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“CAROL I” NATIONAL DEFENCE UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR DEFENCE AND SECURITY STRATEGIC STUDIES No. 3[52]/2014 Quarterly academic journal acknowledged by CNATDCU, Indexed in CEEOL, ProQuest, EBSCO, IndexCopernicus international databases “CAROL I” NATIONAL DEFENCE UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING HOUSE BUCHAREST STRATEGIC IMPACT No. 3/2014 EDITORIAL COUNCIL Gabriel-Florin MOISESCU, PhD professor, “Carol I” National Defence University, Romania, Chairman Gheorghe CALOPĂREANU, PhD professor, “Carol I” National Defence University, Romania Ion ROCEANU, PhD professor, “Carol I” National Defence University, Romania Vasile BUCINSCHI, PhD professor, “Henri Coandă” Air Force Academy, Romania Florin DIACONU, PhD associate professor, University of Bucharest, Romania Stan ANTON, PhD lecturer, “Carol I” National Defence University, Romania Mircea TĂNASE, PhD, General Staff, Ministry of National Defence, Romania Pavel NECAS, PhD professor eng., Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to the European Union, Belgium Bohuslav PRIKRYL, PhD professor, National Defence University, Czech Republic John L. CLARKE, PhD professor, “George C. Marshall” European Centre for Security Studies, Germany Ilias ILIOPOULOS, PhD professor, Naval War College, Greece Adrian GHEORGHE, PhD professor eng., Old Dominion University, USA Georgi DIMOV, PhD associate professor, National Defence Academy, Bulgaria Boguslaw PACEK, PhD associate professor, National Defence University, Poland Dana PERKINS, PhD, UN Security Council, USA Gabor BOLDIZSÁR, PhD, National University of Public Service, Hungary Dario MATIKA, PhD, Institute for Research and Development of Defence Systems, Croatia SCIENTIFIC BOARD Pascu FURNICĂ, PhD Mirela ATANASIU, PhD researcher Constantin MOŞTOFLEI, PhD senior researcher Cristian BĂHNĂREANU, PhD senior researcher Visarion NEAGOE, PhD professor Cristina BOGZEANU, junior researcher Cozmin OLARIU, PhD lecturer Răzvan BUZATU, PhD Toma PLEŞANU, PhD professor eng. Florian CÎRCIUMARU, PhD lecturer Alexandra SARCINSCHI, PhD senior researcher Gheorghe DEACONU, PhD associate professor Mihai ZODIAN, PhD junior researcher EDITORS Stan ANTON, PhD lecturer, editor in chief Daniela RĂPAN, deputy editor in chief Mihai ZODIAN, PhD, editor in charge of “Colocviu strategic” supplement Contact address: Şoseaua Panduri, nr. 68-72, Sector 5, Bucureşti, România Telephone: +4021-319.56.49, Fax: 4021-319.57. 80 E-mail:[email protected] Websites: http://cssas.unap.ro/index_en.htm, http://cssas.unap.ro/en/periodicals.htm, http://impactstrategic.unap.ro/index_en.html Disclaimer: Opinions expressed within published materials belong strictly to authors and do not represent the position of CDSSS/ “Carol I” NDU. Authors are fully responsible for their articles’ content, according to the provisions of Law no. 206/2004 regarding good conduct in scientific research, technological development and innovation. ISSN 1842-9904; ISSN-L 1841-5784 2 STRATEGIC IMPACT No. 3/2014 STRATEGIC IMPACT CONTENTS Editor’s Note .................................................................................................................................. 5 GEOPOLITICS AND GEOSTRATEGIES – TRADITION AND MODERNITY Geopolitics of the Wider Black Sea Area after Ukraine Crisis Iulian CHIFU, PhD ......................................................................................................................... 7 The History of Romanian Geopolitics and Geostrategy: some Really Important Episodes Florin DIACONU, PhD ................................................................................................................ 16 POLITICAL-MILITARY TOPICALITY Afghanistan National Security Coordinates within the Official Closing of the NATO ISAF Mission Stan ANTON, PhD . ...................................................................................................................... 26 New Terrorist Challenges in the Sinai Peninsula – Prominent Jihadist Organisations János BESENYŐ, PhD; Zoltán PRANTNER, PhD ..................................................................... 39 SECURITY AND MILITARY STRATEGY Contemporary Crises – a Major Threat to International Peace and Security Adriana SAULIUC ....................................................................................................................... 48 Balochistan and its Geo-strategic Potential in Southern Asia Demostene-Dorinel GHEORGHE ................................................................................................ 57 ANALYSES, SYNTHESES, EVALUATIONS A Trans-disciplinary Analysis of Suicidal Terrorism Anghel ANDREESCU, PhD; Marius Cătălin BALABAN........................................................... 