RJSP - The Romanian Journal of Society and Politics

30/12/2023

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28/12/2022

The Editorial Letter of RJSP - The Romanian Journal of Society and Politics's VOL. 16 NO.1, SPECIAL EDITION 2022 by Prof. Liliana Popescu, Founding editor of RJSP - The Romanian Journal of Society and Politics and President of ESEE-Fanel Network Board, can be read here: https://rjsp.politice.ro/editorial-letter

14/12/2022

The third article of RJSP - The Romanian Journal of Society and Politics's VOL. 16 NO.1, SPECIAL EDITION 2022, Brain gain - return migration stimulation public policies. An innovative approach using corporate managerial tools strategies, can be read here: https://rjsp.politice.ro/brain-gain-return-migration-stimulation-public-policies-innovative-approach-using-corporate


It aims to discover the migration phenomenon and motivations to return, highlight best practices from the private sector that can be implemented by the government, and develop a brain gain model to attract talent back into the country (Adina Săniuță & Magda Maria Jianu).

14/12/2022

The second article of RJSP - The Romanian Journal of Society and Politics's VOL. 16 NO.1, SPECIAL EDITION 2022, The Western Balkans – an area of geopolitical competition, can be read here: https://rjsp.politice.ro/western-balkans-area-geopolitical-competition



It tackles the issue of the political and economic repercussions of Russia's and China's actions in relation to the process of enhancing EU strategic autonomy, taking into consideration the complementarity between the security and economic dimensions (Oana Cristea).

14/12/2022

The first article of RJSP - The Romanian Journal of Society and Politics's VOL. 16 NO.1, SPECIAL EDITION 2022, EU resilience building policy: the case of Georgia in the context of the Associated Trio, can be read here: https://rjsp.politice.ro/eu-resilience-building-policy-case-georgia-context-associated-trio



It refers to the EU’s role and perception as a resilience promoter and whether and how Georgia’s case exemplifies resilience in the face of external “shocks”, contending that the Georgian government’s attitude and political narrative are influenced by immediate security threats and the vulnerability of state institutions (Gvantsa Davitashvili).

14/12/2022

The Romanian Journal of Society and Politics’ special issue of 2022, centred on the ESEE-Fanel Network’s international academic conference - “The Other Europe? Resilience and Assertiveness in our region”, can be read here: https://rjsp.politice.ro/vol-16-no1-special-edition-2022

02/08/2022

20/04/2022

You can read the book review by Vlad SURDEA-HERNEA, The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty. By Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson. London: Penguin Press, 2019. 576p. $13.55 cloth, here: https://rjsp.politice.ro/book-review-narrow-corridor-states-societies-and-fate-liberty-daron-acemoglu-and-james-robinson

19/04/2022

Exploring the need for human-centred cybersecurity. The WannaCry Cyberattack by Claudiu Mihai CODREANU

Cyber operations, especially cyberattacks, have emerged to become one of the most significant security threats for state actors in the last decade or so, but they have also become increasingly disruptive for individuals. Moreover, one path generally taken by governments, authoritarian and democratic alike, is trying to enhance cybersecurity at the expense of privacy and anonymity of individuals and groups, begging the question whether cybersecurity and cyberattacks can be studied from a less state-centric perspective, focusing on people. The literature on cybersecurity from the perspective of Critical Security Studies is still rather scarce, and there is a need of more research, a gap which I aim to fill through this paper. Critical International Relations theory emphasizes the societal factors and individuals, looking further than the state. Moreover, Critical Security Studies focus on the security of people, proposing a human-centred approach to security. For this research, I shall start by describing the role of the state in cybersecurity and how Critical Security Studies can relate to cybersecurity. Furthermore, I shall explore the possibility of designing a human-centred cybersecurity endeavour. There is a growing need for changing the focus to the individual, especially because of the nature of current cyberattacks and governments’ responses. Following this, I shall focus the discussion on the relationship between Critical Security Studies and cybersecurity around the WannaCry global ransomware attack, which is regarded as one of the most disruptive cyberattacks in history.



You can read the full article here: https://rjsp.politice.ro/exploring-need-human-centred-cybersecurity-wannacry-cyberattack

18/04/2022

Intelligence sector reform in Romania. The impact of international cooperation by Emilian Alexandru IONIȚĂ

The purpose of this article is to contribute to the relatively scarce scholarly literature regarding the democratisation of the intelligence sector in post-communist Europe, with a focus on the experience and lessons that can be learned from the case of Romania. Essentially, the article addresses the impact of external pressure (derived from international cooperation, both at the national and agency level) on the reforms undertaken by Romania after 1989 and in preparation for its accession to NATO and the EU. I build upon literature in intelligence studies and civil-military relations and I analyse the two waves of legislative and institutional changes reflected in official documents, legislation, and public interviews by prominent members of the intelligence community. I also highlight the importance as well as the limits of international cooperation of Romanian agencies with their Western counterparts (NATO/EU institutions as well as agencies in member states) as a factor of democratization.



