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Turkey – a unavoidable player in the Middle East
Corneliu PIVARIU
On July 9th, 2018, president Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated his second mandate which marked, at the same time, turning the parliamentary system, in place since almost 100 years, into one where the political power is more concentrated at the presidency level.
The change takes place under the circumstances of the complex developments in the Middle East and particularly in Syria, as well as within the geopolitical global context of [...]
Published in 2018-08-20
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Stupidity and corruption, scourges of the contemporary world or leverages of action for achieving geopolitical aims?
Corneliu PIVARIU
“The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits”
The Italian historian and economist Carlo Cipolla succeeded, after long years of research, in formulating five universal laws of stupidity serviceable in any society:
1. Man has always underestimated the number of the idiots surrounding him;
2. The likelihood of a man [...]
Published in 2018-08-20
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“THE IRANIAN APOCALYPSE”: REALITY SHOW OR... REALITY AND SHOW?
Reza SHAHRESTANI
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Published in 2018-07-20
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The Middle East - quo vadis?
Corneliu PIVARIU
The so-called “Arab spring” has thrown the Middle East and North Africa in a mess which evolutions in perspecive are difficult to anticipate, especially as a result of the global geopolitical situation that does not allow yet to contemplate what the coming world order will be.
Today’s main conflicted situation in the Middle East is the one between Iran and Israel. Whether since the emergence of the State of Israel [...]
Published in 2018-07-20
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President Trump and the USA’s position in the new world geopolitical order
Corneliu PIVARIU
This middle of July, president Donald Trump paid an important visit to Europe starting with the NATO summit in Brussels,the meetings with Queen Elisabeth II and prime minister Theresa May, then in Helsinki with the Russian president Vladimir Putin.
A few valuable comments and analyses were published until these lines were sent to press, especially in what concern the summit between the American and [...]
Published in 2018-07-20
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Pashinyan Stiffens Armenia’s Posture Toward Karabakh
Eduard ABRAHAMYAN
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Published in 2018-06-20
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The City of Brașov on the orbit of contemporary geopolitical concerns
Nicolae Uszkai,
Marketing & PR Manager
INGEPO Consulting Braşov
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Published in 2018-06-20
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Jordan – NO to instability!
Corneliu PIVARIU
The end of May, 2018 was marked by strong and wide street protests in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan after a period of several years in which Jordan was the most stable country in a unstable region. Their amplitude and, at the same time, the attention King Abdullah II pays to the domestic situation was proved by the resignation of the prime minister Hani al-Mulki and by the royal decree appointing the minister of Education Omar al-Razzaz to form a new [...]
Published in 2018-06-20
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The first USA – North Korea summit
Corneliu PIVARIU
On June 12th, 2018, president Donald Trump had the first meeting, that most analysts characterized as historical, with the North-Korean leader, Kim Jong Un. The brief joint statement (four points) signed by the two presidents the same day mentions, at the third point, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) committment to work for “total denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula”. It comes as a continuation of the [...]
Published in 2018-06-20
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Consequences of unilaterally denouncing of the nuclear deal with Iran by the USA
Corneliu PIVARIU
As he declared previously during the electoral campaign and at the beginning of his office, president Donald Trump announced and signed on May, 8th 2018, the United States’s unilateral withdrawal from what is known to the public at large as the nuclear agreement with Iran (The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action - JCPOA – signed in the 5+1 format with Iran by the USA, Great Britain, France, China, [...]
Published in 2018-05-20