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Russia’s “Contribution” to the Inception of the Eastern Partnership

Russia’s “Contribution” to the Inception of the Eastern Partnership

Author(s): Vasile Rotaru / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2014

Keywords: “energodiplomacy”; gas wars; trade wars; protracted conflicts; Eastern Partnership

The present paper analyses Russia’s relations with six former Soviet republics (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine), since the fall of the USSR until the launch of the Eastern Partnership (EaP). By using qualitative research methods: discourse analysis, document analysis and press coverage, the author focuses on three main factors that contributed to the alienation of these countries from Russia: “energodiplomacy”, trade wars and support of secessionist conflicts, arguing that the rapprochement of this countries with the West, especially with the EU, came not only from the economic reasons but from the need of preserving the state core values.

Suggestibility as a personality trait:connections to information processing

Suggestibility as a personality trait:connections to information processing

Author(s): Ion Dafinoiu,Tudor-Ştefan Rotaru / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2010

Keywords: suggestibility; information processing; top-down; bottom-up; rigidity

This study aims to establish a connection between the top-down and bottomup processing, and suggestibility as a trait. We used visual stimuli in a computer-based environment (N=199) when measuring the response times. Also, we studied the possible connection with rigidity in attitudes. In one of the STROOP interference conditions, the high suggestible subjects made significantly more errors than the low suggestible ones. The high suggestible women subjects made significantly more errors in reporting the similarity of meaning in a pair of linguistic stimuli, both physically and semantically identical; the same subjects made significantly more errors in reporting the similarity of meaning in a pair of linguistic stimuli, physically different, but semantically identical. We did not find any significant relationship between the scores for suggestibility and rigidity.

Does the Eastern Partnership Still Need a “Success Story”?

Does the Eastern Partnership Still Need a “Success Story”?

Author(s): Vasile Rotaru / Language(s): English / Issue: Suppl03/2011

Keywords: Europeanization; Warsaw summit; EU’s Eastern neighbours; membership perspectives

The article undertakes a comparative analysis of the evolution of the six former soviet republics within the framework of the Eastern Partnership, highlighting the differences between the levels of Europeanization of these countries. The research demonstrates that after two years of existence, the Eastern Partnership still needs to convince the high-level European leaders about its relevance for the EU foreign policy and to become more attractive for the post soviet republics. As the economic crisis and the Arab Spring shifted EU’s attention from its Eastern neighbours and the rollback of democracy that took place in some Eastern partners, and the lack of positive progress in others increased EU leaders’ reluctance towards former soviet republics, the Eastern Partnership needs a new impetus. A “successful story” could be a powerful example both for the Eastern neigbhours and the EU skeptical leaders. Republic of Moldova is the most active country within the Eastern Partnership surpassing Georgia and Ukraine as the best pupil. However before becoming a successful story, Chisinau has to implement more essential reforms and to curb the widespread corruption. Which is not an easy tusk without the EU’s support. The methods used for this research are documentary and discourse analysis.

Die ethische Priorität des Außerordentlichen: Interview mit Bernhard Waldenfels

Die ethische Priorität des Außerordentlichen: Interview mit Bernhard Waldenfels

Author(s): Irina Rotariu / Language(s): English / Issue: 10/2010

This interview took place on the 8th of April 2010 in München, at Professor Waldenfels’ house. The questions for this interview were meant to touch the most important ideas of Bernhard Waldenfels’ philosophy—the idea of universal order as a sign for a limited and dictatorial thinking, the respondent that replaces the traditional subject, the idea that an ethics according to which a subject is responsible for something to someone overestimates the unity of the subject and does injustice to all the three instances of a happening (subject—for something—to someone). Waldenfels clarifies some of the problematic implications of these ideas.

PERSPECTIVES ON POPULATION DYNAMIC WITHIN THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

PERSPECTIVES ON POPULATION DYNAMIC WITHIN THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Author(s): Simona Maria Stănescu / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2015

Keywords: population change; fertility rate; EU-15; Central and East European member states

The theoretical perspective of the study is represented by the second demographic transition characterised by lower fertility and death rates. The article analysed the population change and fertility rates in EU-28 member states for the period 1961-2012. The member states confront constant decrease of population change and fertility rates especially in newly Central and Eastern European member states. Last part of the paper prospects the demographic 2060 population change according with the low fertility rate scenario. As methodology the article uses secondary analysis based on Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU and the Population Policy Data Bank maintained by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat.

