Positive rhetoric was coming out in the Russian media on May 13 and 14 on the Sochi talks between the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and both the Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov two days ago. The media pointed out that the visit to Russia was Kerry’s first in two years time, while the Federation Council International Affairs Committee Chairman...

de Antonia Colibășanu, Victor Grigorescu Criza economică mondială și criza politică la nivelul Uniunii Europene au readus în prim plan cooperarea economică ca generator de bunăstare și parteneriatul cu SUA ca factor esențial de stabilitate. A privi Parteneriatul Transatlantic pentru Comerț și Investiții (TTIP) doar ca o altă rundă de liberalizare comercială ar fi o dovadă de...

Antonia Colibasanu The Munich Security Conference’s theme for 2015 was the question „Collapsing Order, Reluctant Guardians.” Giving color to that theme was the main topic of discussion: Ukraine. A few days after the conference ended, on Feb. 12, negotiations on the conflict in Ukraine conflict culminated with what the media have termed the Second Minsk Agreement, an uncertain...

The Munich Security Conference’s theme for 2015 was the question “Collapsing Order, Reluctant Guardians?”. On this background, the main topic discussed during the event was Ukraine. A few days later after the conference ended, on Feb. 12, negotiations on Ukraine conflict completed in what the media calls the Minsk Agreement 2.0, giving a feeling of uncertainty that ceasefire and peace will...

Fundaţia Universitară a Mării Negre și ziarul Adevărul au organizat dezbaterea cu titlul „CONTRA-MAIDAN LA CHIȘINĂU”. Evenimentul a avut loc miercuri, 28 ianuarie 2015, ora 16.00, la Sala de Consiliu a Facultății de Sociologie și Asistență Socială (Bd. Schitu Măgureanu nr. 9, sector 5, Bucureşti). Evenimentul a fost moderat de Dan Dungaciu, Președintele Fundației...

by Antonia Colibasanu Twenty-five years ago, the peoples of Central and Eastern Europe could begin to hope. They could hope for lives free of the fear of Communism and the threat of war. They could look west and see a European Union that was consolidating and inviting their countries to sign on to its drive for enlargement. When the NATO-Russia Council was formed in 2002, it even seemed like...

Passing through the Southern Carpathian Mountains to reach the Transylvanian Plateau, my thoughts wander back to the idea of Europa Karpat – „Europe of the Carpathians.” The term itself came from a panel at the Economic Forum in Krynica to discuss deepened cooperation among the Carpathian states – Ukraine, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia,...

Panelul dedicat leadershipului feminin, desfășurat în cadrul conferinței Bucharest Forum 2014, organizat de Institutul Aspen România, a reunit, sâmbătă, importante personalități, în ultima dintre cele trei zile ale evenimentului desfășurat la Palatul Parlamentului, prilej cu care a fost prezentată organizația română Global Women Leadership Initiative – Romania ”50 by...

by Antonia Colibășanu As the summer ends in Europe, we’re still seeing new crises unfolding, with an interesting winter coming up. Ukraine will remain a constant preoccupation of the Europeans. Gaza, Iraq and Syria are also still in the news. And there are other global developments Brussels and the EU member states must consider in the upcoming weeks. First, at home: In August, we’ve seen...

Sergiu Celac, Antonia Colibasanu si Dan Dungaciu la dezbaterea organizata de Fundația Universitară a Mării Negre cu tema „Moldova ante portas: integrare prin reunificare sau reunificare prin...