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The first Romanian academic publication focused on European topics. Issued twice a year (in June and December), the journal is published exclusively in English.
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RJEA focuses on various topics related to European integration (security, energy, economic and monetary affairs, digitalisation, EU institutions, EU as global actor, etc). RJEA is indexed in various international databases (EBSCO, ProQuest, Scopus, Clarivate Analytics-ESCI, HeinOnline, CEEOL, ERIH PLUS, etc). Founding Director – Niculae Idu
Honorary Director – Gabriela Drăgan

Editor-in-Chief – Oa

na-Mihaela Mocanu
Associate Editors – Eliza Vaș, Mihai Sebe, Bogdan Mureşan, Ionuț Marcu

Editorial Board

Alina Bârgăoanu, PhD – Professor of Communication, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest
Florin Bonciu, PhD – Professor, Romanian-American University, senior researcher, Institute for World Economy, Bucharest
Valentin Cojanu, PhD – Professor, Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Daniel Dăianu, Member of the Romanian Academy, Chairman of the Fiscal Council, former finance minister of Romania
Eugen Dijmărescu, PhD – Professor, Romanian-American University
Gabriela Drăgan, PhD – Professor, Bucharest University of Economic Studies
András Inotai, PhD - Professor emeritus, Institute or World Economics, Budapest
Mugur Isărescu, PhD – Governor of the National Bank of Romania
Kerry Longhurst, PhD – Jean Monnet Professor at Collegium Civitas, Warsaw
Alan Mayhew, PhD – Jean Monnet Professor, University of Sussex, UK
Gabriela Carmen Pascariu, PhD - Professor, Director of the Centre of European Studies, A.I. Cuza University, Iaşi, Romania
Jacques Pelkmans, PhD – Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels
Cristian Popa, PhD – former Vice-president and Member of the Management Committee, European Investment Bank; former Deputy Governor, National Bank of Romania
Helen Wallace, PhD – Honorary Professor, University of Sussex, UK

14/06/2024

📍The June 2024 issue is now available online

Researchers from different European countries analyse topics such as:
🔴the perspective of Moldovaʼs accession to the European Union in relation to respect for gender equality.
🔴European and transatlantic approaches in regard to the effects of cyber-attacks.
🔴the specificity of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) in relation to the cohesion policy of the European Union.
🔴government support during the COVID-19 pandemic to support economic activity, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises.
🔴the possible consequences of the green transition for industrial policy with a comparative analysis on US, EU and Chinese approaches.
🔴the transformation of diplomacy due to the impact of technology.
🔴regional cooperation formats: Visegrád Group, Bucharest 9, respectively the Three Seas Initiative.

The full issue can be accessed here: http://rjea.ier.gov.ro/en/home-en/

10/04/2024

📍𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞

The paper, written by Yaryna Turchyn, Olha Ivasechko and Oleh Tsebenko (Department of Political Science and International Relations Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine), analyses the European Union’s role as a promoter of democracy in the framework of the Eastern Partnership (EaP). A special focus is given to the tools used by the 🇪🇺 in fostering democracy, namely: the political and diplomatic actions, election observation, international cooperation, EU development assistance for effective governance and civil society, sanctions, various platforms and democracy support funds, and financial support.

In order to assess the state of democracy in the EaP countries, a number of indices 📈📉have been taken into account (e.g., the Freedom House Democracy Index, the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index and the Eastern Partnership Integration Index) to clarify the correlation between the integration processes of EaP countries and the effectiveness of reforms. In addition, the authors used the data of the Normandy Index for 2019-2023, which reveals, among others, the state of the democratic processes. The research hypothesis states that EU’s influence on the countries of the Eastern Partnership in terms of democratisation is not always effective🧲, due to both exogenous and endogenous factors. The mechanisms applied by the EU should complement/intensify the internal transformations of the EaP countries that enhance democratisation.