DEFENDING RUSSIA, SECURITISING THE FUTURE: HOW THE PAST SHAPED RUSSIA’S POLITICAL DISCOURSE REGARDING CRIMEA

DEFENDING RUSSIA, SECURITISING THE FUTURE: HOW THE PAST SHAPED RUSSIA’S POLITICAL DISCOURSE REGARDING CRIMEA

Author(s): James C. Pearce,Anastassiya Yuchshenko / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2018

This paper shows how Russia framed the annexation of Crimea from the securitisation theory perspective, with a focus on the shared past as the key argument. This paper discusses how the idea of shared past in general and the concept of brotherhood among nations in particular were utilised to justify the annexation, along with how the Crimean discourse was framed for the domestic Russian consumption. This includes an analysis of why a shared past is so important to the Kremlin, how this was applied in its foreign policy approach and later justified the annexation and the various methods the Kremlin used to win over public support.

The active subject of the criminal offence of the embezzlement

Subiectul activ al infracțiunii de delapidare

Author(s): Adrian Fanu-Moca / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1/2018

Keywords: embezzlement; active subject; manager; administrator; money; values; goods

The present study analyzes the double circumstance that the legislator has set up on the active subject of the criminal offense of embezzlement, which must be, on the one hand, a civil servant or a person referred to in art. 308 of Criminal Code and, on the other hand, the manager or administrator of money, values or goods.

The Romanian Presidential Elections (2014): Dealing with Local Strategies, Elections Promises and Effects of Results in Vâlcea County

The Romanian Presidential Elections (2014): Dealing with Local Strategies, Elections Promises and Effects of Results in Vâlcea County

Author(s): Georgeta Ghionea / Language(s): English / Issue: 48/2015

Keywords: Vâlcea County; presidential elections; political parties; voters; diaspora;

Although Victor Ponta won the elections in Vâlcea County, the victory was a feeble one. In the second ballot of the presidential elections, the Prime Minister lost a lot of electoral capital in favour of Klaus Iohannis. The period between the two ballots was in the help of Klaus Iohannis, due to the deficient organisation made for the Romanian Diaspora. At national level, the Romanians confederated, generating ample protests against the Government and strong antipathy against PSD (Social Democrat Party), and, implicitly, against Victor Ponta. The fact that in many families from Vâlcea, there are people who were working abroad, made a difference among the members of their families and the people they knew, generating a general empathic phenomenon, of sympathy towards the Romanians who had left their country because of the inadequate decisions of the Government, and who had to work there in order to earn a living.

CONFIGURATION OF THE LAND PROPERTY IN DOBROGEA (1878-1900)

CONFIGURATION OF THE LAND PROPERTY IN DOBROGEA (1878-1900)

Author(s): Cornelia-Elena Bobe / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2018

Keywords: Dobrogea; land property; legislation; landowners;

The year 1878 was a challenging moment for the Romanian nation, but at the same time it was a year during which, the authorities went forward with determined deeds on the path of surpassing the transition period that Dobrogea was facing, because the ideal of bringing it at the same developing stage as the rest of the country was deeply rooted in Romanians’ conscience. Establishing a relation between history and economy into an integrate vision allowed us to analyse the new status of Dobrogea, which continued to develop overcoming the difficulties that were coming after its union with Romania. Moreover, we succeeded in approaching the society and local and central authorities’ legal and economic preoccupations, following the main lines of the studied domain. Year by year, accomplishing the regulation programs for the land property brought visible improvements in the life of the population. The present study covers a period of 13 years, beginning with 1878, a reference moment in Romania’s history. My desire is to attentively observe the path of Dobrogea’s modernization which registered a series of important steps due to the efficient involvement of the Romanian state representatives, which led to the development of the province’s agriculture as the main economic force of the region and an instrument of absolute necessity to the welfare of any people. The existence of a large number of archival documents within the central and local institutions, well preserved in the deposits of Bucharest, Constanța and Tulcea, most of them unseen, made me begin a more profound analysis of the historical sources, in order to obtain a synthesis corroborated with multiple situations and aspects. Their investigation substantially filled in the information regarding the instauration of Romanian administration in November 1878, the regulation of the land property and its exploitation. Herewith, I consulted old press, document volumes and numerous researches already published

Fulfilling the obligations of the local public authorities on environmental protection through administrative acts

Fulfilling the obligations of the local public authorities on environmental protection through administrative acts

Author(s): Cristina Mihaela Salcă Rotaru / Language(s): English / Issue: 2-Suppl/2018

Keywords: environmental protection; administrative acts; environmental agreement; environmental permit; environmental authorization;

Fulfilling the obligations of the local public authorities on environmental protection through administrative acts

