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Petia Gueorguieva

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Petia Gueorguieva is a PhD in Political Science from the Université libre de Bruxelles. She works as a Senior Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Sciences of the New Bulgarian University. Her research is focused on Central and Eastern European politics and parties, the processes of Europeanization and democratization. She has published several articles on populism and populist actors in Bulgaria and in Central and Eastern Europe.

Selected Publications

 GUEORGUIEVA Petia (2020), Bulgaria’s Slow Europeanization. BULMER Simon and LEQUSENE Christian (eds) The Member States of The European Union, 3d edition, Oxford, Oxford University Press,  https://www.oxfordpoliticstrove.com/view/10.1093/hepl/9780198737391.001.0001/hepl-9780198737391-chapter-10

GUEORGUIEVA Petia et Antony TODOROV (2017) (dir.) À la recherche de la représentation perdue. Nouvelles voies à l’ ouest, à l’ est et au sud. Paris, L’Harmattan, coll. Politique comparée., https://www.editions-harmattan.fr/livre-a_la_recherche_de_la_representation_perdue_nouvelles_voies_a_l_ouest_a_l_est_et_au_sud_petia_gueorguieva_antony_todorov-9782343135649-58200.html

GUEORGUIEVA Petia (2018) Les Patriotes unis aux renes du pouvoir”, in H. RIOUX (dir.) Nationalismes en Europe, Revue L’Action nationale, Montreal, Quebec, vol. CVIII, n 3, mars 2018, 104-118., https://www.action-nationale.qc.ca/tous-les-articles/346-numeros-publies-en-2018/mars-2018/nationalismes-en-europe/1223-bulgarie-les-patriotes-unis-aux-renes-du-pouvoir

GUEORGUIEVA Petia (2017), “Populismes et populistes en Europe centrale et orientale”, in Dominique Wolton, Les incommunications européennes, Hermès, 2017/1, n 77, Paris, C.N.R.S. Editions, p. 117-125., https://www.cairn.info/revue-hermes-la-revue-2017-1-page-117.htm

GUEORGUIEVA Petia (2016) L’imparfaite démocratisation de la Bulgarie, in Dominique Reynié. L’opinion européenne en 2016. Paris. Editions Lignes de Repères, pp.147, 2016. ⟨hal-01497797⟩

GUEORGUIEVA Petia et Anna KRASTEVA (2015) (sous la dir. de) LA RUE ET L’E-RUE. Nouvelles contestations citoyennes, Paris. l’ Harmattan. https://www.editions-harmattan.fr/livre-la_rue_et_l_e_rue_nouvelles_contestations_citoyennes_petia_gueorguieva_anna_krasteva-9782343070902-48262.html

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Silviu Rogobete

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Professor Silviu Rogobete (PhD, Brunel, UK) returned to the Department of Political Science, West University of Timisoara (WUT), after serving as Consul General of Romania in South Africa. He is currently the Director of the Doctoral School of Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science. In 2019 he was appointed Honorary Professor of Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He teaches courses on Human Rights, Religion and Politics, Globalisation and Human Security, Diplomacy and Global Affairs. Since 2019 Professor Rogobete represents WUT in the Academic board of the European Security and Defense College (ESDC), where he also introduced and currently directs two permanent courses on Diplomatic Skills for CSDP Missions (Basic and advanced).

 His recent international research resulted in a series of publications by Springer Nature in the Religion and Human Rights Series.

Selected Publications

Rogobete S.E., Vitelar L. (2020) Religion and Existential Security: An Empirical Study of Religion and Socio-Economic Rights Amongst High-School Learners in Post-Atheist, Post-Totalitarian Romania. In: Ziebertz HG. (eds) International Empirical Studies on Religion and Socioeconomic Human Rights. Religion and Human Rights, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-30934-3_5

Breskaya O., Rogobete S. (2020) Religious Freedom in Context: A Comparison Between Belarus and Romania. In: Giordan G., Zrinščak S. (eds) Global Eastern Orthodoxy. Springer, Cham, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-28687-3_7

Breskaya O., Botvar P.K., Sjöborg A., Rogobete S. (2019) Religion, Trust in Institutions and Attitudes Towards Abortion: A Comparison of Lutheran and Orthodox Countries. In: Ziebertz HG., Zaccaria F. (eds) Euthanasia, Abortion, Death Penalty and Religion – The Right to Life and its Limitations. Religion and Human Rights, vol 4. Springer, Cham, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-98773-6_11.

