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We see good will with the nations of the world but we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their nations first.
As a young Romanian child raised and educated between the end of the 90’s and the start of the new millennium, my parents and my school teachers were always telling me and my colleagues that the reunification of Romania and Bessarabia (Republic of Moldova’s original name) is just a question of time and patience. But […]
By Marcela GANEA, local agent of the NMC (UAE) in Bucharest During an interview given for international journalists on 25th November 2014 in St Regis Hotel in Abu Dhabi, on the occasion of the 43th anniversary of the United Arab Emirates, Dr Anwar Gargash, secretary of State in the Emirati Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed […]
NOTE: This series is dedicated to a better understanding of the Arctic energy reserves, which may have a long-term impact on the regional and global geopolitical evolution. The first part of the series is meant to present the energy potential of the Arctic region, as it is known to date. For the time being, geography […]
The current crisis in Ukraine has offered the opportunity to the “NATO-skeptics” on the one hand to criticize again the Alliance of passivity, on the other hand to renew their convictions towards a weak NATO. The emergence of skepticism was favored by a few years in which the Alliance’s ability to respond, especially during crisis […]
Of all the North African states Libya is the most predisposed to internal divisions and instability. At the same time it’s also the only North African state to have failed to eliminate the ethnic and tribal barriers and to create a national identity. The main obstacle to achieving this goal has been and still is […]
This article was published on Adevarul.ro, one of the most read newspapers from Romania. On February the 11th, an official meeting between French President Francois Hollande and U.S. President Barrack Obama was held. During the discussion several important topics were touched, such as Syria or Iran, but even so the meeting has little geopolitical relevance, […]
The Caucasus, a relatively small region, but one which throughout history was one of the most disputed. Its strategic geographical position and mountainous configuration have prevented the formation of sustainable and durable entities and facilitated invasions from all geographical directions. Whether they were the Assyrians, the Romans, Byzantines, Persians, the Greeks, Ottomans or the Russians, […]
The tense relations between China and Japan are well-known nowadays. However, last month animosities increased when China expanded its Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), overlapping the ADIZ of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. In addition, the new ADIZ encompasses the long disputed Diaoyu/Senkaku islands in the East China Sea and as if all this was […]
Ever since the creation of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) in 1999, security at the global level was critically challenged and the European security mechanism seemed unable to adapt to this situation. In this context, the improvement of the European security system became a priority for the member states. Short history As […]
It is interesting to live in a time of a first truly global hegemony scenario. The United States is currently in the best position in which a civilization has managed to put itself in during history. It has a quasi-total control over the global ocean, it has the most strategically comprehensive military base pattern scattered […]