Sergei Konoplyov este Directorul Programului de Securitate la Marea Neagră şi al Programului de Securitate SUA - Rusia, în cadrul Universităţii Harvard. În perioada 1994-1996 a fost Director Executiv al Fundaţiei Eurasia pentru Ucraina, Belarus şi Moldova. Fost ofiţer al forţelor armate ale URSS, … [Read more...]
Premiul Nobel pentru război
Aţi citit bine. Şi nu este nicio exagerare. Doar o adaptare a Premiului Nobel pentru Pace, acordat preşedintelui Statelor Unite ale Americii, Barack Obama, la realitatea geopolitică de după mult trâmbiţatul acord negociat de secretarul american de stat John Kerry şi ministrul de externe al Rusiei, … [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...]
Transformation of Sino-Russian Military-Technical Cooperation Model
Elena KOLOMINA This article's purpose is to outline the milestones and key characteristics of transformation of Sino-Russian cooperation in the realm of military procurements. The development of military-technical relationship of the two countries has been somewhat contradictory. After one and a … [Read more...]
Iranul joacă un rol decisiv în domeniul siguranţei şi chestiunilor politice din regiune
Interviu cu dr. BAHADOR AMINIAN, Ambasadorul Republicii Islamice Iran la Bucureşti Excelenţă, În literatura de specialitate din România, zona Golfului este denumită generic Golful Persic. În literatura arabă acesta este specificat ca Golful Arabiei. Vă rugăm să ne explicaţi de ce o entitate … [Read more...]
The BRICS and the Construction of the Multipolar System
Tiberio GRAZIANI Ten years ago, the acronym BRIC entered the lexicon of international economics and finance. Since then, cooperation among the emerging countries contained in that acronym has taken on an increasingly marked geo-economic and geopolitical record. The consolidation of relations among … [Read more...]
China’s Mythical Hard Landing
Daniel WAGNER Many western economic pundits continue to believe that China will experience a hard landing in the near term, even though its economic history over the past 20 years has demonstrated that in spite of global and national economic turmoil, China has always landed on its feet. Although … [Read more...]
Peaceful Rise of China: Greater China Strategy
Tatyana FLEGONTOVA In modern global circumstances one of the aims of Chinese authorities is to preserve and maintain the national security in terms of peaceful rise and development of the country and the whole region, to attract the most promising neighbors, create a single economic union with … [Read more...]
Sunrise at Zhongnanhai: a New Focus for China in a Changing World?
David A. JONES Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s last press conference at a National People’s Congress session was delivered just as the 5th session of the 11th National People’s Congress ended on 14 March 2012. It was masterfully crafted, delivered by a remorseful but forward looking premier, and if … [Read more...]