The full paper is available here:http://rjea.ier.gov.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Art.-8-RJEA_vol.-23_no.-2_Dec-2023_Final.pdf

18/03/2024

📍𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞

The paper, authored by Oana – Antonia Colibășanu (National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Department of International Relations and European Integration), argues that the European Union needs to adapt its economic diplomacy toolbox to tackle the current challenges posed by the war in Ukraine 🇺🇦. It investigates the EU’s economic diplomacy in Ukraine, focusing on its scope and its efficacy in responding 💭to Russia’s assertiveness and, ultimately, to Russia’s aggression.

The research identifies💡those initiatives that may be included in the priority toolkit used for sustaining the EU’s strategic goals in Ukraine and beyond, considering the evolving global economic environment. The paper concludes with a comprehensive listing 📑of the EU’s challenges and opportunities for further developing its economic diplomacy, including as a solution or a response to the Ukrainian reconstruction needs.

The full article is available here:http://rjea.ier.gov.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Art.-5-RJEA_vol.-23_no.-2_Dec-2023_Final.pdf

06/03/2024

📍𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞

The research, authored by Dragoș Valentin Dincă, Cristina Elena Nicolescu, Cătălin Daniel Dumitrică, and Tatiana-Camelia Dogaru (National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Faculty of Public Administration, Bucharest, 🇷🇴) is the result of an applied-theoretical research on the institutional transformations taking place at the level of the local public authorities in Romania, in the context of the armed conflict in 🇺🇦.

Furthermore, it provides a series of recommendations for increasing the administrative capacity of the local public authorities🏦 in crisis situations, so as to ensure their organisational resilience and the sustainability of their crisis-response decisions or strategies.

The article is based on the assumption that the war in Ukraine had a significant impact on the current activities of local public institutions, on local budgets 💶, investments, and public procurement procedures. It aims to identify the transformations that the local public institutions experienced in the year 2022, due the impact of the developments in Ukraine.

The full article is available here:http://rjea.ier.gov.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Art.-4-RJEA_vol.-23_no.-2_Dec-2023_Final.pdf

28/02/2024

We had the pleasure to organise today the 2ⁿᵈ edition of the 𝐑𝐉𝐄𝐀 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 – 𝟓-𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬. With the aim to provide a platform of communication and debate for researchers we had participants from Albania 🇦🇱, Czech Republic 🇨🇿, Poland 🇵🇱, Romania 🇷🇴 and Ukraine 🇺🇦.

In the presentations given by the speakers and the remarks of the Q&A session, the following ideas were highlighted:

📍For the first time ever, 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞, and it was introduced in a directive.
📍The 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 of Eastern Europe than in the West, since each new infrastructure has the potential to enable regional development.
📍In the Western Balkans, 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬. On the one hand, the fight against corruption is viewed as a strategic objective, and on the other hand in the collective mindset there is room for making strides.
📍There is a tendency in the Visegrád Group to 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 rather than state to state or international structure to state.
📍The European Union plays a key role in promoting democracy in the Eastern Partnership countries, but 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝.
📍Although the Russian financial system was initially disrupted by the sanctions imposed by the European Union, the measures taken by the national authorities led to a stabilization of the system, thus reflecting its 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬.
📍Challenges related to administrative and legal factors characterize 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬.
📍The approximation of reality is a major issue in most scholarships, particularly when dealing with social change. 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝: comprehensiveness of knowledge, consistency of the analysis framework with the real world, the distorted perception of reality, and choosing and mastering disciplines, methodology and indicators.

19/02/2024

📍𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞

This article, written by Klára Semerádová (PhD student at the Department of International Relations and European Politics, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University), discusses the state of the European Union 🇪🇺 after 2015, when overlapping crises generated new challenges for the EU and a new political dynamics.

Due to its uneven development, the migration and asylum policy of the Union has become non-symmetrical and hard to coordinate, hence weak in the event of a crisis. This vulnerability was proven during the peak of the 2015 refugee crisis, which had a strong impact on the European security and influenced the immigration politics.

