venezuela … [Read more...]