Editorial

On the auspicious occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) celebrated on August 8, a legitimate interest for regional diplomacy  is  generated by a  new book entitled  “The Asean Miracle: A Catalyst for Peace”, by Kishore Mahbubani and Jeffrey Sng published by  the National University of Singapore Press. Kishore  Mahbubani is a former […]

Three events that took place last week give us the opportunity to make visible Russia’s political and military activity in the Baltic Sea and understand its meaning. First, we are talking about the visit that Russian President V. Putin paid to his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto (July 27), then the joint Russia-China naval exercises in […]

Several homosexual scandals have recently erupted in the Romanian Orthodox Church (BOR). But the evolution of technology and the wide accessibility of recording devices means that what was once gossip can hardly be contested today. An audio or video recording is entirely different than “it is said that…” For centuries, such situations were mostly hushed […]

Regarding the article with the title Doklam: India-China incident, published in Nine O’clock on Wednesday 26 July 2017, the Embassy of China in Romania would like to clarify the following facts to eliminate any sort of misunderstanding:   First of all, there is no territorial dispute at the spot of the China-India Standoff Incident known […]

As if the current complexity of international relations wasn’t enough, another power confrontation dossier is on the horizon, probably one of long duration. China and India, emerging great powers, are in a state of neither peace nor war at the border they both share with Bhutan, in Tibet, in a kind of tri-junction that is […]

I concluded the previous editorial by mentioning the presidential attire protocol. An attire which, albeit novel and interesting in the said circumstances, marked a weak point. However, after all, a pair of shoes not matching the colour of the rest of the attire and a closed button on a jacket cannot destabilise the political, social […]

Present in the Szekely community, President Iohannis was able to see on his own how Viktor Orban’s Government is doing for the locals more than local governments are doing. In principle, it seems natural, considering ethnic solidarity. In fact, it’s only a perverse situation full of ticking time bombs. Could it be a deliberate political […]

Present in the Szekely community, President Iohannis was able to see on his own how Viktor Orban’s Government is doing for the locals more than local governments are doing. In principle, it seems natural, considering ethnic solidarity. In fact, it’s only a perverse situation full of ticking time bombs. Could it be a deliberate political […]

Whatever the UK’s Brexit partisans may say, one thing is obvious. Namely that British exceptionalism – which allegedly contributed substantially to the “leave” camp winning the June 2016 referendum, according to some of the supporters’ analysis – is far from being an explanation. Proof that things are so is given by recent events in Europe. […]

It’s summer. We can say we are right at the high point of summer, and the heat troubles us all. However, apart from the torrid days, which I personally see as being natural for this season, and from all the “red codes for heat” followed by the inevitable tornados that not only the weather but […]