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The European Union – an Overview

Nicholas DIMA This essay traces the history of the European Union, its evolution and enlargement, as well as the integration of the East Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union. The essay also addresses the achievements and some downfalls of the European Union, ponders the dilemmas posed by the … [Read more...]

CONSILIUL ŞTIINŢIFIC
ACADEMIA ROMÂNĂ
academician Dan BERINDEI
academician Constantin BĂLĂCEANU-STOLNICI
academician Dan BĂLTEANU

ACADEMIA OAMENILOR DE ŞTIINŢĂ

Anghel ANDREESCU
Teodor FRUNZETI
Tasin GEMIL
Ionuţ PURICĂ
Gheorghe VĂDUVA
Constantin VLAD

INTERNATIONAL BOARD

Abdulrahman AL RASSI – Ministerul de Externe al Regatului Arabiei Saudite în Rusia
Alam ANWAR – Centre for West Asian Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
Zeljko BJELJAC – Geographical Institute ”Jovan Cvijic”, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Alex BERCA – analist economic, SUA
Christian BOLÍVAR – Chilean Army War College, Santiago, Chile
Maurizio BONI – Headquarters NATO Rapid Deployable Corps, Italy
Michele BRUNELLI – Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Italy
Come CARPENTIER DE GOURDON – World Affairs Journal, New Delhi, India
Michel CHOSSUDOVSKY – Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), Montreal, Qc. Canada
Dimitrios DALAKLIS – World Maritime University, Malmö, Sweden
Nicholas DIMA – Selous Foundation for Public Policy Research, USA
Sevdalina DIMITROVA – National Military University ”Vasil Levski”, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Serhiy DZHERDZH – NATO – Ukraine Civic League, Ukraine
Viacheslav DZIUNDZIUK – National Academy of Public Administration, Ukraine
Joseph E. FALLON – New York, USA
Tiberio GRAZZIANI – L’Istituto di Alti Studi in Geopolitica e Scienze Ausiliarie (IsAG), Roma, Italia
Pawel GOTOWIECKI – The College of Business and Entrepreneurship, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland
Jaroslaw GRYZ – National Defense University and University of Finance and Management in Warsaw, Poland
Mara S. GUBAIDULLINA – Al-Farabi Khazach National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Serhii HAKMAN – Bukovinian Center for Political Studies, Ukraine
George (Sam) HAMONTREE III – Florida, USA
Radu HERVIAN – Drake Institute for Social Studies, Philadelphia, USA
Leonard HOCHBERG – Mackinder Forum, USA
Karolina ILIESKA – University St. Kliument Ohridski-Bitila, Faculty of Economics, Prilep, R. Macedonia
Slobodan JANKOVIC – Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade, Serbia
David A. JONES – University of Warsaw, Poland
Thede KAHL – Institute for Romance Languages, Wien, Austria
Dincho KARAMUNCHEV – Geopolitics Consulting LTD, Bulgaria
Vladimir KARYAKIN – Russia`s Institute for Strategic Studies, Russia
Swapnil KISHORE – IDC Herzliya – International School, Israel
Yana KOROBKO – International Advisory Council of the Institute of Peace and Development, Canada
Tamara KOVAČEVIČ – University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Anatoliy KRUGLASHOV – Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine
Matthew KWASIBORSKI – American Institute on Political and Economic Systems, USA
Dorin LOZOVANU – EGEA, Rep. Moldova
Sohail MAHMOOD – Preston University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Armando MARQUES-GUEDES – Direcção-Geral da Política do Mar, Lisbon, Portugal
Satoshi MORISHIMA – Middle East Cultural Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Isa MULAJ – Institute for Economic Policy Research and Analyses, Pristina, Kosovo
Elman NASIROV – Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
John O`LOUGHLIN – University of Colorado, USA
Amanda PAUL – European Policy Centre (EPC), Brussels, Belgium
Charles PENNAFORTE – Universidade Paulista, São Paulo, Brasil
Donila PIPA – Faculty of Law, ”Vitrina” University, Tirana, Albania
Daniel PIPES – Middle East Forum, USA
Benjamin POGHOSYAN – Institute for National Strategic Studies – MOD, Armenia
Walter POSCH – Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin, Deutschland
Gaetano Mauro POTENZA – ”Geopolitical Review”, The Alpha Institute of Geopolitics and Intelligence, Italy
Maria PTASHKINA – National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Russian APEC Study Center, Moscow, Russia
Hans H. REISER – Regionalgeograph Donauländer, Deutschland
Charles SAINT-PROT – L’Observatoire d’études géopolitiques à Paris, France
Mohammed Saeed AL-SHAKARCHI – Ambasador Extraordinar şi Plenipotenţiar al Republicii Irak la Nairobi, Kenya
Steven Alan SAMSON – Helms School of Government Liberty University, Lynchburg, USA
José J. SANMARTÍN – Universidad de Alicante, España
Daniele SCALEA – Università degli Studi ”La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
Musa SHTEIWI – Jordanian Center for Strategic Studies, Amman, Jordan
Gregory SIMONS – Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Uppsala, Sweden
Vitalie SOCHIRCĂ – Universitatea de Stat din Chişinău, R. Moldova
Vladimir TESIC – Research Center for Western Balkan Security Issues, Serbia
Mohamad TROUDI – L’Institut International d’Etudes Stratégiques (IIES), Paris, France
Nuray TURKER – Karabuk University, Turkey
Tynchtykbek TCHOROEV (CHOROTEGIN) – Kyrgyz National University ”Jusup Balasagyn”, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Andrei VOLOSHIN – Institutul de Economie Mondială, Lyov, Ucraina
Daniel WAGNER – Country Risk Solutions, Connecticut, USA
Immanuel WALLERSTEIN – Dept. of Sociology Yale University, New Haven, USA
Suolao WANG – Center for International & Strategic Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China
Jan WENDT – Institute of Geography, Gdańsk University, Poland
Shams uz ZAMAN – National Defence University Islamabad, Pakistan

