The dynamics of NATO's role in the South Caucasus has been considered against the backdrop of
the Wider Black Sea since both geopolitical and policy reasons make the South Caucasus a too
narrow geopolitical scope for the analysis of NATO's policies. In fact, in contrast to the situation
before the Russo-Georgian war in 2008, the South Caucasus is currently very rarely referred as
such in NATO's statements, except for the cases where the Alliance is expressing concerns over
the settlement of the "frozen conflicts". READ MORE
George Vlad Niculescu |
Опубликовано на EGF: 08.03.2012
| External Relations
Executive Summary
On Monday, May 16, 2011, The European Geopolitical Forum staged a roundtable discussion on the
“Changing Dynamics of the Wider Black Sea in Regional Security and External Relations” at the Brussels
School of International Studies, University of Kent. The roundtable featured key international speakers: Dr.
Andrej Kreutz (Canada), renowned international relations specialist and author of the recent book, “Russia
in the Middle East: Friend or Foe?”; and Igor Muradyan (Armenia), an acclaimed public commentator on
the geopolitics and geo-economics of the Black Sea-Caucasus-Caspian area. The roundtable discussion also
drew participation of officials from the Turkish Embassy in Belgium, NATO International Staff Political
Affairs and Security Policy Division (IS PASP), the Mission of Ukraine to European Union, the Permanent
Mission of the Russian Federation to NATO, the Energy Charter Secretariat, TUSIAD, the Armenian
Federation of Europe, the Centre for East European and Asian Studies (Romania) and several other
interested stakeholders. READ MORE
EGF Editorial |
Опубликовано на EGF: 13.11.2011
| Security
EGF Head of Research, Dr. George Vlad NICULESCU, co-edited a new volume on “Understanding Contemporary Information Landscape Handbook (UCIL)” with the Austrian National Defence Academy and the PfP Consortium of Defence Academies and Security Studies Institutes: “The idea of this Handbook sprang forth from a policy recommendation issued at a past Regional Stability in the South Caucasus Study Group (RSSC SG) workshop: “Create, with the assistance of PfP Consortium volunteers, a Reference Curriculum on Media Literacy, emphasizing the impact of modern communication techniques and social media on human biology, psychology and behaviour. The aim would be to raise awareness of the media as a tool of hybrid warfare, and how to build resilience to it at individual level.” Looking with an academic eye at the final product of our last three years of work I’d conclude that this Handbook is a great success as a valuable education tool for students and teachers in media studies, politics, international relations. READ MORE
EGF Affiliated expert Benyamin POGHOSYAN has recently co-authored with Rananjay Anand, Co-founder and President, Indo-Armenian Friendship NGO, a new op-ed on “Time to transform Armenia – India cooperation into a strategic partnership” published on civilnet.am. The authors concluded: “Armenia and India should establish by the end of the year an annual 2+2 dialogue mechanism, which would involve the participation of their Ministers of Defence and Foreign Affairs. […] The second step in transforming relations into a strategic partnership should be the establishment of a joint group for Armenia-India Diaspora cooperation, which will coordinate and facilitate the contacts between the two diasporas.” READ MORE
EGF Affiliated Expert Nika Chitadze has edited and co-authored a new book on “The Russia-Ukraine War and Its Consequences on the Geopolitics of the World”. READ HERE
On February 7, 2023, the Founder, and former Executive Director of the EGF Dr Marat TERTEROV moderated, and the Head of Research, Dr George Vlad NICULESCU participated in, the first panel of the web-conference on “The War in Ukraine: What Consequences for the Countries of Our Neighbourhood – East and South: What New Challenges for the EU?” organized by the Institute for European Studies of the Saint Louis University Brussels. Click here to read George’s speaking points, here for the conclusions (in French and in English) and here for the summary of presentations (in French only) of the web-conference.
Between 16-18 November 2023, Dr Marat TERTEROV and Dr. George Vlad NICULESCU participated in the 26th workshop of the Regional Stability in the South Caucasus Study Group of the PfP Consortium of Defence Academies and Security Studies Institutes on “New Security Arrangements for the South Caucasus”, held in Reichenau a/d Rax (Austria). Please click here for the programme and agenda outline, here for Marat’s and here for George’s speaking points.