The Unknown Newton “The Unknown Newton”, The New Atlantis, Vol. 44 (Winter 2015), ISSN: 1543-1215, 46-115 pp. Kirsten WALSH Isaac Newton’s scientific legacy is well-known. What’s less well-known is that he was a staunch, though unorthodox, Christian, an alchemist, theologian, and Church historian. These facets of Newton’s life and work often seem at odds with […]
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Descartes’ Complete Correspondence
Descartes’ Complete Correspondence René Descartes, Corespondenţa completă. Vol.II. 1639-1644 ed. Vlad Alexandrescu, trans. Vlad Alexandrescu, Robert Arnăutu, Călin Cristian Pop, Mihai-Dragoş Vădana, Grigore Vida (Iaşi: Polirom, 2015), ISBN 978-973-46-4244-1, 941 pp. Ovidiu BABEȘ The project of translating and editing a major philosopher’s complete correspondence for the first time in a certain language poses difficulties not […]
Interrogation, Vision, and Foresight on International Relations
Interrogation, Vision, and Foresight on International Relations Stephanie Lawson, Relații internaționale. O scurtă introducere [International Relations] (Cluj-Napoca: CA Publishing, 2010), ISBN 978-606-92680-3-2, 201 pp. Speranța Sofia MILANCOVICI By translating into Romanian and publishing Stephanie Lawson’s book, CA Publishing House completes the Romanian landscape of international relations with a brief, transparent, clearly written introduction, which is […]
Iran’s Nuclear Proliferation – Challenge or Survival Opportunity for The Common Foreign and Security Policy?
Iran’s Nuclear Proliferation – Challenge or Survival Opportunity for The Common Foreign and Security Policy? Nicoleta LĂŞAN Abstract: The European Union has maintained for decades a low profile in fighting nuclear proliferation and became strongly preoccupied with this subject in the last decade, although its first actions in the field date back to the 1980s. […]
China and The New World Order in The Era of Globalisation
China and The New World Order in The Era of Globalisation Stelean Ioan BOIA Abstract. The paper is trying to present a post – realist approach in order to explain the essence of the Chinese foreign policy, its main strategic trends of thoughts, and its perception about the complex contemporary world. Daoist and Confucianism roots […]
Economic Growth, Trade, and Energy in The Brics: Assessing the Negotiations with The International Organisations
Economic Growth, Trade, and Energy in The Brics: Assessing the Negotiations with The International Organisations Irina Ionela POP Abstract. The economic growth of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) was emphasized by the global economic crisis from 2008 and it seems to continue in the years to come. However, this economic growth […]
Promoting Politics as Way of Existence in Contemporary European Media
Promoting Politics as Way of Existence in Contemporary European Media Victor MORARU Abstract. The article focuses on the promotion paradigm in media activity, it examines various aspects of the concept of promotion, and presents the accumulated experience of the Moldavian and Romanian media in the coverage of the political process through the comprehension of promotion […]
Sami People and the Right to Self-Determination
Sami People and the Right to Self-Determination Adrian Liviu IVAN Ruxandra Emanuela NUȚ Abstract. Currently, one can observe the trend of a global manifestation of what we call the right to self-determination of indigenous peoples, which is also one of the central goals of the United Nations. Selfdetermination refers to varied and complex issues, […]
The Behavioural Dynamics of Romania’s Foreign Policy in the Late 1990s: the Drive for Security and the Politics of Voluntary Servitude
The Behavioural Dynamics of Romania’s Foreign Policy in the Late 1990s: the Drive for Security and the Politics of Voluntary Servitude Eduard Rudolf ROTH Abstract. This article investigates the nature, the magnitude and the impact of the exogenously articulated preferences in the articulation of Romania’s foreign policy agenda and behavioural dynamics during the period 1996-2000. […]
The Marshall Plan and The Beginnings of Comecon
The Marshall Plan and The Beginnings of Comecon Cristian BENȚE Abstract: The integration of the Eastern-European states into the Soviet Union’s sphere of influence at the end of the Second World War represented a complex process that aimed all the vital sectors in those states.In a relatively short period of time, the political, economic, social […]