United States vs. Russia: Wrangling over the Missile Shield
The announced deployment of parts of the American missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic soured relations with Russia’s, many annalists arguing that bilateral relations between the former...
View ArticleThe Liberal Internationalist agenda (II)
In its basic sense the doctrine of integration argues for a global consensus or a global compact that will define the threats and the challenges of the new era and, very important, will define new...
View ArticleMajor Issues in Romania’s Foreign Policy
This article is the first in a series of articles that I will publish on this blog dealing with Romania’s foreign policy. In this article I will outline the major international issues Romania’s foreign...
View ArticleWhat type of ally is Romania?
A recent article titled “A Tale of Two Allies” which was published in the American newspaper Christian Science Monitor has sparked furore in the Romanian media. In brief the article accompanied in the...
View ArticleKosovo’s Independence and U.S.-Romanian Relations
George Visan scrie în publicaţia Central Europe Digest a institutului de cercetare Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) din Washington despre declaraţia de independenţă a provinciei Kosovo,...
View ArticleCentral and Eastern European fears
A group of Central and Eastern European intellectuals and former chiefs of state have published on July 16 an open letter to the President of the United States of America, voicing their concerns...
View ArticleThe blue-print of the future NATO strategic concept: future missions and...
I continue the presentation and analysis of the experts’ report on the future NATO strategic concept, an endeavor which I have began in May, with the section dedicated to the future missions and...
View ArticleStatecraft is stagecraft
At the behest of my good friend and colleague, Octavian Manea, I am very pleased to re-publish on this blog his posting from Politică Externă. I hope you will find this post as useful and insightful as...
View ArticleNATO’s developments
In my opinion, one of the most interesting developments in the international politics scenario will be a massive change in the role, the identity and the purposes of NATO. Moreover, as the need for a...
View ArticleRonald Asmus: Russia is a revisionist, but also a declining power
In one of the last interviews he gave to the press, the late Ronald Asmus reiterated the importance of strategically reassuring NATO’s vulnerable allies against threats coming from inside and outside...
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