Category Archives: Political Science Series

AUOC-SP, vol. 13 (2024)

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‘LONG-SUFFERING LANDS’ BETWEEN POLAND AND BELARUS. POLITICS OF STATE HISTORY IN BELARUS
ABOUT SEPTEMBER 17TH, 1939, WORLD WAR II, AND BUILDING THE NATION
Florin ANGHEL – p. 7-40
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2024.01

ASSESSING THE CONFLICT RESOLUTION POTENTIAL OF NEGOTIATIONS IN THE KOSOVO SERBIA CONFLICT
Etlent DORDA, Reina ZENELAJ SHEHI & Ada CARA – p. 41-68
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2024.02

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF EUROPEAN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN THE LATE 80’S AND EARLY 90’S: COMETT, ERASMUS, PETRA, LINGUA, TEMPUS, AND EUROTECNET
Costel COROBAN and Cristina-Iulia MARINESCU (GÎLĂ) – p. 69-88
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2024.03

GLOBAL RESEARCH DYNAMICS ABOUT PUBLIC DEBT: RISING PUBLIC DEBT AND THE EUROPEAN FISCAL UNION
Cecilia CIOCIRLAN – p. 89-106
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2024.04

GLOBALISATION AND THE PERPETUITY OF POVERTY IN THE CONTEMPORARY SECURITY ENVIRONMENT
Rodica LISEANU – p. 107-130
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2024.05

ROMANIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 2020. A CASE STUDY OF THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND THE CHALLENGES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Marius-George COJOCARU – p. 131-154
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2024.06

GIUSEPPE MOTTA, LA COMUNITÀ INTERNAZIONALE E I RIFUGIATI EBRAICI FRA LE DUE GUERRE MONDIALI [ENG. TRANS.: THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND THE JEWISH REFUGEES BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS] (SOVERIA MANNELLI: RUBBETTINO EDITORE, 2022), 224 PP. ISBN (13): 978-88-498-7405-1
Georgiana ŢĂRANU – p. 155-157
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2024.07

FILIZ TUTKU AYDIN, ÈMIGRÈ, EXILE, DIASPORA, AND TRANSNATIONAL MOVEMENTS OF THE CRIMEAN TATARS. PRESERVING THE ETERNAL FLAME OF CRIMEA (CHAM: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN, 2021, 317 P.) ISBN 978-3-030-74123-5, eISBN 978-3-030-74124-2
Metin OMER – p. 159-164
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2024.08

OVIDIU RAEŢCHI, FRĂŢIA MUSULMANĂ 1928-2023 UN SECOL ÎNTRE MODERARE ŞI RADICALIZARE [ENG. TRANS.: THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD 1928-2023: A CENTURY BETWEEN MODERATION AND RADICALIZATION] (BUCHAREST: CORINT, 2023), 315 PP. ISBN: 978-606-088-403-3  
Mihai CEARPAIC – p. 165-168
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2024.09

 

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AUOC-SP, vol. 12 (2023)

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MEMORY-WORDS AND MEMORIAL MUSEUMS: THE EFFICACY OF “NEVER AGAIN” IN GUATEMALA
Galvan Mandujano & DiGeorgio-Lutz – p. 7-29
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2023.01

U.S.-CHINA COMPETITION: IS A CHINESE CYCLE OF POWER POSSIBLE?
Mădălin-Ciprian ENESCU – p. 31-53
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2023.02

A CONSTRUCTIVIST ANALYS OF EGYPT’S NORMATIVE DUALITY: BETWEEN THE SPREAD OF U.S. NORMS AND THE AFTERMATH OF THE ARAB SPRING
Mihai CEARPAIC- p. 55-82
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2023.03

EU ASSISTANCE MISSIONS TO FAILED STATES. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE LIBYAN AND SOMALI CASES  
Vasile-Dumitru RAŢIU- p. 83-103
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2023.04

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE MIGRATION POLICY FROM THE TRUMP TO BIDEN ADMINISTRATION (2017-2023)
Ştefăniţă PUIU – p.105-122
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2023.05

