Glauco D’AGOSTINO Abstract. The issue presented here is a reflection on the complexity of communities living together on the same territory, their origins still defining identity and the political determinants that have affected decisions and behaviours of entire social components. The … [Read more...]
CONFLICTUL TRANSNISTREAN
Conf. univ. dr. Vasile NAZARE Abstract. In order to understand the separatist conflict from Transnistria, unlike other frozen conflicts within the post-soviet space, we have to depict the determining factors as well as the specific ones. Historical issues (Transnistria and Bessarabia lands being … [Read more...]
TATARSTAN AND BASHKORTOSTAN: A POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS TEST FOR TSAR PUTIN
Glauco D’AGOSTINO* Summary. The process of institutional centralization launched by Mr. Putin in a Federation currently counting 85 entities (including the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol’) is likely to collide with the self-government aspirations, particularly by the 22 republics, … [Read more...]
Tendinţe naţionaliste şi separatiste în Spania
If there were only 46 sovereign states in the beginning of the 20th century, during the first decade of next one hundred years, this total went over 200, from which 192 states were already members of the UN. New entries, such as West Timor (2002) and Montenegro (2006), have gained their independence … [Read more...]
Naţionalismul şi Noua Europă
Mircea CHELARU A vorbi despre naţionalism la începutul sec. XXI ar putea părea un lucru desuet. A încerca o explicaţie plauzibilă şi comprehensivă după toate câte s-au întâmplat în Europa ultimilor două decenii este un act de mare risc, dar care risc merită a fi asumat. Alegerea acestui subiect … [Read more...]