In the last decade, Romania has faced new and challenging experiences, going through a period of change with a broad social, economic and political impact: the accession to NATO and to the EU and the need to adapt to European and Euro-Atlantic values. This complex process requires firstly a look...

This article develops a conceptual framework for the systematic analysis of the European Union as a first step towards building a theory of the role of co-dependant border areas in regional and global context. The position of the state has changed, at the end of the 20th century, being burdened...

After the Cold War, the chance of Romania was achieved by two strategic objectives of the Romanian foreign policy, the accession to NATO and integration into the European Union. Thus, Romania was able to escape the area dominated by the “rough power politics” and to take shelter in this...

The purpose of the article is to observe and analyse the causes of the lack of a new strategic objective for Romania, and, following that, to propose a new country objective. At first, the subject of analysis will be represented by Romania’s current foreign policy objectives. Following that,...

Although the concept of power is frequently debated in International Relations Theory there is less attention focused on the power exertion of small states as international actors. Consequently, this article focuses on how to approach different types of power resources in order to achieve...

The 2007-2009 crisis brought back in the spotlight the need to employ economic diplomacy strategies in international economic relations. The present paper tries to reply to the following research question: how does the priority given to economic diplomacy translate into practice? The first...

Professor Emeritus Peter Volten has been awarded Doctor Honoris Causa of the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (May 2014) in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the field of European Security Studies. Leading author, director and editor, Prof. Volten...

This paper is focused on the relationship between the Republic of Moldova and the European Union. In a regional climate marked by the crisis in Ukraine, Moldova is an interesting case. It is arguably the most committed country in the Eastern Partnership to a stronger relationship with the EU. It...

In the summer of 2013, the European Endowment for Democracy - EED started to operate from Brussels, as the newest additional instrument meant to project EU’s influence in its neighbourhood. Its objective is to encourage democracy initiatives from the emerging civil societies and to support the...

Fiona Hill and Clifford G. Gaddy. 2013. Mr. Putin. Operative in the Kremlin. Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 377p. ISBN-13: 978-0815723769