Rogobete S.E., Reisz R.D. (2018) Religion, Political and Judicial Rights in Post-Communist, Post-Atheist Spaces. An Empirical Analysis among Youth in Romania. In: Sterkens C., Ziebertz HG. (eds) Political and Judicial Rights through the Prism of Religious Belief. Religion and Human Rights, vol 3. Springer, Cham. (link here)

Rogobete, S.E.; Francis, L.J.; McKenna, U. Examining the Connection between Religion and Attitude toward Socio-Economic Human Rights and Attitude toward Euthanasia and Abortion among Romanian Orthodox Adolescents: Contrasting the Effects of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Religiosity. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 10837. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010837.

 

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Cătălin-Gabriel Done

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Cătălin-Gabriel Done is a PhD Candidate at the University of Naples “Federico II” – Department of Political Science

In his academic career, Cătălin-Gabriel obtained a BA Degree in International Relations and European Integration and a Master’s Degree in Political Science at SNSPA, Bucharest. He has worked with several national and international bodies, Including IOM and Europe Elects. Currently, he is the vice-president and researcher at ESGA Romania, where he deals with the EU’s relationship with the Eastern Partnership, especially with the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, and the perspective of the transnational Orthodox Church’s thought, practice and geopolitics.

Selected Publications

  • https://www.europenowjournal.org/2020/08/02/confronting-nationalisms-romania-and-the-autonomy-ofthe-

romanian-hungarians/ – 2020

Reference:

Done, Cătălin-Gabriel. 2020. ”Confronting Nationalism: Romania and the Authonomy of the Romanian-Hungarians”. Europe Now, 35.

Reference:

Done, Cătălin-Gabriel. 2020. ”Sistemul de securitate arctic – Mizele luptei pentru putere”. In Gândirea Militară Românească (4), 226-237. București: Statul Major al Apărării.

  • https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-68586-7_9 – 2021

Reference:

Ion, Oana-Andreea, and Cătălin-Gabriel Done. 2021. ”Romania’s capacity to plan and implement a Sustainable Development Strategy”. In Limits in the Europeanization of Environmental Policies in New EU Member States. Understanding the EU’s Capacity-Building În Environmental Policies, ed. Todor Arpad and Florența-Elena Helepciuc, 127–44. Springer.

  • https://ibn.idsi.md/sites/default/files/imag_file/32-36_35.pdf – 2021

Reference:

Done, Cătălin-Gabriel. 2021. ”Усиление потенциала государственного управления Европейского Союза в контексте управления кризисами”. In Materiale ale Conferinței Științifice Internaționale ,,Contribuția tinerilor cercetători la dezvoltarea administrației publice’’, 32-36. Chișinău: Print-Caro.

  • https://gmr.mapn.ro/app/webroot/fileslib/upload/files/arhiva GMR/2021 gmr/4 proceedings 2021/pdf – 2021

Reference:

Done, Cătălin-Gabriel. 2021. ”Consolidarea și dezvoltarea capacității de analiză a informațiilor și

transformarea paradigmei de securitate a României în contextul provocărilor asimetrice din regiunea Mării Negre”. In Gândirea Militară Românească (4), 34-53. București: Statul Major al Apărării.

 

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Floris-Adrian Ionescu

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Phd Canditate Floris-Adrian IONESCU is an expert of the Ministry of National Defense. His area of expertise covers crisis management and conflict prevention, counter-terrorism and weapons intelligence. Also, his professional experience has been opersationally tested within NATO and EU led operations troughout the globe. Subsequently, his research work focuses on NATO’s adaptability and transformation under the auspices of continuouses crises.

 