STATE CHURCH OR CHURCH IN THE STATE? A HISTORY OF THE ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH: 1918-2023
Gabriel Stelian MANEA – p.123-129
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2023.06

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AUOC-SP, vol. 11 (2022)

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THE RESTITUTION LAWS AND POLAND’S MEMORY BATTLES 
Florin ANGHEL – p.7-34
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2022.01

NEGOTIATIONS FOR A UNION NEVER CONCLUDED. THE TWO DIOCESES OF THE ROMANIAN ORTHODOX IN NORTH AMERICA
Gabriel Stelian MANEA – p. 35-57
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2022.02

THE STRATEGIC USE OF PRESIDENTIAL REFERENDUMS IN POST-SOCIALIST ROMANIA
Ovidiu GHERASIM-PROCA- p. 59-87
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2022.03

THE LIMITS OF THE EU’S NORMATIVE POWER ON INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION EFFORTS. CASE-STUDY: THE INTERACTION WITH THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
Emilian-Marian STOICA- p. 89-128
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2022.04

ROMANIA AND THE CONCEPT OF MINILATERALISM. AN ANALYSIS OF THE COUNTRY’S REGIONAL COOPERATION STRATEGY (1990-2022)
Octavian POPA – p.129-153
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2022.05

THE IMPACT OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE ON THE WESTERN BALKANS REGION
Oana CRISTEA – p.155-193
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2022.06

INCEPTION, PROPAGATION, REINVENTION: AN ANALYSIS OF DAESH’S IDEOLOGICAL APPROACH TO ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM
Mihăiţă ENE- p. 195-218
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2022.07

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AUOC-SP, vol. 10 (2021)

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The Problem of “Competing Pasts” in Transitional Justice    
Lavinia STAN – pg.7
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2021.01

Pope Francis’ “Culture of Encounter” and “Fraternity”:  Enhancing the Postsecular Discourse in IR
Joanna KULSKA – pg. 25
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2021.02

The Case of Kobane (2014-2015): An Ethical Analysis of the International Community’s [In]Actions
Mihăiţă ENE- pg. 49
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2021.03

European Union Strategic Autonomy in the Context of the Conference on the Future of Europe
Oana CRISTEA- pg. 69
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2021.04

‘Great Expectations’: Romania’s Accession to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (1968-1971) 
Costel COROBAN- pg.95
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2021.05

A Romanian Political Story: The Nationalism of Nicolae Iorga Revisited (1899-1914)
Georgiana ŢĂRANU – pg.129
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2021.06

A Strange Law in Complicated Times: Retracing the Political Context of the Romanian Electoral Reform of March 1926 
Adrian-Alexandru HERŢA- pg. 157
https://www.doi.org/10.61801/AUOC-SP.2021.07

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M-Learning and Security Issues in the Coronavirus Era
Victor NEGRESCU and Mihail CARADAICĂ – pg. 7

From Homemade Culture to E-Homemade Culture
Jean-Lorin STERIAN – pg. 27

Civil War Prediction: Literature Review on Territorial and Ethnic Structural Conditions
Adriana ILAVSKÁ – pg. 67

Versailles y la Politica Exterior de Weimar
Eduardo ARAYA LEÜPIN – pg.89

Comparative Regionalism and the Concept of Cognitive Regioness: The Case of the Visegrád Group
Olga GUBOVÁ  – pg. 107

Unbundling the European Energy Policy – From Supranational Frameworks to Tailored National Roadmaps in Member Countries
Andrada VĂSII  -pg.131

A Man in the Spotlight: Oleg Penkovsky and His Allegiance to the West
Alin DREPTATE – pg.149

Power Relations between Russia, China and the United States in Central Asia. An Offensive Realist Perspective
Eugen LUNGU – pg.165

Nuclear Energy and Its Significance for the Current Energy Context of the EU. The Case of Romania
Elena-Andreea BORDEA – pg.189

