2019 – În căutarea unei busole
Year 2019 - Looking for a compass

Summary/Abstract: The current international security environment is full of tensions, with rapid, unpredictable developments that have long-term effects on large spaces. That is why the assessment of the threats that could arise in 2019 becomes a very difficult one. In author`s opinion, such an assessment should take into account the unpredictability, fl uidity, dynamics and proportion of changes in the international environment. In the following, the author presents some key issues to be taken into account in 2019: changes in US policy (focusing on the promotion of their own interests), the development of the Chinese Initiative “Belt and Road” (launched in 2013 by the Chinese president Xi Jinping), the growth of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization role (which may become an eastern counter-balance of NATO), and last but not the least, Russia`s attempts to increase its sphere of influence.

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