Dr. Octavian SERGENTU* Abstract. The purpose of the research is to decrypt Russia’s role on the international arena and its place in the global order scenarios. We analyzed the Soviet legacy of Russian Intelligence and how it behaves in the present. Is it a ”pariah” state in the current … [Read more...]
MILITARY ASPECTS OF JURISDICTION AND OVERALL CONTROL ON A FROZEN CONFLICT AREA IN SOUTH CAUCASUS
Dr. Hari BUCUR-MARCU* Abstract. In 2012, I accepted to have a look upon a specific situation in the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. My task was to determine if the authorities of the Republic of Armenia were exercising or not any overall control upon the respective entity with military … [Read more...]
RUSIA – DRUMUL SPRE MĂRILE LUMII
Dr. Mircea MARIN* Motto: Din marea taiga până la apele britanice (cântec revoluţionar din Războiul Civil) Abstract. Russians lived for centuries with the feeling of being contained. They felt that their access to the High Seas is blocked either by geography or other (and potentially hostile) … [Read more...]
RELAŢIILE RUSIA – CHINA
Dr. Vasile NAZARE* Abstract. After the dissolution of USSR in 1991, the relations between The Russian Federation and The People’s Republic of China have headed towards a convergence of political positions and actions. By putting the past aside - the ideological differences between their communist … [Read more...]
RĂZBOIUL HIBRID – ABORDĂRI GEOPOLITICE, GEOSTRATEGICE ŞI DE GEOINTELLIGENCE
Vasile SIMILEANU, PhD Abstract. Together with the danger of nuclear escalation, the hybrid war has returned to the forefront of the worst threats to the West after the „fail” of the Russia - NATO dialogue. NATO member states, in addition to the rights conferred by the Alliance, also have duties … [Read more...]
SFÂRŞITUL PRIMĂVERII ARABE, PERENITATEA ANOTIMPURILOR RUSEŞTI? – O nouă repoziţionare geopolitică şi geostrategică a Rusiei în Nordul Africii –
Dr. Romulus HÂLDAN Abstract. The great failed experiment, so pompously called "the Arab Spring", has been characterized by economic damages, chaos and the proliferation of terrorism in the countries which remained without masters. The Americans have set off all this chaos, believing that they will … [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...]
DIMENSIUNEA PSIHO-INFORMAŢIONALĂ A AGRESIUNILOR DE TIP NON-CINETIC MANIFESTATE ÎN PROXIMITATEA ROMÂNIEI
Conf. univ. dr. Silviu NATE Abstract. The current analysis emphasizes the dimension of information warfare and propaganda tactics used by the Russian Federation in the context of Ukraine’s annexation, but also used against western countries. Several case studies are presented and connected to … [Read more...]
ROMÂNIA, UCRAINA ŞI REPUBLICA MOLDOVA, ÎNTRE „UMBRELELE NATO ŞI UE” ŞI „BRUMA RUSIEI”
Amiral dr. Romulus HÂLDAN Abstract. Russia is a power whose military potential is developing fastly. This military potential and its development are the most eloquent expression of Russia’s politics. There are many states that feel this threat but, evidently, Ukraine is already the state that is … [Read more...]
BLACK SEA: TOWARDS AREAS OF INFLUENCE ON MOSCOW – ANKARA AXIS?
Glauco D’AGOSTINO Abstract. The USSR and Warsaw Pact breakup led to a new situation, with Romania and Bulgaria joining NATO and the EU, Ukraine and Georgia aspiring to, and Moldova urged by both European and Russian pressures. Meanwhile, a security barrier against NATO has emerged, with the … [Read more...]