Selected Publications

  1. Floris IONESCU, Considerations on NATO’s response to crises, Proceedings of the 12th International Scientific Conference STRATEGII XXI – STRATEGIC GHANGES IN SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Volumul 2, Editura Universităţii Naţionale de Apărare „Carol I”, București, 2016;
  2. Floris IONESCU, Arthur ELISEI, Chronical Cold War. Knowledge for the future of NATO, Proceedings of the 13th International Scientific Conference STRATEGII XXI – STRATEGIC GHANGES IN SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Volumul 2, Editura Universităţii Naţionale de Apărare „Carol I”, București, 2017;
  3. Arthur ELISEI, Floris IONESCU, NATO operations planning process: adaptation for uncertainty, Proceedings of the 13th International Scientific Conference STRATEGII XXI – STRATEGIC GHANGES IN SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Volumul 2, Editura Universităţii Naţionale de Apărare „Carol I”, București, 2017;
  4. Floris IONESCU, Considerații privind trihotomia conflictualității contemporane și prezentul transformațional al NATO, Sesiunea de comunicări științifice SNEE 2017 – Securitate națională, europeană și euroatlantică, Volumul 1, Editura Universităţii Naţionale de Apărare „Carol I”, București, 2017;
  5. Floris IONESCU, NATO’s resilience against crisis ubiquity, Proceedings of The 11th Conference on Knowledge Management: Projects, Systems and Technologies, Editura Universităţii Naţionale de Apărare „Carol I”, București, 2019

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Vincent Henry

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Expert in educational and university cooperation. He was deputy director of the Central and Eastern Europe Office of the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie before joining the French agency for international technical expertise.

He holds a master’s degree in international relations from the Institut des Relations Internationales et Stratégiques and a PhD in political science from the Université Paris-Est.

He is a member of the Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de l’Etude du Politique Hannah Arendt (LIPHA). His research focuses on political, cultural and social developments in Central and Eastern Europe, with a specialisation on Moldova, Romania and Bulgaria.

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Delia Pop-Flanja

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Delia Pop-Flanja is an Associate Professor in Communication Sciences at the Faculty of European Studies of Babeş-Bolyai University – Cluj-Napoca, Department of European Studies and Governance. She holds a PhD in Philology, on Cultural Typologies and Cross-Cultural Adaptation, an MA in Intercultural Business Communication and a BA in Philology (French and English). Her research interests include communication skills, intercultural communication, multilingualism, discourse analysis and crisis communication.

Selected Publications

Books

  • Delia Pop – Flanja, Crisis Communication during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Case Studies on France, the United Kingdom and Romania, Cluj-Napoca, Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2021, ISBN 978-606-37-1100-8.

http://www.editura.ubbcluj.ro/bd/ebooks/pdf/2898.pdf

  • Delia Pop – Flanja, Provocarea interculturală în epoca globalizării – revised edition, Cluj-Napoca, Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2021, ISBN 978‐606‐37‐1053‐

Articles and chapters in books

  • Delia Pop-Flanja, Laura-Maria Herța “Public Perception on the Western Balkan States’ Accession to the EU. Social-Constructivist Interpretations”, in Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai, Studia Europaea, Cluj-Napoca, Cluj University Press, 2021, DOI: 10.24193/subbeuropaea.2021.2.07, pp. 135-162.

http://studia.ubbcluj.ro/download/pdf/1408.pdf

  • Delia Pop-Flanja, Roxana-Maria Nistor Gâz, “How Soft Are Soft Skills? The Role of Higher Education Institutions in Supporting Graduates’ Employability”, in Europe: Critical Thinking in Critical Times, ed. Miriam Sette, London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, 2021, ISBN: 978-1-9164586-9-7 (E-Book), 2021, pp. 139-154.
  • Delia Pop – Flanja, “Cross-Cultural Differences in Risk Perception and Risk Communication. A Case Study on the COVID-19 Outbreak”, in Redefining Community in Intercultural Context RCIC’20 – European Cultural Community, Vol. 9., ed. „Henri Coandă” Air Force Academy Publishing House, Braşov, 2020, pp. 68-74. ISSN 2285-2689 ISSN-L 2285-2689. https://www.afahc.ro/ro/rcic/2020/rcic’20/volum_2020/068-074%20Pop-Flanja.pdf
  • Delia Pop – Flanja, “The Discourse on Migration in the European Union: Solidarity or Threat to Security?”, in The European Union. Policies, Perspectives and Politics, New York, Nova Science Publishers, Inc, 2020, pp. 31-42, ISBN 978-1-53617-142-6.
  • Delia Pop – Flanja, “Crisis Communication. A Case Study on the Colectiv Blaze”, in Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai, Studia Europaea, Cluj-Napoca, Cluj University Press, LXIV, 1, 2019, pp. 114-131, DOI 10.24913/subbeuropaea19.1.07.
  • Delia Pop – Flanja, “Terrorist Attacks – A Challenge in Crisis Communication”, in Redefining Community in Intercultural Context RCIC’19 Migration & Intercultural Dialogue 8, ed. „Henri Coandă” Air Force Academy Publishing House, Braşov, 2019, pp. 219-225. ISSN 2285-2689 ISSN-L 2285-2689. https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=874321
  • Delia Pop – Flanja, “Le discours sur le Brexit. Une analyse des stratégies discursives de Theresa May”, in Synergies Roumanie, 13, ed. Gerflint, Sylvains-les-Moulins, France, 2018, pp. 11-22. http://www.gerflint.fr/Base/Roumanie13/pop_flanja.pdf
  • Delia Pop-Flanja, Roxana-Maria Gâz, “Ambiguity in Intercultural Communication”, in Redefining Community in Intercultural Context, volum al conferinței RCIC 21-23 mai 2015, vol. 4, nr. 1 / 2015, Braşov, ‘Henri Coandă’ Air Force Academy Publishing House, pp. 145-149. https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=498552

