EUROPE IN THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD HAS GONE THROUGH MANY TRANSFORMATIONS. ONE OF THESE CHANGES IS REPRESENTED BY A BETTER CONTOURING OF STATE BOUNDARIES. STATES ARE UNDERGOING THROUGH A PROCESS OF CENTRALISATION AND TERRITORIALISATION, WHICH IS REFLECTED IN A BETTER ESTABLISHMENT AND DEMARCATION OF FRONTIERS. AT A THEORETICAL LEVEL, THIS PROCESS IS …
THE EUROPEAN UNION IS FACING MANY CHALLENGES AND IS STRUGGLING TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE MIGRATION POLICY BASED ON THE CORE OF EUROPEAN VALUES, WHILE ON THE OTHER HAND IS FIGHTING AGAINST ILLEGAL MIGRATION. SPAIN HAD BECOME THE DESTINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS AND IS REPRESENTING A STATEGIC POINT IN THE INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION IN EUROPE. THE…
Societal security focuses more on individuals as human beings rather than on state sovereignty. It is seen as a reaction for the recent global developments suggest the need for another definition of national security that includes resources, environmental and demographic issues. According to this paradigm, states can be made insecure by virtue of t…
THIS PAPER AIMS TO EVALUATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXTERNAL MIGRATION, HAVING AS TARGET THE EU, AND THE SECURITY ISSUES THAT IT GENERATES. IN THE FIRST PART OF THE PAPER WE TRY TO PRESENT THE MIGRATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF OPPORTUNITY THAT IT REPRESENTS, IN ORDER TO SOLVE TWO MAJOR DEMOGRAPHIC PROBLEMS OF THE UNION: NEGATIVE NATURAL GROWTH AND…
MASS-MEDIA IS A POWERFUL INSTRUMENT OF INFLUENCE ON SOCIETY ATTITUDES AND FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ON IMMIGRANTS COMMUNITIES. THE SOCIETY IN WICH WE LIVE IS MORE AND DIVERSIFIED BOTH CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DUE TO IMMIGRATION, BUT THIS CHANGES ARE NOT ALWAYS REFLECTED IN A THRUTHFUL MANNER. MASS -MEDIA IS INDEBTED TO USE HER INFORMATIVE, REC…
A SHADOW WAR APPEARS TO BE TAKING PLACE IN SYRIA, WITH AL-QAIDA-ALIGNED GROUPS (OR NOT SO MUCH ALIGNED!) PLAYING AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE FORCES LOYAL TO BASHAR AL-ASSAD'S REGIME. SYRIAN REBELS WOULD BE POORLY ORGANIZED IF THEY WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTED BY AL -QAIDA OR BY THE INFLUX OF JIHADISTS WHICH ENFORCE DISCIPLINE AMONGST REBEL…
NOWADAYS, WHEN TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT, STABILITY, WELL -BEING AND PEACE, ONE WOULD ALWAYS REFER TO A SINGLE WORD, DEFINING FOR THE 21 ST CENTURY AND FOR THE SO FAR EVOLUTION OF HUMANS, SOCIETIES AND STATES – DEMOCRACY. CONSIDERED A DECISIVE AND ESSENTIAL ELEMENT FOR WELL -BEING AND POWER, DEMOCRACY REPRESENTS A REALITY FOR THE MOST DEVELOPED PAR…
THIS ARTICLE DOES NOT SIMPLY SUGGEST A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE EUROPEAN LEGISLATION AND THAT OF THE EU MEMBER STATES REGARDING THE RIGHTS OF DELEGATION AND DETACHMENT, BUT IT ALSO TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION AN OVERVIEW OF THESE RIGHTS FOR THE CITIZENS OF TH E EUROPEAN UNION IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT. STARTING FROM THE GENERAL LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK OF THE …
MIGRATION GATHERS AROUND A BROAD SET OF SOCIAL PHENOMENA AND BETWEEN MIGRATION AND SECURITY THERE ARE INTER CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS. MIGRATION CAN BE SEEN BOTH AS CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCE OF THE SECURITY PROBLEMS. MIGRATION CAN APPEAR AS THE RESULT OF DIFFERENT THREATS TO THE SECURITY OF THE HUMAN RACE SUCH AS HUMAN RIGHTS’ VIOLATIONS, INTERETHNIC CONFLI…
THE EU CONTEXT PROVIDES THE FRAMEWORK THAT SUPPORTS THE CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND COMMUNICATION, AND ENABLES THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW TYPES OF CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AT LOCAL/REGIONAL LEVELS. IDEAS ABOUT CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND MULTICULTURALITY HAVE BEEN GENERALLY ACCEPTED AS A BASIS FOR THE EUROPEAN TYPE OF INTEGRATION. IS IT POSSIBLE TO REMAIN OPEN, TOLE…
