Cristian JURA Studiul prezintă poziţia Uniunii Europene în ceea ce priveşte conflictul din Libia. De asemenea se urmăreşte succesiunea evenimentelor care au debutat cu represiunea sângeroasă a manifestanţilor anti - Gaddafi şi care s-au încheiat cu moartea dictatorului libian. Pe parcursul acestei … [Read more...]
Între rigoare şi haos
Gheorghe VĂDUVA Este oare necesară o ordine a lumii? De ce ar fi? Pe ce criterii se poate realiza aceasta şi de către cine? Cum? Cine anume şi de ce îşi poate asuma dreptul sau, mai degrabă, responsabilitatea ordonării lumii? Şi, la urma urmei, ce înseamnă ordinea lumii? Dar dezordinea? Dar … [Read more...]
The Geopolitics of the British Isles
Geoffrey SLOAN In the discipline of International Relations, there are few topics that have been as condemned, misunderstood or poorly utilized as geopolitics. Despite a recent revival of interest, a negative attitude still manifests itself in the early twenty first century. In 2001, the British … [Read more...]
Under the Mighty Weight of Geopolitics: Romania’s Relations with Latvia During the Interwar Period
Silviu MILOIU This article discusses the relations between Romania and Latvia during the interwar period as an example of small and mid-sized states’ behavior in the geopolitical environment of the third and fourth decades of the 20th century. The article is not, however, focused on the Romanian … [Read more...]
Elemente fundamentale ale geopoliticii Caucazului de Sud în perioada 1991-2010
Asgar DUNYAMALIYEV Tendinţa ce caracterizează cel mai bine începutul secolului XXI este aceea de transformare. Lumea se schimbă, aceasta fiind în fapt o evoluţie naturală, supusă modificărilor aduse de fenomenul globalizării, caracterizat de multidimensionalitate, la nivel economic, politic, … [Read more...]
The Southern Caucasus in the Context of Geo-Political Interests of Russia
Gunduz ALIZEV Regionalization factor has special importance in the foreign policy strategy of the actors accepted as the power centers of the system of modern international relations. In other words, any great state is interested in definition of not any state separately, but definition of the … [Read more...]
Marea Neagră în secolul al XX-lea şi la începutul secolului al XXI-lea – o radiografie geopolitică şi geoistorică
Cătălina MĂRCULEŢ Ioan MĂRCULEŢ Implicațiile Mării Negre și a gurilor Dunării în cele două 20-lea războaie mondiale a dus la schimbări de frontieră de coastă pentru țările riverane. În timpul Războiului Rece (1946-1990), Marea Neagră a fost percepută de către navigatorii lumii libere ca o "mare … [Read more...]
Ukraine and a new Role in Geopolitics of Energy
Sohrab ASGARI End of the cold war was an important turn point to world’s old order. Main changes happened after the cold war. The bipolar order had overshadowed political structure of the world and also had divided it into two main parts. Two big political clubs (West and East) struggled to expand … [Read more...]
Rethinking and Reshaping Ukraine’s Positioning in the Spheres of Influence, Domination, and Integration: Geopolitics, Geoeconomy and Geomilitary
Isa MULAJ As the 20th anniversary of the fall of communism and disintegration of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) is approaching, Ukraine’s position from some perspectives can still be considered as unsettled or being shaped. After two decades of independence as a non-aligned … [Read more...]
Geopolitical Fears, Geoeconomic Hopes, and the Responsibilities of Geography
Matthew SPARKE Geographers have a responsibility to examine persistently, collaboratively, and critically the geographical grounds of hope and fear.We can help debunk false hopes and groundless fears, and in so doing we can also advance more sensible hopes based on more embodied and accountable … [Read more...]