Keywords: Environmental performance; financial performance; total revenue; energy industry;
Nowadays, the population is becoming more and more environmentally conscious compared to previous years. Governments are under pressure to adopt sustainable legislation in light of the increased public acknowledgement of environmental issues, and consumers are urged to make purchases that have a lower environmental impact. Due to this phenomenon, the competition becomes significantly challenging. Companies must therefore adopt sustainable strategies in order to achieve sustainable growth. The research examines how environmental factors affect the financial success of the energy industry since the viability of the energy sector has drawn criticism. The objective of the current study aims to emphasize the relationship between non-financial sustainability, as determined by the environmental performance score, and the financial performance as represented by total revenues in the aforementioned sector. The dataset is obtained from Thomson Reuters Eikon and consists of 100 publicly traded companies in North America over a five-year period. It is processed using multiple linear regression and bivariate correlation techniques. The analysis findings indicate that the environmental score has a conflicting influence on the financial performance of the companies.
Analiza prin metodele de clusterizare K-Means și clusterizare ierarhică aglomeratică a scorurilor ESG, variațiilor anuale și randamentelor bursiere: Perspective din sectoarele energetice din Europa și Statele Unite
Author(s): Ștefan Rusu,Marcel Ioan Boloș,Marius Leordeanu / Language(s): English
/ Issue: Spec. Jun/2023
This study employs k-means clustering and agglomerative hierarchical clustering techniques to visually examine the potential relationship between Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) scores, their year-over-year variations, and annual stock returns for a sample of 34 energy sector companies operating in Europe and the United States. While the agglomerative hierarchical clustering dendrogram suggests two clusters, the elbow method of the k-means algorithm suggests 2-4 clusters. The results indicate that neither ESG scores nor their year-on-year variations had an impact on the annual returns of the stocks. The conclusion is further confirmed by the Pearson correlation coefficient. However, the ESG scores of European energy companies show a tighter dispersion and smaller year-over-year change, making them more predictable ESG score-wise and thus, potentially, more attractive to ESG-driven investors.
This article examines the semantic features of the negative basic emotive concepts of “fear”, “anger” and “sadness” in terms of their language representation in 21st century American novels. The article aims to identify the semantic characteristics of such negative basic emotive concepts and to reconstruct the “negative basic emotive concept” in modern American English.
Author(s): Inna Stupak / Language(s): English
/ Issue: 1-2/2022
Keywords: detection of neologisms;types of neologisms;occasionalisms;
The coronavirus pandemic is directly reflected in the German language and especially its vocabulary. The needs for communications and nomination of new concepts are fulfilled through the emergence of new words which expand and renovate the vocabulary. Multiple criteria for neologism detection are presented in the paper. The study uses an entirely digital corpus. The extracted neologisms were registered, described, and classified according to their structure. Considering that compounding is a conventional word formation process, it was suggested that hybrids would be the most productive type of neologisms. The possibilities of enriching the language through corona-related words were discussed.
How Can the Future of the Middle East Affect European Security?
Author(s): NICOLAS Leila / Language(s): English
/ Issue: 19/2023
Keywords: European Union; Middle East; Ukraine war; security; peace;
The Ukraine war has prompted European security interests to emerge in the Middle East, raising two narratives, or “strategic perspectives,”: a realist vision of great power politics and an idealist lens of democracy versus despotism. The situation in Ukraine has strengthened these lenses and affected how Europe views the Middle East. As the Middle East is entering a new phase of global power competition, two main hypotheses for its future are emerging: a chaos scenario, where great power politics and competition lead to chaos and negatively affect European security, and a stability scenario, where powerful regional states prefer diplomacy and conflict resolution means, allowing Europe to prioritize security concerns in Eastern European region. The paper discusses EU paradoxes in the Middle East, challenges, and prospects, and analyses each hypothesis and its consequences.
