By Oana Popescu
January 2016
Aspen Institute
Romania did indeed take a long vacation after its 2007 EU accession. A process, which literally absorbed the whole creative and executive energy of the country at political, administrative, and social level, the EU/NATO integration was a monumental endeavor and THE national project for at least a generation.
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By Rufin Zamfir
January 2016
Adevărul
GlobalFocus presents (a highly compressed version of) its analysis on geopolitical and geostrategic developments in the world. Far from us the intention to submerge into an exhaustive endeavour: the predictions collected below are based on the conclusions deriving from GlobalFocus activities throughout the past year, to which we add adjustments deriving from our – internal as well as external – collaborations with experts.
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By Oana Popescu
September 2015
Adevărul
My uncle fled to Germany in 1986. He had a good life at home and did not experience persecution from the communists. My friends “took refuge” in Spain and Germany prior to 2007. They weren’t suffering of starvation, nor did they have the legal right to work or reside in the EU. Instead of holding others accountable to strict standards that we ourselves do not abide by, we should rather focus on efficiently managing a phenomenon that is here to stay.
By Rufin Zamfir
June 2015
Adevărul
Romania’s foreign policy priorities, as EU Member State, includes supporting Serbia’s integration to full EU membership status. The context Brussels has defined for EU enlargement for the next five years gives Romania a well needed time off to reconsider how its stance towards Kosovo’s status can contribute to forging a European path for Serbia.
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By Oana Popescu
June 2015
Adevărul
Missile attacks on the Kandahar base are frequent. The reason is that the missiles the Talibans/insurgents have at their disposal are often handcrafted and so, have very low target precision. That is why they are used to hit objectives on an open ground, covering a large surface, as was the case of the Kandahar base, where there is a chance they do hit something, despite the low degree of precision.
By Rufin Zamfir
May 2015
Academia.edu
This year is of great importance for the evaluation of cyber security role within the global fight against terrorism. Nearly 15 years after Patriot Act and the inception of a new era for the surveillance of electronic communications by mass-collecting the traces this type of communication leaves in the cyberspace, it is mandatory to assess the efficiency of this surveillance method, the benefits it brings for global security environment and the unwanted effects it has over individual liberties.
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