ROMANIA “CAROL I” NATIONAL DEFENCE UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR DEFENCE AND SECURITY STRATEGIC STUDIES No. 4 [45]/2012 Trimestrial scientific magazine acknowledged by CNATDCU, indexed in CEEOL, ProQuest, EBSCO, IndexCopernicus international databases “CAROL I” NATIONAL DEFENCE UNIVERSITY PRINTING HOUSE BUCHAREST, ROMANIA Editorial Board: Teodor Frunzeti, PhD, Professor, “Carol I” National Defence University, Romania, chairman Ion Roceanu, PhD, Professor, “Carol I” National Defence University, Romania Gheorghe Calopăreanu, PhD, Associate Professor, “Carol I” National Defence University, Romania Petre Duţu, PhD, Senior Researcher, “Carol I” National Defence University, Romania Alexandru Bogdan, PhD, Professor, Acad., Biodiversity Centre, Romanian Academy, Romania Visarion Neagoe, PhD, Professor, Alma Mater University, Romania John L. Clarke, PhD, Professor, “George C. Marshall” European Centre for Security Studies, Germany Adrian Gheorghe, PhD, Professor Eng., Old Dominion University, USA Libor Frank, PhD, Institute for Strategic Studies, Defence University, Czech Republic Dario Matika, PhD, Institute for Research and Development of Defence Systems, Croatia Ilias Iliopoulos, PhD, Professor, Hellenic Naval War College, Greece Pavel Necas, PhD, Assoc. Professor Dipl. 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ISSN 1842-9904 (online edition) ISSN-L 1841-5784 2 STRATEGIC IMPACT No. 4/2012 STRATEGIC IMPACT CONTENTS EDITORIAL..........................................................................................................................................5 POLITICAL-MILITARY TOPICALITY Conventional and Unconventional in Military Actions Teodor FRUNZETI, PhD..................................................................................................................6 Article-by-Article Commentary of the Text of the Agreement Between Romania and the United States of America on the Deployment of the United States Ballistic Missile Defense System in Romania Part II (articles V-XIV) Bogdan AURESCU, PhD................................................................................................................14 GEOPOLITICS AND GEOSTRATEGIES: TENDENCIES AND PERSPECTIVES Resources, Strategic Sectors and National Security Petre DUŢU, PhD, Vasile DOBRESCU..........................................................................................24 Japan, India and Australia: is this “Anti-China” Alliance Feasible? Claudia ASTARITA, PhD...............................................................................................................31 The Contemporary Power Relations in the Geopolitical Conflict Zones. The Case of Africa and Middle East Dorel BUŞE, PhD, Cristina AVRAM..............................................................................................42 NATO AND EU: POLICIES, STRATEGIES, ACTIONS The European Political Model: Intergovernmental Federalism Mihaela BUŞE, PhD..........................................................................................................................52 “Critical Infrastructure” Concept’s Evolution and Prospects within the Euro-Atlantic Framework Silvia-Alexandra ZAHARIA.............................................................................................................59 SECURITY AND MILITARY STRATEGY Considerations on the Evaluation of Military Action in Unconventional Conflicts Visarion NEAGOE, PhD....................................................................................................................73 Polish Special Operations Forces. Historical Background and the Latest Developments Bogusław PACEK, PhD.....................................................................................................................79 Operatics in the System of Defence Sciences (Military Sciences) Rade SLAVKOVIĆ, PhD, Miroslav TALIJAN, PhD, Mile JELIĆ...................................................85 ANALYSES, SYNTHESES, EVALUATIONS Money Laundering, Expression of Trans-Border Economic Crime with Impact on International Terrorism Financing Ion BĂLĂCEANU, PhD, Eugen POROJAN, PhD...........................................................................98 The Role of the Security Council in the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes Mădălina COCOŞATU, PhD...........................................................................................................1�9 STRATEGIC IMPACT No. 4/2012 STRATEGIC IMPACT POINTS OF VIEW Quality, Diversity and Innovation within Military Higher Education Dumitru SESERMAN, PhD.............................................................................................................115 STRATEGIC EVENT “Smart Defence and Defence Investment” Seminar Cristina BARNA..............................................................................................................................121 CDSSS’ AGENDA Activities of the Centre for Defence and Security Strategic Studies, October - December 2012 Daniela RĂPAN...............................................................................................................................123 Instructions for Foreign Authors........................................................................................................125 4 STRATEGIC IMPACT No. 4/2012 STRATEGIC IMPACT EDITORIAL STRATEGIC IMPACT DEVELOPMENTS IN 2012 In the current edition of the journal, the last in 2�12, we propose ourselves an evaluation emphasizing the achievements of the publication in this year that brought for Strategic Impact a series of changes �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������concerning editorial aspects, as well as recognition and visibility on national and international level. Within 2�12, the Editorial Board has changed its constituency, gaining a few prestigious members of our university, as well as of other universities in Romania and abroad. There can also be seen changes as far as Scientific Board is concerned – apart from permanent members, the journal benefited by the contribution and expertise of “Carol I” National Defence University professors in specialised fields of Military Sciences. Likewise, the editorial staff has been functioning in a new formula. The Scientific Council of CDSSS had adopted in 2�12 several minute editorial changes, which we are sure that our attentive readers have noticed: renaming the second theme, including in our journal articles dealing with elements and aspects regarding intelligence community, standardisation of authors’ presentations etc. Likewise, the guide for authors was permanently updated in order to comply with the editorial exigencies of international databases. Regarding the road of the articles submitted for publication, they are first subject to anantiplagiarism analysis (for details, see www.strikeplagiarism.com), then being scientifically evaluated according to the principle double blind peer-review in conformity with objective principles. The evaluators’ rigor translating in recommendations brought to the authors contribute to maintaining and raising the quality of published materials. Regarding national recognition, up to this year, our publication was classified as a B+ magazine by the National University Research Council in Romania. Starting with 2�12, Strategic Impact presents itself as a scientific magazine with acknowledged prestige in the field of Military Science, Information and Public Order according to National Council for Titles, Diplomas and Certificates (CNATDCU). Referring to international visibility, the publication was accepted this year to be included in two prestigious international databases: EBSCO (USA) and ProQuest database (USA). Concomitantly, the magazine will continue to be indexed in CEEOL (Central and Eastern European Online Library, Germany) and Index Copernicus International (Poland). International appreciation of the magazine’s quality is also confirmed by its indexation, starting with this year, in the list of publications of NATO Multimedia Library. We have observed that due to inclusion of the journal in the new international databases, the interest to publish in Strategic Impact has grown, the publication benefiting, in the analysed period, by the constant contribution of foreign authors from the Slovakia, Poland, Turkey, Hungary, Republic of Moldova, Serbia