Dignity, Conscience and Religious Freedom in the Book of Daniel the Prophet

DEMNITATE, CONŞTIINŢĂ ŞI LIBERTATE RELIGIOASĂ ÎN CARTEA PROFETULUI DANIEL

Author(s): Bogdan Emanuel Răduț / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1/2019

Keywords: Daniel; Bible; Old Testament; human dignity; religious freedom;

The book of Daniel is in the Old Testament of the Bible and is divided into two main parts: the story (chapters 1 to 6), and the prophecies (chapters 7 to 12). In the first part - the story - we find three particular situations in which the Religious freedom and the freedom of conscience is being challenged in the cases of few Hebrew men in a foreign country. From their experience which is recorded on the pages of the Holy Scriptures we can learn how to defend the human dignity, someone’s own dignity and the Religious freedom of every person.

The History of the Parallel Robots

Istoria roboţilor paraleli

Author(s): Alexandra Rotaru / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 9/2016

Keywords: parallel robots; octahedral hexapod; mechanism;

In the past few decades, a considerable attention was given to the parallel robots and most of the scientific papers refer in the introduction that they were initially proposed to deal with the drawbacks of serial ones. These types of robots are stiffer, faster and more accurate and they have numerous applications in many fields. The first hexapod was built in 1950 by E. Gough that many, paradoxically, refer to as the Stewart platform. Klaus Cappel also designed independently the same hexapod, licensed and built most motion simulators prior to early 1980, but no one even knew about him. This paper presents a short description of the importance of parallel robots in the industry field and the history of their development which illustrates the huge gap that exists between industry and academia and gives a few examples of some type of parallel robots that revolutionized industry.

Social Assistance for Family and Children in the Context of the Freedom of Consciousness

ASISTENȚA SOCIALĂ A FAMILIEI ȘI A COPILULUI ÎN CONTEXTUL LIBERTĂȚII DE CONȘTIINȚĂ

Author(s): Marius Nechita / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1/2020

Keywords: social assistance; family; children; values; religion; education; politics;

A presentation of some aspects related to the social assistance provided to the family, as a whole, and to children in particular, with their specific characteristics, is a complex task, even when it is only schematically done. This complexity resides firstly in the nature of the subjects/subject it approaches (persons, relationships), but also in the multitude of typologies/taxonomies refined by a vast specialised literature.The difficulty of the analysis increases exponentially when all these issues are laid in the context of the discussions about the freedom of consciousness. In the light of this concept, each element reveals new dimensions (ontological, axiological, sociological), with obvious implications in all the fields in which they manifest themselves: religious, educational, political etc. Beyond the complexity of this topic, one can glimpse the persons, who – even in the context of a problematic and apparently inadequate analysis – speak to us about the grandeur of their dignity and vocation.

Liberty and Social Indeterminacy In Today’s World’s Kneading

LIBERTATE ȘI INDETERMINARE SOCIALĂ ÎN FRĂMÂNTĂRILE LUMII ACTUALE

Author(s): Ioana-Anca Gherasim / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 2/2020

Keywords: liberty; restriction; law; religion; truth; modernity; tradition; social instability;

Modern humans no longer believe in determination, in destiny and that’s why they are forced to manage their own life with individual resources regarding individual feelings, attitudes or acts. They must create opportunities and find happyness by themselves. But this is not easy at all. Truth is no longer a refference because each person can have his / her own truth. Liberty is unlimited but extremly dangerous. In such a changeable world, the humans are challenged to resist.

Johannes Remy. Brothers or Enemies: The Ukrainian National Movement and Russia, from the 1840s to the 1870s

Johannes Remy. Brothers or Enemies: The Ukrainian National Movement and Russia, from the 1840s to the 1870s

Author(s): Serhiy Bilenky / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2019

REVIEW OF: Johannes Remy. Brothers or Enemies: The Ukrainian National Movement and Russia, from the 1840s to the 1870s. U of Toronto P, 2016. x, 334 pp. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

Trace blood sampling techniques. General aspects

Tehnici de prelevare a urmelor de sânge. Aspecte generale

Author(s): Narcisa-Roxana Rotaru / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 4/2022

Keywords: blood traces; sampling techniques; forensics; on site research;

The article discusses the main aspects that a criminalist or a jurist must follow precisely in order to discover the whole factual scenario, to catch the perpetrator and to discover the judicial truth. That is why great importance is given to the discovery of blood traces, which in fact are a rich source of information in forensic research. But often, the perpetrator has a rich imagination, is creative and tries to hide and to destroy certain traces in order not to be identified. However, the perpetrators' attempts are often thwarted by the fact that there are a number of modern methods of collecting biological traces in general, including blood traces, methods that rely on the essential characteristics of biological samples to not be destroyed in totality. The article tries to highlight essential aspects of blood trace analysis and the importance of this type of analysis in forensics, but also in fields with which forensics is closely related, such as forensic medicine or criminal law.

