dr. Vasile SIMILEANU Abstract. The Domino Principle is a concept used in game theory, promoting the idea that in a geopolitical system, an action or decision by a higher-ranking state actor can have knock-on effects, rapidly influencing the entire state structure, whether zonal, regional or … [Read more...]
EUROPE AND THE SHIFTING WORLD ORDER: BETWEEN UNIPOLARITY AND STRATEGIC AUTONOMY
The historian, Arnold J. Toynbee wrote “The sunsets and sunrises of civilization are inevitably separated by intervals of isolated darkness.”1 A series of sunsets and sunrises describes the world political order after 1914. The interregnums that occurred were of short duration. Before World War I, … [Read more...]
THE ROLE OF ECONOMIC CONFLICT IN THE POST-BIPOLAR WORLD (II)
Giuseppe GAGLIANO, PhD * Abstract. The existence of economic warfare was perceived as early as in the 19th century by intellectuals of the caliber of Victor Hugo and academicians from diverse fields as the ineluctable evolution of the logic of conflict, which, from material war waged on … [Read more...]
THE ROLE OF ECONOMIC CONFLICT IN THE POST-BIPOLAR WORLD (I)
Giuseppe GAGLIANO * Abstract. The existence of economic warfare was perceived as early as in the 19th century by intellectuals of the caliber of Victor Hugo and academicians from diverse fields as the ineluctable evolution of the logic of conflict, which, from material war waged on battlegrounds by … [Read more...]
Relaţiile României cu comunitatea europeană – înainte de 1989
Tudor BLÂNDU Teritoriul românesc a fost întotdeauna o parte integrală a continentului european, o sinteză este-vest-sud, diversă ca relief şi de aici o varietate de ocupaţii. Pe de altă parte a fost o zonă dificilă, întrucât aici nu numai se întâlnesc curentele est-vest ci şi au intrat în colerse … [Read more...]
Relaţiile NATO – Rusia: perspectiva unui nou Război Rece?
Mădălina Virginia ANTONESCU Articolul încearcă să facă o abordare comparativă a problemei noului Război Rece, aducând argumente și contra-argumente acestei ipoteze. Astfel, putem spune că, în relațiile politice dintre SUA / NATO (ca alianță militară dominată nu numai la nivel decizional de către … [Read more...]
Security Concerns of Turkey – Cold War and Post-Cold War Periods
Sibel SAFI The Turkish Security Council is chaired by the President and includes the Prime Minister, the Chief of the General Staff, the Ministers of National Defense, Interior, and Foreign Affairs, and the commanders of the three armed services and of the Gendarmerie. National security refers to … [Read more...]