This paper addresses a number of issues coming to light after the height of the crisis, including the external border policy, the European identity, concerns about the limitations of the liberal state 🗂, the politicisation and securitisation of migration, and the reversing of this process that primarily affected Central and Eastern Europe.

The full article is available here:http://rjea.ier.gov.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Art.-7-RJEA_vol.-23_no.-2_Dec-2023_Final.pdf

09/02/2024

📍𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞

This article, authored by 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐮 (University Professor within the Romanian American University in Bucharest), presents from two perspectives (the global 🌍 and the European 🇪🇺 ones) the urgency of fighting climate change for achieving sustainable development 🌱. It thus explores the synergy between two concepts usually tackled separately: the circular economy and the ESG (environmental, social, governance). This synergy and its benefits are set forth in the larger scope of the 2️⃣0️⃣3️⃣0️⃣ United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development. Within this framework, an assessment of the EU’s leading 🚴‍♂️role (in supporting and implementing circular economy and ESG) showcases that, in the past quarter century, the European Union has provided valuable solutions for sustainable development, and has acted as a catalyst for the mitigation of climate change effects.

The full article is available here:http://rjea.ier.gov.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Art.-6-RJEA_vol.-23_no.-2_Dec-2023_Final.pdf

02/02/2024

Call for Papers – June issue of the Romanian Journal of European Affairs

RJEA, published by the Institutul European din România - European Institute of Romania, welcomes submissions for its next issue. 📖

This year, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬: energy transition, digital transformation, climate change, economic and monetary affairs, single market, social policies, democracy, security, the impact of the war in Ukraine on various European policies, migration, the EU’s enlargement process and treaty reforms.

Our journal is 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬, such as: Clarivate Analytics – Emerging Sources Citation Index, ProQuest, SCOPUS, EBSCO, HeinOnline, INFOBASE INDEX. It is also indexed in Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL), ERIH PLUS, and Index Copernicus Journal Master List.

You can submit your articles by 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝟎, preferably earlier to rjea[at]ier.gov.ro, with the subject: [Title of your article] – June 2024 issue.

More information about the selection process and the guidelines for authors can be found on our website: http://rjea.ier.gov.ro

25/01/2024

📍𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞

This research carried out by 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐮 𝐌𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐆𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐮 (Senior Lecturer at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania) argues that the war in Ukraine 🇺🇦 is a disruptive event both from a geopolitical and from a societal perspective 🗞. For Romania, a bordering country to the Russian-Ukrainian conflagration, the onset of the war triggered vast media coverage, anxiety, concerns about the war, and polarised attitudes.

The author 📌pinpoints the factors that influenced the Romanian 🇷🇴 citizens’ stances towards the Russian Federation, immediately after the beginning of the war. A national survey (N=1006), conducted in April-May 2022, investigated to what extent pro- and anti-Russia attitudes could have been predicted by people’s news consumption habits in that period, by their concerns about the war, by political cynicism and ideology, or by a conspiracy mindset. The findings 📊of the survey show that the concerns about the war largely influence people’s attitudes towards Russia. Other significant predictors are doomscrolling 📲(people’s incessant need to check negative news about the war), embracing a conspiracy mindset, political cynicism, and the degree of news consumption.

The article concludes that the high levels 🔊of news consumption, especially on social media, lead to increased pro-Russian attitudes.

The full article is available here:http://rjea.ier.gov.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Art.-3-RJEA_vol.-23_no.-2_Dec-2023_Final.pdf

17/01/2024

📍𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞

This article authored by 𝐉𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐯 𝐃𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐤 (Professor of Public Administration at the Klaipėda University 🇱🇹) and 𝐔𝐫𝐬𝐳𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐬́𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐳 (Assistant Professor at the European School of Law and Administration in Warsaw 🇵🇱) sets forth the results of a research into the participation of scouts and scouting associations from the Baltic states (BS) in activities that might have a defence-related dimension.