69 STRATEGIC IMPACT No. 3/2014 3 STRATEGIC IMPACT The Importance of Organizing a National Agency for Defense against Unconventional and Asymmetric Actions Lucian Ştefan COZMA ................................................................................................................. 79 Strengthening the EU Integration Dimension, in the European Democratic Version Mădălina ANTONESCU, PhD. .................................................................................................... 90 BOOK REVIEW Under the Shadow of the Past: World War I and the Contemporary World Mihai ZODIAN, PhD. ................................................................................................................ 106 SCIENTIFIC EVENT Workshop for Young Strategists, “Romanian Geopolicy and Geostrategy – Tradition and Modernity”, May 29, 2014 Cristina BOGZEANU, PhD........................................................................................................... 108 CDSSS AGENDA Activities of the Centre for Defence and Security Strategic Studies, July-September 2014 Irina TĂTARU ............................................................................................................................110 Guideline for authors ..................................................................................................................112 4 STRATEGIC IMPACT No. 3/2014 STRATEGIC IMPACT EDITOR’S NOTE Dear collaborators and readers, The current edition – the third this year – subscribes to the usual thematic of the publication, also including some of the works presented at The Workshop for Young Strategists “Romanian Geopolitics and Geostrategy. Tradition and Modernity”, organised by CDSSS on May 29, 2014. Thus, at the section dedicated to this activity, we present you a first article which approaches the theme of geopolitics and geostrategy form the perspective of political-military topicality –“Geopolitics of the Wider Black Sea Area after Ukraine Crisis”, signed by Mr. Iulian Chfu PhD, while, in the next paper, Mr. Florin Diaconu PhD approaches the issue of geopolitics and geostrategy from a historical perspective, analysing “The History of Romanian Geopolitics and Geostrategy: some Really Important Episodes.” Further, at the section Political-military topicality, the undersigned presents “Afghanistan National Security Coordinates within the Official Closing of the NATO ISAF Mission”, given the fact that this event is part of an extended series of changes that impose continuous adaptation of the Alliance to the dynamics of the terms in which international security is defined. There follows a paper which discusses the “New Terrorist Challenges in the Sinai Peninsula – Prominent Jihadist Organisations”, signed by two Hungarian academics, Mr. János Besenyő PhD and Mr. Zoltán Prantner PhD. At the section: security and military, we propose a material which approaches from a theoretical perspective the major threat represented by the contemporary crisis for international peace and security, signed by Ms. Adriana Sauliuc, and another applied one which brings to the fore “Balochistan and its Geostrategic Potential in Southern Asia”, research realised by Mr. Demostene- Dorinel Gheorghe. Within the section Analyses, syntheses, evaluations, the theme of terrorism is approached from another angle through the article of Mr. Anghel Andreescu PhD and Mr. Marius Cătălin Balaban, which propose a trans-disciplinary analysis of the suicidal terrorism. Further, Mr. Lucian Ştefan Cozma advocates for “The Importance of Organising a National Agency for Defence against Unconventional and Asymmetric Actions”. Last, but not least is the analysis dedicated to the controversial aspect of strengthening EU integration, in the democratic European version, from the perspective of Ms. Mădălina Antonescu PhD. STRATEGIC IMPACT No. 3/2014 5 STRATEGIC IMPACT For this autumnal edition, Mr. Mihai Zodian PhD, advances, at the section: Book review, three books about The World War I: “1913”, by Charles Emmerson, “The Sleep Walkers”, signed by Christopher Clark and “Inventing the Schlieffen Plan”, by Terence Zuber. The reviews are grouped under the title “In the Shadow of the Past: World War I and the Contemporary World”. As always, our coleague, Irina Tătaru, has realised the CDSSS Agenda, which makes a review of the Centre for Defence and Security Strategic Studies activities for the July-September 2014 period. In closing of the edition, we present a series of conclusions resulted from the scientific event initially mentioned, the Workshop for Young Strategists with the theme “Romanian Geopolitics and Geostrategy. Tradition and Modernity”. For those who open Strategic Impact for the first time, we mention that the journal is a publication of the Centre for Defence and Security Strategic Studies within “Carol I” National Defence University and is a prestigious

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