Team Category: Lead Expert
Petia Gueorguieva
Short Bio
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
Silviu Rogobete
Short Bio
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.
Cătălin-Gabriel Done
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Vice President, Experts for Security and Global Affairs, Romania (ESGA)
Mr. Cătălin-Gabriel Done holds the academic title of Dottore di Ricerca in Political Science, awarded by the University of Naples Federico II (Department of Political Science), and serves as Vice President of ESGA.
An expert in Nordic security and cooperation, his research focuses on regional cooperation frameworks in the Nordic area, analysing structures such as the Nordic Council, Arctic Council, NORDEFCO, Joint Expeditionary Force, BEAC, Arctic Five/5+5, and the Multinational Nordic Battle Group, as well as the European integration project of the Scandinavian states.
His research interests include regional security, Russia–Scandinavian relations, Russia–EU dynamics, religious diplomacy, and cross-border and local regional cooperation and integration initiatives within the Nordic space. Through a rigorous analytical approach, he contributes to a deeper understanding of the complexities of international relations in Northern Europe and the security challenges facing the region.
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.
- https://gmr.mapn.ro/app/webroot/fileslib/upload/files/conferinta 2020/proceedings/GMR_CONF_2020.pdf – 2020
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.
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
- 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;
- 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;
- 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;
- 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;
- 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
Vincent Henry
Short Bio
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.
Delia Pop-Flanja
Short Bio
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
Dorin Popescu
Short Bio
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
Armand Goșu
Short Bio
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