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...]
Orientarea geopolitică a Republicii Moldova şi importanţa factorului extern
Aurelian LAVRIC Începând din 1812, când Imperiul Rus a ocupat partea de est a statului moldovenesc, numit de către ocupanții Basarabia, o luptă a început pentru acest teritoriu între actorii internaționali (imperii otoman, austriac și rus), precum și în interiorul teritoriului basarabean - pentru … [Read more...]
Ukraine, Europe and Russia
Dan BĂRBUŢ Ukraine is on the edge again today, trying to find space. It is on the edge of Russia and on the edge of Europe, its old position. What makes this position unique is that Ukraine is independent and has been so for 18 years. This is the longest period of Ukrainian independence in … [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...]
Kurdistan in the New Geopolitical Map
Cristian DRĂGHICI, Iuliu DRĂGHICI Kurdistan is represented by a geo-strategic area that leads towards a constant theater of endless wars, a location of prey to nomadic tribes or region where domestic riots destabilized the situation continuously. Kurds, lovers of freedom, fought for a long time … [Read more...]