Understanding Bangladesh-EU Relations:
From Aid Dependence to Economic Partnership
Author(s): Islam Shariful / Language(s): English
/ Issue: 19/2023
Keywords: Bangladesh-EU; EU Aid in Bangladesh?; Economic Partnership; Bangladeshi RMG in the EU market;
European Union (EU) remains one of the key priorities of Bangladesh foreign policy under Sheikh Hasina regime (2009-present). Notably, 58 per cent of Bangladesh’s total exports go to the EU while the EU is the destination of 64 per cent of Bangladesh’s total apparel exports worth US$ 34 billion. Bangladesh enjoys zero-duty benefit to the EU market under the scheme of ‘Everything but Arms’ framework. Bangladesh has been enjoying this benefit since 1973. Bangladesh will formally leave LDC group in 2026. The EU is expected to extend the preferential market access benefit for Bangladesh for three more years till 2029. This will impact Bangladesh’s future exports to the EU market. Thus, continuing EBA benefit in a new format or GSP plus facility, or zero-tariff benefit under the Free Trade Agreement would be the new area of focus of Bangladesh foreign policy under Sheikh Hasina regime. In fact, trade with the EU has transformed the lives of millions of people in Bangladesh. As a sign of friendship, the EU has allocated € 334 million (equivalent to US$ 389.31 million) for Bangladesh to mitigate the social and economic impacts of COVID-19 global pandemic. In addition, EU has also announced € 90 million (equivalent to US$ 104.91 million) for the garment workers in Bangladesh who lost the job due to the pandemic which demonstrates the importance that EU attaches to Bangladesh. More than 1000 garment factories in Bangladesh faced order cancellations worth US$ 2.97 billion during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, more than one million garment workers faced losing their jobs. Against the above backdrop, the article investigates: How can one understand the growing Bangladesh-EU ties from aid dependence to an economic partnership under Sheikh Hasina regime? And why does EU matter to Bangladesh vis-à-vis Bangladesh to EU? This paper contends that promoting EU-Bangladesh relations is of the interests of both the parties. Although Bangladesh-EU relations are important from a ranging of issues, i.e. economic, security, political and other issues, except forsome newspaper short pieces, no study is found on this issue, and this is where the rationale of this study lies. The study explores a number of possible areas where both the parties can engage further and foster their relations for the greater interests of the people of Bangladesh and EU.
EU’S Role in its Eastern Neighborhood Transformation
Author(s): Cristina Morari / Language(s): English
/ Issue: 19/2023
Keywords: EU Eastern neighborhood; Eastern Partnership; EU Eastern neighborhood transformation; EU priorities;
Eastern neighborhood of EU presents a significant interest for research due to geopolitical, political, economic, and social implications. Since 2009 Eastern Partnership program has been the framework that regulated the EU policies towards the states of this region. Nowadays, in the context of current evolutions, security issues and EU membership prospect for Ukraine and Moldova, it is necessary to analyze the EU role in the region.
The European Model of National Minorities Protection in the Case of Ukraine. Romania as a Kin-State
Author(s): Radu Carp / Language(s): English
/ Issue: 19/2023
Keywords: EU: education; European model; human rights; kin – state; national minorities;
The issue of national minorities has been, since 1991, one of the most difficult that Ukraine was confronted with. The difficulty of applying the Minsk agreements shows that the issue of the Russian minority in Ukraine is, right now, without a viable solution. The start of the Russian aggression on 24th of February 2022 is, among others, the result of unsolved identity problems. The Hungarian and the Romanian minorities were long perceived as the Russian minority, having the support of a kin-state, but the war has changed this interpretation, national minorities rallying around Kyiv objectives. The protection of national minorities in Ukraine is regulated by the Constitution, by different laws and Ukraine is part of the Council of Europe instruments in this area. The Venice Commission expressed its opinion on Ukrainian legislation in 2011 and 2017. The CoE Council of Ministers adopted a Resolution in 2020 regarding national minorities in Ukraine. The European Commission refers to this issue in its Opinion on the application of Ukraine to become an EU Member State in June 2022. Because Ukraine wants to start accession negotiations very fast, the Supreme Rada adopted in December 2022 a new law on national minorities. This law is not in line with previous recommendations addressed to Ukraine by the European bodies in this area. Romania criticized this law, having a special status as kin-state, according to the OSCE Bolzano Recommendations. Ukraine needs to adopt the European model on the protection of national minorities, as a proof that is opposing the Russian Federation perspective that neglects all the basic instruments of human rights.