NATIONAL BOARD

Constantin ANECHITOAE – Universitatea „Ovidius”, Constanţa
Cristian BARNA – Academia Naţională de Informaţii, Bucureşti
Dumitru BORŢUN – SNSPA, Bucureşti
Cristian BRAGHINĂ – Universitatea din Bucureşti
Anna-Eva BUDURA – Universitatea „Ovidius”, Constanţa
Irena CHIRU – Academia Naţională de Informaţii, Bucureşti
Dumitru CODIŢĂ – Asociaţia de Drept Internaţional Umanitar
Laura COMĂNESCU – Universitatea din Bucureşti
Olivia COMŞA – Centrul de Inginerie şi Tehnologie Obiective Nucleare
Dan DUNGACIU – Institutul de Relaţii Internaţionale al Academiei Române
Călin FELEZEU – Universitatea „Babeş-Bolyai”, Cluj-Napoca
Cornel GRIGORUŢ – Universitatea „Ovidius”, Constanţa
Constantin HLIHOR – Universitatea Creştină „Dimitrie Cantemir”, Bucureşti
Ioan IANOŞ – Universitatea din Bucureşti
Alexandru ILIEŞ – Universitatea din Oradea
Aliodor MANOLEA – Universitatea Hyperion, Bucureşti
Dumitru MIRON – Academia de Studii Economice, Bucureşti
Vasile NAZARE – Asociaţia de Geopolitică „Ion Conea”
Florin PINTESCU – Universitatea „Ştefan cel Mare”, Suceava
Nicolae POPA – Universitatea de Vest, Timişoara
Ştefan PURICI – Universitatea „Ştefan cel Mare”, Suceava
Nicolae RADU – Academia de Poliţie „Al. I. Cuza”, Bucureşti
Dănuţ-Radu SĂGEATĂ – Institutul de Geografie al Academiei Române
Vasile SIMILEANU – Academia de Studii Economice, Bucureşti
Laura SITARU – Universitatea din Bucureşti
Cristian TĂLÂNGĂ – Universitatea din Bucureşti
Cristian TRONCOTĂ – Universitatea „Lucian Blaga”, Sibiu
Răzvan ZAHARIA – Academia de Studii Economice, Bucureşti

REFERENŢI ŞTIINŢIFICI

Constantin ANECHITOAE – Universitatea „Ovidius”, Constanţa
Maricel ANTIPA – Universitatea Naţională de Apărare „Carol I”, Bucureşti
Cristian BARNA – Academia Naţională de Informaţii, Bucureşti
Adrian FILIP – Universitatea „Andrei Şaguna”, Constanţa
Constantin HLIHOR – Universitatea Creştină „Dimitrie Cantemir”, Bucureşti
Aliodor MANOLEA – Universitatea Hyperion, Bucureşti
Silviu NATE – Universitatea „Lucian Blaga”, Sibiu
Nicolae RADU -Academia de Poliţie „Al. I. Cuza”, Bucureşti
Radu SĂGEATĂ – Institutul de Geografie al Academiei Române
Vasile SIMILEANU – Academia de Studii Economice, Bucureşti

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Senior Editor: Vasile SIMILEANU
Redactor Şef: Cristina GEORGESCU (SIMILEANU)
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Secretar de redacţie: Monica MUŢU
Website: Andrei ŢURCAN
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Redactori: Alexandru DINU
Irina IONIŢĂ
Cosmin PĂCURARU
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