The Europeanization of the Foreign and Security Policy of Romania. From the Warsaw Pact to the Three Seas Initiative
Ion BUNESCU – pg. 213

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Saint John Cassian’s Vision on the Relation between Grace and Liberty
Nicuşor TUCĂ and Dragoş BĂLAN – pg.7

Political   Discourse   Analysis:   Realism   vs.   Idealism   in   Marshal Ion Antonescu’s Political Thought
Costel COROBAN – pg.23

How to Deal with Lost Memory: Holocaust Remembrance Law in Poland (2018) between Politics and History
Florin ANGHEL -pg. 55

Non-Voting as a Political Action. The Behaviour of Political Science Students Regarding the Referendum for the “Traditional Family” in Romania, 2018
Georgeta GHEBREA – pg. 75

European Union Citizenship. Rethinking Mobile Citizen’s Identity
Alexandra FULGEANU – pg. 93

Colonial Mechanization as Transition in Resource Extraction in Nigeria: Perspectives from the Coal Industry
Nkemjika Chimee IHEDIWA and Ngozi E. OJIAKOR – pg. 119

La universidad en la era neoliberal
Luis R. ORO TAPIA – pg.135

 

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Social Cognition and Political Values. Inquires in Political Psychology
Silviu-Petru GRECU – p. 7

A Framework for Perpetrator Behavior: Role Theory, Foreign Policy, and the Case of the Khmer Rouge
Joann DIGEORGIO-LUTZ – p.23

Non-Muscular Mediation: A Hopeless Undertaking or the Way to Peace?
Esther Margarita ARIAS – p. 37

Populismo – Neoliberalismo – Democracia: Una Relación Compleja
Răzvan-Victor PANTELIMON – p.51

Geography as a Political Tool: Shaping Electoral Constituencies in the Modern Age
Adrian-Alexandru HERŢA -p.65

A Review of the 2015 and 1999-2011 General Elections in Nigeria Using
Pippa Norris’ Electoral Integrity Framework (EIF)
Mohammed Bello UMAR and Kamal Olaniyi LAMIDI – p.75

Politics and Politicians in Nigeria: Establishing the Nexus Between the Actors, Their Actions, and Nation Building
Emmanuel Osewe AKUBOR -p.105

Insuperable Rules, Absenteeism and Political Strife: A Comparative Analysis of the Romanian National Referendums (1990-2018)
Mihaela IVĂNESCU – p. 133

Regionalization in Romania: Necessity or EU Request?
Liana PRIGOANĂ – p.155

Foreign Policy Actions in Support of the Agrarian Reform during the Reign of Alexandru Ioan Cuza
Sabin DRĂGULIN and Nicolae IORGA -p.173

Showcasing Mussolini Abroad: A Case Study of the Italian Bookshop’s Propaganda in Bucharest (1931-1938)
Georgiana ŢĂRANU -p.193

BOOK REVIEWS
Ivan Krastev, After Europe, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017 (Ebook)
Alexandru Ionuţ DRĂGULIN – p.213

Viorella Manolache, Political Philosophy in Motion *.mkv, Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017
Luiza-Maria FILIMON -p.217

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The State and the Church during the Reign of Alexandru Ioan Cuza
Sabin DRĂGULIN, Nicolae IORGA – p. 7

Who’s the Author of the Romanian Electoral Law of 1926? Three Hypotheses
Adrian-Alexandru HERŢA – p. 25

Romanians Visiting Mussolini’s Italy: Interwar Ideological Pilgrimages as Efficient Propaganda Tools
Georgiana ŢĂRANU – p. 35

Between Religion and Politics: The Message of the Polish Bishops to the German Bishops from 1965 and Its Contribution to Polish-German Reconciliation
Joanna KULSKA – p. 61

Las Transiciones Chilenas. Notas Sobre Discursos Y Representaciones Acerca del Proceso de Transición A la Democracia en Chile
Eduardo ARAYA LEÜPIN – p. 79

