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The political consensus in Romania remains very much pro-European and in favour of deeper integration, enforcement of democratic standards and the consolidation of a common foreign and security policy.
The GlobalFocus Center team wishes you happy holidays and a fruitful New Year!
GlobalFocus Center will share its knowledge on hybrid threats at the prime NATO event of the year next Tuesday, December 3.
Our Executive Director Oana Popescu Zamfir will moderate “The Battle for Your Mind” session within #NATOEngages, the flagship expert conference on the eve of this year’s NATO Summit.
The psychological impact of the anti-communist uprisings is underestimated in Romania, the East, and the West, GlobalFocus Center Executive Director Oana Popescu said for Open Society Foundations‘ Voices.
Global Focus Programme Director Rufin Zamfir spoke to Radio Romania Cultural’s “Timpul prezent” on what the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi means for the region.
Interview with Rufin Zamfir for Ziare.com
September 2016
Russian propaganda is visible in Bucharest and must be assessed beginning with Moscow’s interests in Romania. We can speak of Russian interests inside the nationalist movement, since feeding nationalism is one of the main ways Moscow’s message permeates states Russia has interests in, according to analyst Rufin Zamfir, Program Director at Global Focus.
By Oana Popescu
August 2016
Adevărul
Russia is challenging the rules established on the European continent – yet it is also challenging global order and US domination. This prompts the fear that a compromise between great powers would first of all sacrifice the interests of Eastern Europe, which are relatively minor compared to other international files.