FACTS: AT PRESENT RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES OBVIOUSLY COMMAND AND HAVE FULL CONTROL OF ALL KEY POSITIONS IN CRIMEA: ACCESS AND MOVEMENT, NEWSPAPERS, BANKING, FOOD SUPPLIES AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES. IN MILITARY TERMS THE RUSSIAN MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IS OBVIOUSLY C ARING OUT A WELL KNOWN TYPE OPERATION OF RECONNAISSANCE THROUGH COMBAT, IN THE TRADITIO…
IN THE CONTEXT OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS, CREATING NEW JOBS BECOMES EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR EVERY COUNTRY. IN THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION THE PROBLEM OF EMPLOYMENT IS MORE AND MORE SIGNIFICANT, AS WE FACE CONSIDERABLE CHALLENGES REGARDING THE AGING POPULATION, THE CONTINUOUS MIGRATION OF LABOR FORCE, THE DECLINE IN HOUSEHOLD CONSUM…
SINCE MIGRATION IS A DYNAMIC PHENOMENON THAT REACT IN TIME TO VARIOUS FACTORS CONSTANTLY FEELS THE NEED TO ADAPT THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO THE NEW REQUIREMENTS IN THE INTERESTS OF THE ROMANIAN STATE. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE NEED TO ADJUST THE INTEREST OF THE STATE LAW REGARDING FOREIGNERS SECONDED BY MULTINATIONALS
THIS ARTICLE AIMS AT HIGHLIGHTING THE EUROPEAN CONCEPT OF DIVERSITY AND PLACING IT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF SOCI(ET)AL MANAGEMENT, DIRECTED TOWARDS CONSOLIDATING THE IDENTITIES AND VALUES OF A EUROPEAN COMMUNITY BASED ON RESPECT FOR DIFFERENCE, ACCEPTANCE AND INCLUSION. WITHIN THIS FRAMEWORK, THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL MODEL OF THE 21ST CENTURY IS EVALUATED …
ECONOMIC SECURITY IN ROMA COMMUNITIES, TODAY, WOULD MEAN SOLVING, AT LIST AT THE BASE LEVEL, THE LABOR MARKET ACCESS PROBLEM OF ROMA PEOPLE , THUS ENSURING ACCESS TO OTHER AREAS OF DAILY LIFE : HEALTH, HOUSING , EDUCATION, AND SO ON. IN A WAY THIS IS QUITE TRUE , WHEREAS IT IS WELL -KNOWN THAT THE BASIC PILLAR OF ANY COMMUNITY WHICH IS ASPIRING TO …
SINCE ITS FORMATION AS A STATE, THE MAIN CHARACTERISTIC OF NORWAY HAS BEEN ITS HOMOGENEITY. NORWAY HAS ALWAYS BEEN ECONOMICALLY STABLE, THEREFORE THE FINANCIAL CRISIS DID NOT AFFECT THE COUNTRY THAT MUCH. MOREOVER, NOT BEING A MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN UNION HELPED NORWAY ESCAPE THE PROBLEMS THAT CAUSED THE DISRUPTION OF THE ECONOMIC COURSE AT CONTINE…
MODERN DEMOCRACY CONCEIVED IN THE XVIIITH CENTURY, VERY PARTIALLY APPLIED IN VERY FEW COUNTRIES IN THE XIXTH CENTURY, WOULD HAVE TO PERISH ASSASSINATED IN THE XXTH CENTURY. SAVED AT THE LAST MINUTE FROM THE BLOWS OF NAZISM, AND DEFENDED HARD AGAINST COMMUNISM, SHE CONTINUED TO BE, AFTER 1945, LESS VULNERABLE AND DESPISED . THEN, SUDDENLY, BY THE MI…
THE LAST DECADE OF THE XXTH CENTURY WAS WITNESS AND BENEFICIARY OF A NEW INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT REGARDING HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS PROMOTION. THE FRAME WITHIN THE OBSERVATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS EXTENDED WAS LARGER THAN EVER BEFORE, BECOMING A STATE POLICY TOGETHER WITH JURIDICAL GUARANTEES. THE MOST IMPORTANT CHANGE WAS IN THE EAST OF…
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TOPICS NOWDAYS ON THE EUROPEAN AGENDA IS THE MIGRATION. WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE ADDITION OF ITS 28th MEMBER AND THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE SINGLE MARKET, THIS TOPIC IS NOW PRESENT NOT ONLY IN THE N EW DIRECTIVES, BUT ALSO IN THE PUBLIC OPINION` DEBATES. LOBBYING FOR MIGRATION HAS BECOME A C…
NATURALISM CORRESPONDS TO A PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPT, ACCORDING TO WHICH THE REAL BOILS DOWN TO WHAT IT IS TODAY, THAT IS WHAT IS VISIBLE, PALPABLE, MEASURABLE. WHILE SUBJECTIVITY ROMANTIC AND REALISTIC THINKING WERE IN THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD AND SUSTAINS IT , NOW THINKING SUBJECTIVITY WITHDRAW FROM REALITY, WHICH NO LONGER HAVING INTERNAL BINDER IS …
IN RECENT YEARS, THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND HAS BEEN CONFRONTED WITH MASSIVE IMMIGRATION FROM FORMER COMMUNIST COUNTRIES, WHICH HAVE RECENTLY ASCENDED INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION. THE REACTION OF THE PRESS HAS BIRTHED THE IDEA OF A WAVE OF ROMANIANS AND BULGARIANS, WHOSE ARRIVAL WOULD HAVE BEEN DETERMINED BY THE LIFTING OF…