Diplomacia Colombiana Y Postconflicto: A un Año de la Firma Del Acuerdo de Paz
Esther Margarita ARIAS – p. 101

Beyond Qaddafi’s Shadows: Subnational Narratives in Research on Post-Revolutionary Libya
Hana VOTRADOVCOVÁ – p. 117

Capitalism. Behind Paradigms and Varieties
Şerban-Costin CREŢU – p. 137

Defining and Measuring Democracy in the European Union: Why and How?
Alexandru Ionuţ DRĂGULIN – p. 153

The Debate on Same Sex Marriages in the Romanian Media. Analyzing the Role of Investigative Journalism as an Agent of Change
Alexandra CODĂU – p. 173

BOOK REVIEWS

Lavinia Stan and Diane Vancea, eds., România Postcomunistă. Trecut, Prezent și Viitor. Prefaţă la ediţia originală de Paul E. Sum; Prefaţă la ediţia română de Angelo Mitchievici
Florin Anghel  – p. 193

CONTRIBUTORS – p. 199

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E.U. as a Global Actor? The Imbalance Between Economic and Political Integration Weakens the E.U.
Olga GUBOVÁ – p. 7

The Rise of a New Political Era in Germany
Alicia-Georgiana ZALUPCA – p. 23

The Great Powers after the End of the Cold War. Russia in the First Decade of the XXIst Century
Raluca Iulia IULIAN – p. 41

The United States, Russia, and the Syrian Conflict. The Involvement of the Two Great Powers in Syria’s Civil War from January 2015 to September 2016
Valentin MUNTEANU – p. 57

The Hate Speech in the Communist Press
Alexandra CODĂU – p. 81

Discussing German Genocide in Africa: The Case of the Herero and Nama of German South-West Africa?
Ihediwa Nkemjika CHIMEE – p. 95

How Islamic Is Germany?
Alicia-Georgiana ZALUPCA – p. 111

La storiografia etico-politica in Benedetto Croce
Sabin DRĂGULIN – p. 127

Shaping Medieval Political Ideology in High Medieval Norway: King Hákon Hákonarson as Patron Of Letters and Knight-Erudite
Costel COROBAN – p. 139

BOOK REVIEWS

Ioan Stanomir, Angelo Mitchievici, Comunism, Inc. Istorii despre o lume care a fost. Bucureşti: Editura Humanitas, 2016
Alexandru Ionuţ DRĂGULIN – p. 157

Daniel David, Psihologia poporului român. Profilul psihologic al românilor într-o monografie cognitiv-experimentală. Iaşi: Editura Polirom, 2015
Alexandru Ionuţ DRĂGULIN – p. 163

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An Epistemological Approach to Evaluation
Monica PUŞCAŞ – p. 7

Future of NATO-Ukraine Relations. Non-Bloc Status, Partnership or Membership?
Zdeněk KŘÍŽ – p. 23

The Zapatista Rebellion in Mexico: First Post-Modern Revolution or Classical Guerilla Movement?
Mirela-Adriana VIZIRU – p. 43

The “Asymmetric Other”: Deconstructing Current Foreign Policy Practices
Luiza-Maria FILIMON – p. 57

Syria and Lebanon under the Political Tutelage of a European Power: France and the Levant
Sibel JINDI-ALEXANDRU – p. 79

Reasons for Macedo-Romanians’ Colonisation in Dobrogea
Enache TUŞA – p. 93

Alemania. De la Rendición a la División (1945-1949)
Eduardo ARAYA LEÜPIN – p. 109

Political Culture and Online Mass Communication: Realities, Interdependencies, Perspectives
Alexandru Ionuţ DRĂGULIN – p. 129

Adult Education and Lifelong Learning in Romania: Current Issues and Future Perspectives
Alexandru CLAIN – p. 149

REVIEWS

Andrada Fătu-Tutoveanu, Building Socialism, Constructing People. Identity Patterns and Stereotypes in Late 1940s and 1950s Romanian Cultural Press
Luiza-Maria FILIMON – p. 165

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