The change of the informational paradigm, being the consequence of the effects of the evolution of today's post-modernism, and the appeal of more actors for the hybrid methods of asymmetric struggle, imposes on the nation states to increase the ability to defend the informational, identity and educational space, including the cyber space, to reduce the effects of hybrid warfare.
The Cold Security World War: A New Approach to the Conflict in Ukraine and the Implications for the Security of the European Union
Author(s): Nicolae Ploesteanu,Raul Miron / Language(s): English
/ Issue: 19/2023
Keywords: EU; Cold Security World War; Ukraine; European security; public international law;
The study proposes that the current war in Ukraine represents a “Global Cold Security War”, which goes beyond the conceptual and geographical boundaries of the conflict itself. The security of the European Union is directly influenced by this conflict, as the EU relies on regional stability and security to maintain its own security. The concept of a “Global War on Cold Security” is an attempt to recognise the complexity of the current conflict in Ukraine and the interdependence of international actors. This concept suggests that the problem is not limited to Ukraine, but also involves other states and international organisations such as the UN and the EU. This concept can help understand the global dimensions of the conflict and identify more comprehensive solutions to address international security challenges.
Voices at War. Can Cultural Diplomacy Bridge Back Communication?
Author(s): Veronica Zaharagiu / Language(s): English
/ Issue: 19/2023
Keywords: EU; propaganda; ideology; cultural diplomacy; identity; mediation;
Culture has always played a key role in politics, at the forefront of diplomacy. It has shaped nations, helping them define themselves, representing them on the international arena and was a core element in the formation of the nation-state. What has been, however, the role that culture played in the 20th century, between different political systems and what happens to it as states begin to talk different languages in terms of their approach towards their foreign policy and state interests? Can culture alleviate basic differences and help build a communication bridge or does it separate and divide?
Russia`s war against Ukraine has revealed numerous weaknesses and gaps in the Republic of Moldova`s ability to show resilience in front of hybrid threats. A weak civil society, as well as the fears of the post-Soviet society in transition. Russian propaganda rovokes significant social processes in the Republic of Moldova.
From Education for Democratic Culture to Education for Resilience. Are they Different in Building Competences to Combat Disinformation?
Author(s): Mihaela Daciana Natea / Language(s): English
/ Issue: 19/2023
Keywords: EU; Security; resilience; disinformation; education; education for resilience;
Building resilience is a complex process, starting from the definition that we may attribute to the concept. From one country to another, form one organization to another, the concept shifts its meaning from essential to minor aspects. From a particular security policy to an overarching policy, one may identify all range of approaches towards resilience. What is clear is that resilience should help communities to better respond to threats and to better recover in the aftermath of an event. Also, we know that education should set the scene for this process. In which way, it is not clear yet. This could be a consequence of the problems in definition and taxonomy, or a result of the constantly changing threats. The article looks back to the way the concepts of education for peace, education for democratic citizenship and culture have evolved, trying to identify common grounds, if any, to a possible concept of education for resilience. The emphasis is put on the efforts to combat disinformation as it is a stringent need of the current security context.
At the present stage, the study of the phenomenon of radicalization continues to attract significant interest, which is due to the processes taking place in the modern world, including various conflicts associated with the use of extremism and terrorism. The aim of this work is to analyse the concepts of the triad “radicalism” – “extremism” – “terrorism” through the prism of the use of violence to achieve political goals. The concept of “terrorism” is not identical to the concepts of “radicalism” and “extremism”.
