This study examines the Romanian Electoral Management Body (EMB), focusing on its dualistic structure. It distinguishes between the formal independence and functional independence of electoral management institutions and proposes a qualitative evaluation of the Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP) and the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC). The analysis is anchored in the context of the three EMB...
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This paper analyzes the ambitions, challenges and limits of the contemporaneous Turkish strategy in Libya. The North African country has faced a state of insecurity, close to anarchy, since the NATO intervention that led, first to the fall of the Gaddafi regime (1969-2011), and then to his death. The objective of this research is to...
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The article aims to analyse the existing approaches to determining the impact of the Russian-Ukrainian war on European security and the scenarios of further involvement of Ukraine’s partners from both sides of the Atlantic in its protection. The most tangible consequences of the war for the European security environment are highlighted. Specific attention is paid...
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This article addresses the role played by members of interest groups in their groups’ activities and lobbying. One characteristic of interest groups today is stronger professionalisation. In order to actively and efficiently advocate the interests of their members in EU policymaking, interest groups are relying ever more on their staff. Interest group scholars argue that,...
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The article starts from the general observation of a need in Romanian and central-east European literature of addressing from an environmental history lens the question of climate change and the narratives pushing the subject on the table of public policies, in a historical perspective. Drawing from the literature in the field and linking the environmental...
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