Theoretical Approaches on the Study of Values

ABORDĂRI TEORETICE PRIVIND STUDIUL VALORILOR

Author(s): Mirela Beatris Munteanu / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1/2022

Keywords: value; education; religion; moral values;

In the following paper, our goal is to present an overview of the sociologic, didactic and religious meaning of the word „value” starting from its base concepts and its configuration. Nowadays the term „value” is intensively used, by being a key concept in areas such as philosophy (the topic of study of axiology, for example, are the values and the value judgement), sociology and psychology. This word is used to denote objects, situations, actions and events (abstract ideas that embody social ideals), as well as to describe their properties: meaning, normativity, utility, and necessity. Given the polysemy of this lexeme, we will make a brief review of its semiotic grid by keeping its perception and influence over the fundamental acts of the human.

HUMAN VALUES REFLECTED IN SERVICE AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT OF ORTHODOX PASTORAL THEOLOGY

HUMAN VALUES REFLECTED IN SERVICE AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT OF ORTHODOX PASTORAL THEOLOGY

Author(s): Cristian-Vasile Petcu / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2022

Keywords: Church; pastoral theology; prayer; monasticism; hesychasm; human values;

In the Orthodox pastoral sense, the action of helping others through prayer represents a concrete and direct way of supporting others. This work has an extraordinary spiritual character based on inner feelings and experiences of faith, which reveals the fundamental tension of Orthodox theology that resides in the protective communion of the ecclesiological space and the involvement in prayer for others, for the whole world. It is a sharing in the Mysteries of the Church of Christ and perfect involvement in the work of the Church through prayer for the elevation of the entire creation to deification. A contemplation and a praxis. It is an apparently paradoxical polarity, because it achieves a withdrawal from society, misunderstood as a rejection of the secular world, and at the same time an awareness of the secular dimensions that need to be embraced by Christ. Although they seem like two contradictory directions, they cooperate and are complementary. In the Orthodox tradition there is no tension in this kind of understanding of the world, because its inclusive attitude is addressed to all of creation. In fact, it is not something new in the field of theology, but proof of the fact that pastoral theology reflects the human values of serving one’s neighbor based on a lasting social commitment. It is in fact the study that this paper aims to explore.

Roma Children's School Segregation As a Persistent Public Educational System Issue in Romania

Roma Children's School Segregation As a Persistent Public Educational System Issue in Romania

Author(s): Fernando Varga / Language(s): English / Issue: 7/2022

Keywords: educational activities; Roma children; public school segregation; discrimination; education quality;

School segregation of Roma has become one of the most studied disciplines in the field of education in the last 20 years. Even though research mentions its persistence, no studies have shown how it persists, this study aims to fill this gap in the specialized literature. Based on the analysis of several reports, this qualitative study aims to show how the school segregation of Roma in Romania survives in the mainstream education system. Despite the fact that in 2004 the state recognized the seriousness of the problem and introduced Ordinance 1540/2007 prohibiting all forms of school segregation, many public-school units in Romania continue to practice this form of discrimination against Roma children. School segregation is a persistent problem in Romania, and studies show that between 1998 and 2016, the proportion of segregated schools increased significantly, becoming a barrier in the Roma integration process. The recommendations of the study on solutions against the school segregation of Roma children aim to involve Roma civil society in the process of monitoring segregated schools, enrolling Roma children from residentially segregated communities in mixed schools and informing parents about the consequences of segregation on Roma children.

CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING EXEMPTIONS FROM THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 9 OF THE CRIMINAL CODE, IN THE LIGHT OF THE LEGISLATION AT THE EUROPEAN LEVEL

CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING EXEMPTIONS FROM THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 9 OF THE CRIMINAL CODE, IN THE LIGHT OF THE LEGISLATION AT THE EUROPEAN LEVEL

Author(s): Mihaela Rotaru / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2023

Keywords: criminal law; modification; person; territory; exemption;

Romanian legislation must be harmonized with that at the European level. A continuous concern of the legislator is needed in this sense. The fulfilment of this objective also includes the recent changes in the field of criminal legislation, taking into account either the Criminal Code or “the criminal provisions contained in organic laws,emergency ordinances or other normative acts that had the force of law at the time of their adoption”, as stated in the Art. 173 of the Criminal Code. These changes also brought with them some exceptions to the principle of personality regarding the application of the Romanian criminal law in space.