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How’d You Rather Die: Slowly and Painfully or Hit by a Nuclear Bomb?

By Oana Popescu

June 2016

Adevărul

It’s the main lesson of the British referendum. We got here because we refused to sit down and see the clear and numerous signs of our collective vulnerabilities and failures, and do something about them. Lest we come to our senses now, next time (because there will definitely be a next time, even if elsewhere) the decision will be to Leave.

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The Migrant Crisis and the EU Solution: the Hell with Whomever Is Not on Board!

By Rufin Zamfir

April 2016

Adevărul

The largest migration wave that Europe has ever faced since World War II has slowed down, at least for the time being. Its effects, however, will be visible for a long time after it has fully stopped.

 

Read more at http://adevarul.ro/international/europa/criza-migrantilor-solutia-ue-nu-e-noi-nu-intereseaza-1_572350535ab6550cb872ddb8/index.html

“Europe is Not at War, Unless We Define the Front Line Within the EU”

Rufin Zamfir interviewed by Mircea Vasilescu for  Dilema Veche

April 2016

A review of Europe’s vulnerabilities from this perspective is a complicated endeavour because it is difficult to grade or differentiate these vulnerabilities according to their importance.

Read more at http://dilemaveche.ro/sectiune/tema-saptamanii/articol/europa-nu-este-in-razboi-decit-daca-definim-linia-frontului-in-interiorul-constructului-european-interviu-cu-rufin-zamfir

We No Longer Live Under a Crystal Ball

By Oana Popescu

April 2016

Dilema Veche

We now have the same old reflex to turn to simplistic and inadequate explanations and solutions. We have embraced multiculturalism, but stripped it of its substance: the dialogue between cultures, that leads to reciprocal respect, understanding and acceptance, to cohabitation based on common principles and respect for European laws and values, with the aim to identify and consolidate what we have in common.

Read more at http://dilemaveche.ro/sectiune/tema-saptamanii/articol/nu-mai-traim-sub-un-glob-de-cristal

Hooked on the Same Line – Do We Feel Safer or Freer? On the Costs of Cybersecurity

By Rufin Zamfir

February 2016

Adevărul

The problem is not one of looking into the need for a legal package to regulate cybersecurity, but one of identifying the best way to formulate norms and implementation methodologies, so that the package can also prove efficient. Is wire-tapping a fair price to pay for being protected?  

Read more at http://adevarul.ro/news/politica/legea-securitatii-cibernetice-analiza-swot-1_56bde6775ab6550cb8b936c8/index.html