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Dorin Popescu

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President and Founding Member of the Black Sea House Association Constanta since 2017, former diplomat in the Romanian MFA (diplomatic missions in Moscow / Russian Federation, Chernivtsi / Ukraine and Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hertegovina), ICDE (Initiative for European  Democratic  Culture) member, advisor for International Affairs of the mayor of Constanta, former Associate Professor at Andrei Şaguna University of Constanta, political analyst, doctor of letters / PhD since 2012, author of four books.

Main areas of interest: geopolitical and political studies, local history, foreign policy, cultural studies, history of culture etc.

Professional skills / expertise field: foreign affairs, international relations, public diplomacy, national and international security affairs, geopolitics, emerging security challenges, Wider Black Sea area (the geopolitics of the Black Sea area).

Selected Publications

“Noica. Bătălia continuă” / “Noica. The Battle Continues” (single author), European Idea Publishing House, Bucharest, 2013

“Figuri ale textului anteic” / “Figures of the Antaeus Text” (single author), European Idea Publishing House, Bucharest, 2016

“Răzbunarea barbarilor. 2000 de ani fără Ovidiu la Tomis” / “Revenge of the Barbarians. 2000 years without Ovidiu at Tomis” (co-editor), European Idea Publishing House, Bucharest, 2017

“Captivi la Pontul hibrid. Studii și Eseuri geopolitice” / “Prisoners at the Hybrid Pontus. Geopolitical Studies and Essays” (single author), European Idea Publishing House, Bucharest, 2020

“Eroziuni hibride postmoderne. Eseu geopolitic despre narativele iliberale”, “Tensiunea liberal‐iliberal pe agenda globală. Probleme fundamentale ale lumii contemporane” / „The Liberal-Illiberal Tension on the Global Agenda. Fundamental Problems of the Contemporary World”, PUC, 2019, 32-37 (in Romanian)

“Putin forever”, “Criza. Vocile ICDE în timpul pandemiei” / „Crisis. ICDE Voices during the Pandemic”, eds. Raluca Moldovan, Thomas Tolnai, Valentin Naumescu, Timișoara: Editura Universității de Vest, 2020, 105-109 (in Romanian)

 “Democraţia iliberală rusească şi hărţile ei hibride”, “Criza. Vocile ICDE în timpul pandemiei” / „Crisis. ICDE Voices during the Pandemic”, eds. Raluca Moldovan, Thomas Tolnai, Valentin Naumescu, Timișoara: Editura Universității de Vest, 2020, 109-112 (in Romanian)

“Rusia în expansiune narativă. Istoria se răzbună – geopolitic”, “Criza. Vocile ICDE în timpul pandemiei” / „Crisis. ICDE Voices during the Pandemic”, eds. Raluca Moldovan, Thomas Tolnai, Valentin Naumescu, Timișoara: Editura Universității de Vest, 2020, 123-136 (in Romanian)

Links

Captivi la pontul hibrid

http://www.editura.ubbcluj.ro/bd/ebooks/pdf/2498.pdf/

https://www.geopolitic.ro/2019/07/black-sea-first-drumul-catre-cabina-de-comanda/

“Impunerea hibridă a hegemoniei” în spațiul pontic

Rusia în expansiune narativă. Istoria se răzbună – geopolitic

Marea Neagră, poligon de testare pentru marii actori globali. Mize importante și scenarii posibile – Interviu

Matrioșka puterii la Marea Neagră

URSS 2.0 – ieșirea din scenă și din istorie

 

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Armand Goșu

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Historian, PhD in Russian history (Moscow, 1998), associate professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Bucharest (since 2004). Researcher at the Institute of History “N. Iorga” of the Romanian Academy, until 2001, researcher at the Romanian Institute of Recent History (2002-2003); researcher at the Romanian Diplomatic Institute (2005-2014); Counsellor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodor Baconschi for the former Soviet space (2010-2011). Correspondent in Moscow for BBC WS (1995-1998 and 1999-2000); deputy editor-in-chief and editor-in-chief of 22 Magazine (2004-2009, 2012-2014). 

