DOWNLOAD DOI: 10.38173/RST.2025.29.1.11:105-116 ABSTRACT: THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE IN FEBRUARY 2022 TRIGGERED AN UNPRECEDENTED ENERGY CRISIS IN EUROPE, FUNDAMENTALLY CHALLENGING ITS LONG-STANDING ENERGY SECURITY PARADIGM BASED ON SIGNIFICANT DEPENDENCE ON RUSSIAN FOSSIL FUELS. THIS PAPER ANALYZES THE PROFOUND SHIFTS IN EUROPEAN ENERGY POLICY AND THE GEOPOLITICAL LANDSCAPE IN THE WAKE OF THE WAR. IT […]
DOWNLOAD DOI: 10.38173/RST.2025.29.1.10:96-104 ABSTRACT: THIS ARTICLE OFFERS AN OVERVIEW OF A STUDY UNIT ENTITLED SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENTS, OFFERED AS PART OF A LICENTIATE PROGRAM IN LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT AT THE PONTIFICAL GREGORIAN UNIVERSITY. IT FOCUSES ON THE ACADEMIC STRUCTURE OF THE COURSE, INCLUDING A DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF LECTURES AND ASSOCIATED READING LISTS, AND AN EVALUATION […]
DOWNLOAD DOI: 10.38173/RST.2025.29.1.9:86-95-85 ABSTRACT: ASCETISM, AS A CENTRAL PRACTICE WITHIN CHRI STIAN SPIRITUALY, PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE ECUMENICAL AND MISSIONARY ENDEAVOR OF THE CHURCH, COUNTERING THE RISE OF CHRISTIAN UNIVERSALISM. IN A WORLD THAT IS INCREASINGLY DIVERSE AND PLURALISTIC, ASCETISM OFFERS A PATH TO SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE, PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION AND THE CULTIVATION OF VIRTUES THAT […]
DOWNLOAD DOI: 10.38173/RST.2025.29.1.8:79-85 ABSTRACT: IF, ON A RATIONAL, LOGICAL-COGNITIVE LEVEL, THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO COMMIT ANTISOCIAL ACTS CAN ADOPT A FULL MANIFESTATION OF WILL, IN DEFENSE AGAINST THE ACCUSATIONS BROUGHT, ON THE LEVEL OF EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCES AND PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL REACTIONS, VOLUNTARY SELF-CONTROL REMAINS INEFFECTIVE FOR MOST PEOPLE. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS TO WHICH A PERSON […]
DOWNLOAD DOI: 10.38173/RST.2025.29.1.6:61-68 ABSTRACT: LEARNING IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF LANGUAGE MASTERY, YET THEIR NON-LITERAL MEANINGS OFTEN PRESENT DIFFICULTIES FOR LANGUAGE LEARNERS. THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES COGNITIVE-BASED MEMORY TECHNIQUES—VISUALIZATION, CONTEXTUAL LEARNING, REPETITION, AND MNEMONIC STRATEGIES—THAT CAN SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE THE RETENTION AND COMPREHENSION OF IDIOMATIC PHRASES. GROUNDED IN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, THE STRATEGIES LEVERAGE IMAGERY, ASSOCIATION, […]
DOWNLOAD DOI: 10.38173/RST.2025.29.1.6:61-68 ABSTRACT: THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY REPRESENTS ONE OF THE MAIN AND THE OLDEST INITIATIVES DEVELOPED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO IMPROVE THE PEOPLE’S LIVES. IN THE LAST YEARS, IN THE CONTEXT OF STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES, THE ATTENTION ADDRESSED BY POLICY MAKERS TO THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY. IF WE CONSIDER THE POLITICAL […]
DOWNLOAD DOI: 10.38173/RST.2025.29.1.5:47-60 ABSTRACT: CORRUPTION IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL PROBLEMS IN EVERY SOCIETY AND IS HAS LARGE IMPLICATIONS ON NATIONAL SECURITY AS WELL. THIS IS WHY ANTI-CORRUPTION MEASURES ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY NOWADAYS, WHEN EVERYTHING AROUND US IS EVOLVING. WHAT IS ALSO IMPORTANT IS THE PERCEPPTION OF THE POPULATION ON THESE MEASURES. THIS […]
DOWNLOAD DOI: 10.38173/RST.2025.29.1.4:38-46 ABSTRACT: THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES, WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON ROMANIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE. WHILE THE PAPER IS LARGELY THEORETICAL, IT PRESENTS KEY THEORIES ON CULTURE SHOCK AND INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE. THE LATTER PART OF THE ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES USED IN ROMANIAN LANGUAGE […]
DOWNLOAD DOI: 10.38173/RST.2025.29.1.3:30-37 ABSTRACT: THE GOAL OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO INTEROGATE THE EXTENT TO WHICH TONI MORRISON IS A PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL. FOR THIS, I WILL CLOSELY READ SOME OF MORRISON’S ESSAYS AND INTERVIEWS AND TRY TO DISCERN THE AUTHOR’S THEORETICAL MOVES THAT SITUATE HER AS A PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL. USING A WORKING DEFINITION OF A […]
DOWNLOAD DOI: 10.38173/RST.2025.29.1.2:19-29 ABSTRACT: MAINTAINING PUBLIC ORDER AND PROTECTING THE SAFETY OF THE CITIZEN IS A STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE OF THE MODERN STATE, WHICH INVOLVES THE COMPLEX INTERACTION BETWEEN THE NORMATIVE FRAMEWORK, SPECIALIZED INSTITUTIONS AND EVOLVING CRIMINOGENIC FACTORS. THIS ARTICLE ANALYZES, FROM A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE, THE ROLE OF POLICING AND OPERATIONAL TACTICS IN PREVENTING, MANAGING AND […]
