Pentru unii surprinzătoare, pentru sociologi mai puțin, rezultatele primului tur al alegerilor prezidențiale din Ucraina arată o realitate cotidiană pe care cei ce urmăresc atent procesele politice și economice din această țară și-ar fi dorit să aibă un alt caracter. Votul din 31 martie 2019 (primul tur al alegerilor prezidențiale) a demonstrat încă o dată care este atitudinea ucrainenilor față de elita lor politică. Ce am înțeles și ce nu […]

There seems to be an international consensus among analysts: Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy is rational. I question this presumption. In international relations, the concept “rationality” has become ubiquitous. Since 2000, around 50% of scholarly international relations references to foreign policy allude to “rationality” (Abulof 2015 pp. 359-360). But “rationality” is rarely defined in international relations literature. The concept “rationality” has different meanings across fields. In international relations, use of the […]

This paper aims to contextualize the Russian interference in the American elections as a special type of political warfare that autocracy can use against a democracy. It builds on the insights of the so-called Gerasimov doctrine that somehow previewed the forthcoming normalization of societal cohesion attacks as well as “the weaponization of everything”. A major component of the wars of the 21st century will be about influencing the cognitive domain […]

The Experts for Security and Global Affairs Association, Bucharest, and its partner, Ukrainian Foreign Council ”Prism”, Kyiv, is launching a new project with the title ” The Romanian – Ukrainian Civil Society Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation”. The project is supported by the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, a project of the German Marshall Fund. The development of formal discussions between Romanian and Ukrainian experts in an organized form […]

The second edition of the Eastern Partnership Think Tank Forum with the title ” A New Security Agenda for EaP. The Regional Approach” was held between November 14 – 16, 2018 in Bucharest, Romania under the auspices of the Austrian Presidency of the EU Council. The event was organized by the Experts for Security and Global Affairs Association (Romania) in partnership with  the Institute for European Policies and Reforms (IPRE), […]

This policy paper aims at analyzing how the foreign policy instruments used by Russia have influenced the agenda of the public debates in Romania. The analysis will focus both on hard instruments (territorial annexations and wars that took place in the territorial proximity of Romania) and on soft instruments (propaganda). This paper was realized by Dr. Ileana Racheru within the project “Understanding the Eastern Neighborhood. A unique platform for comprehensive debates […]

Alex Nice, British analyst covering the politics and economics of Russia and the post-Soviet space, Warsaw. In 2013-17 he was Regional Manager at The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in London covering Russia and the CIS. Prior to this he was the Coordinator of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) and was subsequently a member of the RIIA Council. This interview was realized […]

Experts for Security and Global Affairs Association (ESGA) has organized on June 5th, 2018, the debate ”Russia and the West: How to build “perfect” Partnerships with “imperfect” Leaders. The Role of Russia in the “Post-Truth” World”. The guest speakers of the event were Konstantin von Eggert, Programme host and commentator at TV Rain. He was a diplomatic correspondent for Izvestia daily in the 1990s, Moscow bureau chief for the BBC […]

Impresii, reacții și păreri ale specialiștilor români Autoare: Georgiana Marcu Pornind de la Raportul Joint Staff Working Document, publicat de Comisia Europeană în luna aprilie 2018, acest material are drept obiectiv analiza reacțiilor experților/politicienilor/decidenților români cu privire la progresul Republicii Moldova în ceea ce privește implementarea documentelor cadru, care reglementează relația bilaterală cu Uniunea Europeană: Acordul de Asociere UE-Republica Moldova și DCFTA. În luna aprilie 2018, Comisia Europeană a publicat […]

On March 5, 2018, the Experts for Security and Global Affairs Association (ESGA), Bucharest, Romania,  hosted a debate with two invited guest experts from Poland: Dr Piotr Oleksy, Adam Mickiewicz University, Institute of European Culture and Kamil Calus, the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW), Poland. The event was dedicated to the political dynamics and regional security in Eastern Europe. The debate was held in Bucharest, with the aim to bring […]