It aims to answer the questions of how the scouts perceive their role in the national defensive education system, and what the older scouts want to teach the youth. Starting from these research goals, the authors attempted an appraisal of whether – and to what degree – scouting organisations contribute to increasing the level of defensive education 👩‍🏫in a given community. They avoided strictly system-wide solutions, as the latter form a mere backdrop for the results of the research. 💬

✅The full article is available here:http://rjea.ier.gov.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Art.-2-RJEA_vol.-23_no.-2_Dec-2023_Final.pdf

08/01/2024

📍𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞

The research authored by 𝐒𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐬 (Associate Professor at the Institute of Political Science in the University of Silesia, Poland) delves into the controversy between the 🇪🇺 and 🇭🇺 over the interpretations of the Europeanisation process: 𝑡𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑒?

Prior to its 2004 accession to the UE, Hungary has tried to follow the EU’s approach towards liberal democracy, and yet, from 2010 onwards, it has developed an illiberal political and legal system. This fact caused a rift 💔between Hungary and the EU. The current research focuses on the problem of the systemic deterioration of the Hungarian democracy, and the EU’s response, which entailed the decision to apply a conditionality mechanism in 2022.

Kubas argues that, until 2022, the EU has been unable to force Hungary to obey the rule of law and other liberal democratic principles, though it had made some efforts in this direction. However, the worsening of the economic situation, after the COVID-19 pandemic 🦠and the onset of the war in Ukraine, determined it to create a conditionality mechanism that correlates the access to EU subsidies with the observance of the EU rules and this solution proved to be efficient.

✅The full article is available here:http://rjea.ier.gov.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Art.-1-RJEA_vol.-23_no.-2_Dec-2023_Final.pdf

29/11/2023

We are thrilled to announce📣 the publication of the December issue of the Romanian Journal of European Affairs, after spending the last few months working on it.

With authors from the Czech Republic 🇨🇿, Lithuania 🇱🇹, Poland 🇵🇱, Romania🇷🇴 and Ukraine 🇺🇦, we bring to the readers' attention scientific articles on topics such as:

🟥The 2022 Conditionality Regulation as a Turning Point in EU’s and Hungary’s understanding of the Europeanisation.
🟥The Significance of Scouting in Contemporary Society: A Defence Perspective from the Baltic States.
🟥Predictors of pro- and anti-Russian attitudes displayed by Romanians at the beginning of the Russian military aggression against Ukraine
🟥The Impact of the Ukrainian War on the Resilience and Sustainability of the Local Public Administration in Romania: An Exploratory Study
🟥The EU’s Evolving Economic Diplomacy in Ukraine and its
Ramifications.
🟥Circular Economy and ESG – A European Perspective for Sustainable Development and Mitigation of Climate Change Effects.
🟥A Missed Window of Opportunity: Migration Crisis and the EU Borders after 2015.
🟥The EU as a Promoter of Democracy in Eastern Partnership Countries.

Also we are pleased 🙌 to share that RJEA has passed the evaluation process positively and is indexed in the ICI Journals Master List database for 2022. 📬

