Süreyya YİĞİT, PhD Abstract. The Black Sea can be divided into two time periods after the Cold War. One, where Russia was inward-looking and passive, the other when it has chosen to be outward looking, perceived as aggressive and highly active. Turkish policy has had to manage its northern … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia’s Role in the Islamic World
Saud AL TAMAMY Analysts tend to describe Saudi foreign policy as a typical pragmatic and realist one, based on Westphalian doctrines. This is evident when anyone observes the kingdom's international relations. Saudi Arabia is signatory of the United Nations charter and a founding member, an active … [Read more...]
Saudi Foreign Policy: the Arab Dimension
Saleh Abdullah AL RAJHI The policy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has well established values and principles of which the Kingdom strictly adheres to. As a result the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia focuses essentially on the Gulf region as priority as part of the bigger cycle which is the Arab region, and … [Read more...]
Scoţia: un nou stat independent?
2014 will be an important year in the history of Great Britain. A referendum on the independence of Scotland, once considered a nationalist dream, is now a certainty. If the people of Scotland vote yes, the implication will vibrate through Britain and beyond. The union between Britain and Scotland … [Read more...]
Role of Soft Power in the new Turkish Foreign Policy: The Case of Least Developed Countries
Guliz SUTCU In the last ten years, parameters of the Turkish foreign policy (TFP) changed to an important extent. Its lines have been redrawn in accordance with the goal of becoming a global actor that pursues visionary diplomacy. The Strategic Depth doctrine provided a theoretical framework to … [Read more...]
The Arab Spring: A Warm Welcome from Tehran
Walter POSCH Tehran welcomed the “Arab Spring” almost enthusiastically; Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei likened the fall of Hosni Mubarak to that of the Shah and consequently interpreted the events of 2011 as a fulfillment of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. All Iranian decision makers of the generation … [Read more...]
Lithuania plans to continue and even intensify its relations with the neighboring countries with the aim to contribute to creation of a stability and prosperity area in the Baltic Sea region and Central Europe
Interview of H.E. Mr. Vladimir JARMOLENKO, Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to Romania Your Excellency, Twenty years ago Soviet Union collapsed and the landscape of Eastern and Central Europe dramatically changed. How is now the Lithuanian public opinion regarding this recent past also in … [Read more...]
Unele consideraţii privind abordările geopolitice ale marilor puteri în bazinul Mării Negre şi Europa de Sud-est
Petrica Mihai MARCOCI, Anca Ramona SELEJAN Sud-Estul Europei și regiunea Mării Negre sunt domeniile care în ultimii douăzeci de ani au experimentat schimbarea statutului și retrasarea frontierelor. Unele dintre interesele marilor puteri sunt foarte puternice în aceste domenii și depășesc … [Read more...]
Ukraine – a Pawn on the European Map
Alexandru Mihai GHIGIU, Sorin TUDOSE Analyzing the east-European area after the collapse of the Soviet empire we must retain the appearance of a state which by its size, population and geopolitical position, can be considered a regional actor, whose policy should be carefully observed. That state … [Read more...]
In Yahweh we Trust: a Divine Foreign Policy of The USA
Tomislav SUNIC It was largely the Biblical message that stood at the origin of the American endeavor to "make the world safe for democracy." Contrary to many European observers critical of America, America’s military interventions have never had as their sole objective the goals of economic … [Read more...]