Selected Publications

– Rusia, o ecuație complicate, ediția a II-a adăugită, Editura Polirom, 2022, 464 pp. (ediția I-a, Editura Polirom, 2021, 335 pp.)

– Între Napoloen și Alexandru I. Contextul internațional al anexării Basarabiei, ediția II-a, revăzută și adăugită, Editura Polirom, 2022, 384 pp. (ediția I-a Între Napoleon și Alexandru I. Principatele dunărene la începutul secolului al XIX-lea, Editura Academiei Române, 2008, 312 pp.)

 

– Euro-falia. Turbulențe și involuții în fostul spațiu sovietic, prefață Teodor Baconschi, desene Dan Perjovschi, Editura Curtea Veche, 2016, 270 pp

– La troisième coalition antinapoléonienne et la Sublime Porte – 1805, avec un préface de Mihai Maxim, Les Editions ISIS, Istanbul, 2003, 201 pp

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Laura Maria Herța

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Laura Maria Herța – PhD in History, Associate Professor of International Relations and Vice-dean at the Faculty of European Studies in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She is also senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Author of several books and articles on the history of Yugoslavia and the wars in Former Yugoslavia, as well as author of chapters and articles tackling EU as normative power, humanitarian intervention in Sub-Saharan Africa, transformation of war, the role of ethnicity in South Caucasus. Interested in: peace studies and security studies, humanitarian intervention, the Balkan region, Sub-Saharan Africa, social-constructivist theorizing.

Selected Publications

Laura Herța, Adrian Corpădean (eds.), International Relations and Area Studies: Focus on Western Balkans, Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2021, 485 p., ISBN 978‐606‐37‐1332‐3 http://www.editura.ubbcluj.ro/bd/ebooks/pdf/3052.pdf

Laura Herța, Funda Hatice Sezgin, Ylmaz Bayar, Marius Dan Gavriletea, “Do Environmental Stringency Policies and Human Development Reduce CO2 Emissions? Evidence from G7 and BRICS Economies”, in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, 18(13), 6727, pp. 1-13, DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136727 WOS:000670925100001 https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/13/6727

Laura Herța, Adrian Corpădean, “The social construction of identity and belonging. Perceptions of EU in the Western Balkans”, in Anna Skolimowska (ed.), Perceptions of the European Union’s Identity in International Relations, London: Routledge, 2019, ISBN 9781138543850, pp. 42-88 https://www.routledge.com/Perceptions-of-the-European-Unions-Identity-in-International-Relations/Skolimowska/p/book/9780367663865

Laura Herța, “Intra-State Violence in D.R. Congo and Features of ‘New War’ Scenarios”, The 21st International Conference – The Knowledge-Based Organization, Management and Military Sciences, Conference Proceedings 1, 11-13 June 2015, “Nicolae Balcescu” Land Forces Academy Publishing House, Sibiu, 2015, ISSN 1843-6722, pp. 44-49. DOI: 10.1515/kbo-2015-0006 https://www.sciendo.com/it/article/10.1515/kbo-2015-0006

Laura Herța, “Irregular Warfare and (In)Security in the Horn of Africa”, The 21st International Conference – The Knowledge-Based Organization, Management and Military Sciences, Conference Proceedings 1, 11-13 June 2015, “Nicolae Balcescu” Land Forces Academy Publishing House, Sibiu, 2015, ISSN 1843-6722, pp. 50-55. DOI: 10.1515/kbo-2015-0007 https://sciendo.com/article/10.1515/kbo-2015-0007

Laura Herța, “Complexities and Challenges within the Eastern Partnership: Ethno-Political Secessionism, Frozen Conflicts, and De Facto States in South Caucasus”, Studia UBB Europaea, (LXII) no. 1, March 2017, pp. 105-127. https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=540040

Laura Herța, “Russia’s Hybrid Warfare. Why Narratives and Ideational Factors Play a Role in International Politics”, On-line Journal Modelling the New Europe, Issue no. 21, December 2016, pp. 52-76. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316509802_Russia’s_hybrid_warfare-why_narratives_and_ideational_factors_play_a_role_in_international_politics

Laura Herța, “The European Union as Norm-Setter and Human Rights Promoter. Impact on Eastern Partnership Countries”, in 12th International Silk Road Conference on Contemporary Challenges of Democracy and Human Rights through Politics and Security, Conference Proceedings, International Black Sea University, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2017, ISBN 978-9941-8-1037-4, pp. 45-55.