📍The full issue can be accessed here: http://rjea.ier.gov.ro/

31/08/2023

‼️𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 ‼️

🟦𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: The Energy Efficiency Issue in the European Union: Perspectives, Objectives and Challenges
🟦𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜: Bringing to the fore an ever-relevant issue faced by the EU, the present paper analyses the salient energy problem affecting the regional bloc and thus seeks to monitor the progress that has been achieved since the 2012 Energy Efficiency Directive. 🔹In this regard, the current article relies on robust empirical evidence provided by Eurostat and the International Energy Efficiency (IEA) in order to examine primary and final energy consumption dynamics across European countries. 🔹Furthermore, the work at hand provides a comprehensive perspective of energy-specific EU-level legislation aimed at ensuring efficiency, sustainability and ultimately climate neutrality. 🔹Therefore, it emphasizes the various energy directives and regulations adopted by the EU institutions in the past decade, the National Energy and Climate Plans related to the 2020 and 2030 projections, as well as the long-term objective of a carbon-neutral circular European economy by 2050 embedded in the Green Deal.
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𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫:
𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚-𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐢 holds a PhD in Economics and is currently working as a third-degree scientific researcher at the Bucharest Institute of Economic Forecasting within the Romanian Academy. Her wide array of predilect academic interests encompasses macroeconomic dynamics, microeconomic analysis of business cycles, foreign direct investments and international capital flows, as well as competitiveness and economic development studies deploying both qualitative and quantitative research instruments.

The full article can be accessed in the first comment.📬

28/04/2023

The meeting of the Foreign Affairs Ministers of the 🇪🇺, which took place in Luxembourg on 24 April 2023, focused on the important issues advanced on the Union`s agenda, as EU Action Plan regarding the member states` response to the Russia`s aggression against 🇺🇦Ukraine and the subject of granting a necessary support to the Republic of Moldova, as proposed by the Romania's Foreign Affairs Minister, Bogdan Aurescu (https://www.mae.ro/node/61724).

The High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Mr. Josep Borell, emphasised that ‘𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦`𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.’ (https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/fac/2023/04/24/)

🟡For a comprehensive review about the question of the vulnerable states` defence in front of the Russian hybrid war, we invite you to read the research of 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗸, 𝗝𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗳 and 𝗩𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗮𝗿: http://rjea.ier.gov.ro/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Art.-1.pdf.

🟡It is also worth to get through 𝗢𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗮̆𝘀̦𝗮𝗻𝘂's wide-range research about the new geopolitical role of the EU in the current global situation determined by the war in Ukraine: http://rjea.ier.gov.ro/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Art.-2.pdf.

12/04/2023

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

The Russian invasion of Ukraine marks the point of no return of the transition of order in world politics. The first three sections of this article address the implication at the heart of this topic, that is, the reconfiguration of world coalitions at the initial stage of the transition phase. The next three sections analyse the impact of the Western coalition reconfiguration on the EU. Based on the analysis of CFSP texts published before the war in Ukraine and after the start of the war, the article assesses the consistency of the actions of EU countries with the position expressed by the EU texts.

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𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫:
⭕️Fulvio Attina is Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Relations and Jean Monnet Chair Ad Personam at the University of Catania, and author of several books and scientific articles on international politics and EU foreign policy.

The full article can be accessed in the first comment. ⬇️

31/03/2023

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗘𝗨 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗛𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆

The paper analyses the context and implications of the adoption of the REPowerEU, the EU's strategy for the reduction and elimination of dependency on fossil fuels imported from Russian Federation, and for the transition to a green economy. In this analysis, REPowerEU is placed within the context of EU’s strategic planning during the past 22 years, the focus of this research being on the transition to a hydrogen economy.
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𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫:
⭕️Florin Bonciu is a University Professor within the Romanian American University in Bucharest and Senior Researcher within the Institute for World Economy in Bucharest. His academic activity was materialised in 16 books and over 100 papers on issues related to international economics, European integration, international investments, and international business.

The full article can be accessed in the first comment. ⬇️

17/03/2023

𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮

The article analyses the climate policy and activities envisaged by the national recovery and resilience plans of 🇧🇬 and 🇱🇹, which aim to contribute to the green transformation and stabilisation of both economies after the economic slowdown as a result of COVID-19.