The identity of the migrant and refugee communities is built at the intersection of the many perceptions and representations that the exiles form and that partially overlap and sometimes do not resemble their own representations at all.The degree to which a host society opens up economically, politically, legally, but especially culturally towards the communities of migrants and refugees, as well as their real integration possibilities, is the stake of a dynamic game that is difficult to predict. The problem of transnational groups, the polarization of the experiences of their integration, of dual belonging to the homeland of origin and the one of adoption, where the world is divided between “here” and “there”, generates frustrations and specific reactions, including strengthening the function of the collective imaginary. Xenophobia and alienation are secondary effects of these experiences and are sometimes generated by the poor management of public policies or by poor communication processes against a background of pre-existing prejudices and current crises.
The Impact of Ethnocentrism on the Communication of Young People in a Multicultural Environment
Author(s): Stela Spînu / Language(s): English
/ Issue: 19/2023
Keywords: EU; globalization; ethnocentrism; xenocentrism; cultural relativism;
We live in the era of globalization and are witnessing profound economic, political, and cultural transformations. In the context of the continuous process of international integration, the world has separated into two hostile camps: the followers and the opponents of globalism. Against the background of the controversial discussions between the two camps about the probability of success or failure of the globalist plan, there is increasing talk about ethnocentrism. In the present study, we will interpret the concept of ethnocentrism from the perspective of the globalization process, we will elucidate the existing relationships between the phenomena of ethnocentrism, xenocentrism, and cultural relativism; we will analyze the impact of ethnocentrism on the communication of young people in a multicultural context.
European Union Policies and Strategies to Counter Russian Propaganda and Disinformation
Author(s): Ilie Florin CEUȘAN / Language(s): English
/ Issue: 19/2023
Keywords: EU policies; Russia; Disinformation; Propaganda; East Stratcom;
Contemporary Russian propaganda and disinformation are part of a broader historical phenomenon, in which information has been used as an essential means to achieve Russia's foreign policy goals. Thus, there are elements of continuity and innovation between the communist propaganda of the Soviet period (1917-1991) and that of the hybrid war in Crimea (2014), which escalated with the aggression of 24 February 2022.The propaganda and disinformation actions carried out by the Russian Federation against the European Union represent a major threat to the European project aimed at undermining and eroding citizens' confidence in European construction. We attempt to reconstruct, from a historical perspective, and analyse, in a documentary and interpretative manner, the evolution of the approach to Russian disinformation at EU level, starting from the challenges related to the operationalisation of concepts, the creation and consolidation of the institutional architecture, as well as the existing challenges in the implementation of response policies and strategies.
Multiculturalism and Political Correctness: Theoretical-Conceptual Aspects
Author(s): Margareta Beltei / Language(s): English
/ Issue: 19/2023
Keywords: multiculturalism; political correctness (PC); cultural diversity; national identity; human rights;
In this article the author will analyze the relationship between multiculturalism and political correctness through theoretical-conceptual aspects, which are based on the same idea, namely on respect for cultural diversity and the national identity of a person. As a political theory, multiculturalism is present on the territory of a state, more than a cultural community, based on the values and practices that its members share, and as a political practice, political correctness is based on the idea that people should care, not to express or act in a way that could offend, exclude or marginalize socially disadvantaged or discriminated people. At the current stage, in the process of analyzing the national identity of a person, political correctness (PC) is considered as a strategic component of multiculturalism, because PC draws attention to human rights that must be respected and recognized publicly, and any form of abuse against man, whether in physical, verbal or psychological form, needs to be punished and held accountable according to the international legislative norms of the UN Charter.
The Transnistrian problem has become a global topic today, especially in the context of the war in Ukraine, which disrupts the social and political peace in the Republic of Moldova and which cannot be solved even 31 years since the breakaway has been established in Transnistria, through war, together with the 14th Army. There are still pressures being made on Moldovan Romanians in Transnistria, through various non-democratic methods and with serious violations of human rights.
Polish Social Security in the Aftermath of COVID-19
Author(s): THOMAS IRENEUSZ / Language(s): English
/ Issue: 19/2023
Keywords: EU; Poland; COVID; crisis; economy; social security; media; democracy;
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated existing inequalities in labour markets, reversing the employment growth seen since the global financial crisis of 2007-08 and accelerating the arrival of changes dubbed the 'future of employment'. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded the long-term changes already triggered by the fourth industrial revolution.
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