You can read the full article here: https://rjsp.politice.ro/intelligence-sector-reform-romania-impact-international-cooperation

17/04/2022

Care in post-socialist Romania: Between gendered regulations, silencing and political concerns by Anca DOHOTARIU and Ionela BĂLUȚĂ

Care is a multi-layered concept that includes not only formal/informal aspects and public/private significations and effects, but also inherent political and gendered dimensions. Starting from the perspective according to which care is political by definition, this article takes a closer look at the political regulation of care in post-socialist Romania in order to reveal how it is conceived and delimited as a political concern, as well as in order to inquiry the extent to which care has been politicised (or not) after the fall of the former political regime. When and how does it become part of the strategic political plans as main political-administrative documents? And to what extent does the national political discourse encompass care as a real political problem? Seeking to address these questions, this article has a twofold structure. The first part of the article is dedicated to an overview of existing scholarship regarding care as a political concern. This analysis is indispensable for an in-depth understanding of the ways in which this issue has been tackled and theorized so far. Second, the article consists of a documentary analysis of the main governmental plans and political strategies elaborated between 1992 and 2020 in order to analyse the hegemonic political approach to the topic of care in post-socialist Romania.



You can read the full article here: https://rjsp.politice.ro/care-post-socialist-romania-between-gendered-regulations-silencing-and-political-concerns

Anca DOHOTARIU; Ionela BĂLUȚĂ Abstract Care is a multi-layered concept that includes not only formal/informal aspects and public/private significations and effects, but also inherent political and gendered dimensions. Starting from the perspective according to which care is political by definitio...

16/04/2022

Guest commentary: Russism – New Na**sm. Denazifying denazifier: Neo-N**is as the only international support for Putin's aggression on Ukraine by Orhan DRAGAŠ

Denazification, as one of the proclaimed goals of Russian aggression against Ukraine, stems from the concept of “Russian world”, the ideological basis on which Russia's internal social model is built, and especially its position in relation to its environment and the world. This model has many similarities with the system established by the National Socialist Party in Germany in the 1930s and many parallels can be drawn between N**i Germany and today's Russia, as aggressive and imperial powers. Civilisational superiority, national homogenisation, leadership cults, militarism, opposition to the values of Western liberal democracy, return of “historical territories” – these are some of the similarities between these two systems. Russia's aggression against Ukraine has received support exclusively from neo-N**i groups in Eastern Europe and the US, among others. This support is the result of years of Russia investing huge amounts of resources in discrediting liberal democracies, undermining the unity of Western integration and reshaping the narrative in which Russia, as one of the victors over Na**sm in World War II, feels it has enough credit to turn into the opposite against which it fought and won 80 years ago.

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You can read the full guest commentary here: https://rjsp.politice.ro/guest-commentary-russism-new-nazism-denazifying-denazifier-neo-nazis-only-international-support

Orhan DRAGAŠ Abstract Denazification, as one of the proclaimed goals of Russian aggression against Ukraine, stems from the concept of “Russian world”, the ideological basis on which Russia's internal social model is built, and especially its position in relation to its environment and the world...

15/04/2022

The December 2021 issue of the Romanian Journal of Society and Politics includes an article analysing the political regulation of care in post-socialist Romania in order to reveal how it is conceived and delimited as a political concern, as well as in order to inquiry the extent to which care has been politicised (or not) after the fall of the former political regime (Dohotariu & Băluță); a study of the democratisation of the intelligence sector in post-communist Europe, with a focus on the experience and lessons that can be learned from the case of Romania (Ioniță); a research from the Critical Security Studies perspective on cybersecurity, with a case study of the WannaCry cyberattack (Codreanu). Additionally, the issue presents to its readers a book review of “The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty” by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson (Surdea-Hernea).

Given the time of the publication of this issue (April 2022), the editors decided to include a Guest Commentary analysing the “denazification” goal of the current Russian invasion of Ukraine, proving that support from the world for actions of Putin's Russia comes from neo-N**i organizations.

You can read the full December 2021 issue here: https://rjsp.politice.ro/rjsp-vol-15-no2-december-2021

The December 2021 issue of the Romanian Journal of Society and Politics includes an article analysing the political regulation of care in post-socialist Romania in order to reveal how it is conceived and delimited as a political concern, as well as in order to inquiry the extent to which care has be...

15/04/2022

The December 2021 issue of the Romanian Journal of Society and Politics is out and available at https://rjsp.politice.ro/rjsp-vol-15-no2-december-2021

23/11/2021

The Romanian Journal of Society and Politics is pleased to announce that a selection of the best papers of ESEE-Fanel‘s January International “The Other Europe? Resilience and Assertiveness in Our Region” will be published in our next special issue.

For , see https://esee-fanel.net/events/esee-fanel-network-international-conference/

05/11/2021

RJSP - The Romanian Journal of Society and Politics welcomes contributions for its December 2021 issue.
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Deadline: 15 November 2021.
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Call for Papers
Volume 15, Number 2, due December 2021

The editors of the Romanian Journal of Society and Politics invite you to submit articles and book reviews for the second issue of the Romanian Journal of Society and Politics in 2021.

We welcome contributions from a wide array of research perspectives, including, but not limited to: political science, political theory, international relations, European studies. Interdisciplinary approaches are also welcomed. The submission guidelines can be found on our website at http://www.rjsp.politice.ro/.
All contributions should be sent by email to: [email protected] until the 15th of November 2021.

The Romanian Journal of Society and Politics (ISSN print: 1582-5795, ISSN online: 2393 – 3224) adheres to both an open access policy and a double-blind peer review policy and is indexed in various international databases.