Laura Herța, “Security as Speech Act. Discourse Constructions on the Syrian Refugee Crisis”, in Redefining Community in Intercultural Context (Selection of papers presented within the 6th RCIC Conference, Bari, 5-6 June 2017), “Henri Coandă” Air Force Academy Publishing House, 2017, ISSN 2285-2689, pp. 283-287. https://www.afahc.ro/ro/rcic/2017/rcic’17/LSDA/283-287%20Herta.pdf

Laura Herța, “Hybrid Warfare – A Form of Asymmetric Conflict”, in International Conference Knowledge-Based Organization, Vol. XXIII, No 1 2017 , “Nicolae Balcescu” Land Forces Academy Publishing House, Sibiu, ISSN 2451-3113, pp. 135-143.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318730850_Hybrid_Warfare_-_A_Form_of_Asymmetric_Conflict

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Silviu Nate

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Dr. Silviu NATE is an associate professor at the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, the Security Studies undergraduate program coordinator, and the director of the Global Studies Center. His analytical interests focus mainly on the Wider Black Sea Region and transatlantic relations.

He coordinated several policy papers on energy, migration, security in the Black Sea and influenced strategic decisions for strengthening the Allied presence in the region.

Areas of interest: Global power distribution, the transatlantic partnership, European security, the Wider Black Sea Region, strategic culture, Security Sector Reform, energy security, IR methodologies, analytic frameworks and tools.

Selected Publications

Nate, S., coord. Emerging Importance of Wider Black Sea Area Security, Ed. Top Form, Bucharest, 2018, ISBN 978-606-8550-73-2.

Nate, S., Arntzen, A., coord. Proceedings Vol. Understanding and Tackling the Migration Challenge: Mapping Options for a Resilient Approach, Ed. RAO, Bucharest, 2017, ISBN 978-606-8516-72-1.

Nate, S. Russia’s Quest for Regional Hegemony: Appearances vs. Realities, Ukraine Analytica, Issue 2 (24), 2021, 12-19. [link]

Carafano, J.J.; Nate, S.; Colibășanu, O.A. How To Make Sure the Black Sea Doesn’t Become a Geopolitical Black Hole, 1945 (The Embassy), 2021. [link]

Mara, D.; Nate, S.; Stavytskyy, A.; Kharlamova, G. The Place of Energy Security in the National Security Framework: An Assessment Approach. Energies 2022, 15, 658. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15020658

Carafano, J.J.; Nate, S.; Colibășanu, O.A. How A Rising China Complicates Europe’s Future, 1945 (The Embassy), 2021. [link].

Nate, S.; Bilan, Y.; Cherevatskyi, D.; Kharlamova, G.; Lyakh, O.; Wosiak, A. The Impact of Energy Consumption on the Three Pillars of Sustainable Development. Energies 2021, 14, 1372. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14051372

Nate, S., Ratiu. A., Defending the Truth and Counter Information Warfare in Europe, Proceedings of the International Conference KNOWLEDGE-BASED ORGANIZATION – “Nicolae Bălcescu” Land Forces Academy, Sibiu, Vol. XXIII No 1, 2017, pp. 213-219. https://doi.org/10.1515/kbo-2017-0034

Nate, S., Black Sea, Cold Sea: The Geopolitical Crossroads of Civilizations, in Counter Hybrid Threats: Lessons Learned from Ukraine, September 2015, IOS Press, pp. 251-259, ISBN 978-1-61499-650- 7. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-651-4-251

Kharlamova, G., Chernyak, O., Nate, S., Renewable Energy and Security for Ukraine: Challenge or Smart Way?, Journal of International Studies, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2016, pp. 88-116, ISSN 2071-8330. https://doi.org/10.14254/2071-8330.2016/9-1/7

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