Both countries demonstrate a decrease in emissions since 1990, as the GHG emissions per GDP in Bulgaria are more than two times higher than the EU27 average and the Lithuanian emissions, as a result of the energy sector. The countries need further actions for GHG reduction and have therefore allocated significant financial resources to achieve the green recovery measures in their plans.
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𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝘀:
⭕️Maria Kotseva-Tikova is chief assistant at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Department of Public Administration and at the Economic Research Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Regional and Sectoral Economy Department.
⭕️Jaroslav Dvorak is professor of public administration at the Klaipėda University, Lithuania, Department of Public Administration and Political Sciences and visiting assoc. professor at University of Johannesburg, South Africa, School of Public Management, Governance and Public Policy.

The full article can be accessed in the first comment. ⬇️

28/02/2023

We were thrilled to host today the 𝗥𝗝𝗘𝗔 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 | 𝟱-𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀, where we welcomed authors from the 2021 and 2022 issues to present key insights regarding their research field. The idea behind this was to encourage networking among participants and to facilitate new forms of collaboration with the purpose of building a community of researchers around .

Each author was invited to deliver a 5-minute presentation on a topic of added value for the other discussants. Thus, we had interventions on:
🟣 The global world order in transition (the opportunity to move towards a policy-oriented international system)
🟣 Foreign direct investments and competitiveness (the digitalisation of the economy is one of the main factors attracting FDI in CEE countries)
🟣 Port security and sustainability (the future in which the Baltic Sea would be an inner sea of NATO countries)
🟣 The information warfare (narratives exploiting the East-West divide in the context of the war in 🇺🇦Ukraine)
🟣 Financial literacy in the 🇪🇺European Union (which is a causation to economic development)
🟣 EU-US technology relations (the difference in their approach digital platforms regulations) and
🟣 The European border integrated management (the possibility of FRONTEX to have operations in third countries without the vicinity constraint).

The contributors have been invited to also share methods and tools useful for research, and some recommendations that have been made in this sense are:
🟢 𝗩𝗢𝗦𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗿 – a tool for constructing and visualizing bibliometric networks (https://www.vosviewer.com/)
🟢 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀, available in Romanian (https://sites.google.com/view/pfinanciare)

Following the positive feedback received, we aim to organize future editions based on this concept and to continue building the community or researchers around RJEA.

21/02/2023

𝗧𝗵𝗲 ‘𝗙𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟱𝟱’ 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗲: 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨

The European Climate Law is the first legal initiative to implement the European Green Deal. It makes climate neutrality a legally binding target, whilst also setting a mandatory goal of reducing emissions by 5️⃣5️⃣% in 2030.

To achieve the 2030 mitigation objective, the ‘Fit for 55’ legislative package includes proposals to revise the targets, scopes, and structures of all existing legal acts in the current 2030 climate and energy policy framework. It also contains proposals for new complementary legal instruments. ⚖️

This article provides an in-depth analysis of the evolving legal framework with the aim of assessing its potential to accelerate the green transition in the European Union and reinforce the EU’s climate legal architecture.

The full article can be accessed in the first comment.
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𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫:
⭕️Beatriz Pérez de las Heras is Professor of European Union Law and Jean Monnet Chair on European Integration at the University of Deusto (UD).

She is currently Editor-in-Chief of Cuadernos Europeos de Deusto Journal, indexed in SCOPUS as of 2017, http://ced.revistas.deusto.es/

06/02/2023

𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (𝗘𝗜𝗕𝗠)

This paper seeks to elaborate and analyse the legal frameworks enabling Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency to implement its external dimension. It also examines the Agency’s international cooperation in the light of the new Frontex regulation and from the perspective of an essential component of European integrated border management (EIBM). Frontex can now provide support through joint operations on the territory of any third country, without the limitation of the neighbourhood tie.

The full article can be accessed in the first comment.
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𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝘀:
⭕️Mustafa Ameyahid Mohamed is a PhD student of Law and Social Sciences at UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia and associate researcher at the same university.
⭕️César A. Giner Alegria, PhD, is professor at UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia, where he teaches subjects on Criminology, International Security and European Union. He is Chairman of Social Sciences for the Society of International Studies and President of the Spanish Academy of Forensic Sciences and Criminology.

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