Dr. Octavian SERGENTU Abstract. In the present study we intend to decode the threats and vulnerabilities of the Wider Black Sea Region. Evidence reveals that the Black Sea has become a troubled geopolitical area where strategic interests manifest themselves as a "war of nerves" and simulations of … [Read more...]
RĂZBOIUL HIBRID AL FEDERAŢIEI RUSE ŞI RĂSPUNSUL OCCIDENTAL
Drd. Dan DINU* Abstract. The new trend of the Russian Federation for a strategy oriented towards hybrid actions determined NATO and EU to adopt some measures to counter this type of threats. The Russian Federation had some attempts to employ such techniques early after the Bolshevik Revolution … [Read more...]
COMPETIŢIA PENTRU PUTERE ÎN SECOLUL XXI: FORME ALE STRATEGIILOR POSIBILE ALE RUSIEI DE BLOCARE / DETURNARE A EVOLUŢIEI UE[1]
Dr. Mădălina Virginia ANTONESCU* Abstract. Academic views regarding the EU nature, its organization and its way of working are numerous and various. Within our paper, we’ll take into account only some theoretical elements of several scenarios concerning possible ways, at the Russian Federation’s … [Read more...]
TRANSCAUCASIA: THE GORDIAN KNOT IN THE WIDER BLACK SEA REGION
TRANSCAUCASIA: THE GORDIAN KNOT IN THE WIDER BLACK SEA REGION1 Eng. Marius ROŞU, PhD Abstract. After the end of the Cold War and the evanescence of the Soviet Union, there appeared in Transcaucasia three distinct geopolitical entities: Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno-Karabakh. Following … [Read more...]
TRANSNISTRIA – TERITORIU DE FRONTIERĂ
Conf. univ. dr. Radu SĂGEATĂ Abstract: Transnistria - A boundary territory: The paper presents a real and objective picture of the territory stretching west of the Dniester, known under the name of Dnistrean Moldavian Republic, or Transnistria, officially part of the Republic of Moldova, but … [Read more...]
MOLDOVA, ÎNTRE UE ŞI UNIUNEA EURASIATICĂ
Drd. Georgiana CONSTANTIN http://evz.ro/igor-dodon-si-vladimir-putin-in-aceeasi-camera.html Abstract. Starting with the late 90s, the Republic of Moldova has been looking to the West both economically and politically. For a country at the border between Orient and Occident, situated in the … [Read more...]
THE CAUCASUS REGION, THE KEY OF THE GEOPOLITICAL EVOLUTIONS IN THE NEAR EAST
Florian OLTEANU, PhD Abstract. The Region of Caucasus represents a portion of territory between Caspian and Black Sea, where are located Caucasus Mountains, with the highest point on Elbrus (5,642 m) where according to the legend, the titan Prometheus was enchained at the order of Zeus, after he … [Read more...]
DESPRE DEVESELU – SINE IRA ET STUDIO
Dr. Gh. Florin GHEŢĂU* Abstract. The missile defense system, planned by the US, in Europe, in order to protect allies from this region against the danger posed by the Iranian ballistic missiles, has generated much controversy issued especially by Russia's firm opposition to the project. Despite … [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...]
Geo-Strategic Interests of Russia in the Black Sea Region
The author analyses the role and place of the Black Sea region in modern state doctrines and strategies of the Russian Federation. It is noted that in recent years the major state documents - Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation, Foreign Policy Concept of the Russian Federation - … [Read more...]