Cryonics – Staying Chill

Cryonics – Staying ChillLong live the deep-frozen ones! – MIND(s that filled) THE GAP(s) [XXII]

No. 45, Jan.-Feb. 2024

Hey there, thrill-seekers! Ever wondered about outsmarting the ultimate opponent – death itself? Enter the fascinating realm where science, hope, and the human ambition collide – welcome to the extraordinary world of cheating the Grim Reaper!... More



Techno-Socialism: The Illusions of Technology in Search of Utopia

Techno-Socialism: The Illusions of Technology in Search of Utopia

No. 45, Jan.-Feb. 2024

In the history of humanity, few ideologies have incited as much enthusiasm and controversy as socialism—a subject that has captivated the minds and hearts of many, stirring passions and igniting fervent debates. Its proponents proclaim it... More



The Fortune at the Bottom of the Cup

The Fortune at the Bottom of the CupCoffee unlimited – MIND(s that filled) THE GAP(s) [XXI]

No. 45, Jan.-Feb. 2024

Coffee? What is coffee? A daily ritual enjoyed by billions of people worldwide. For hundreds of years, this magical beverage has forged connections between people, contributing to the exchange and distribution of information. In this era where... More



The West’s Own Goal on Energy

The West’s Own Goal on Energy

No. 45, Jan.-Feb. 2024

The various World Economic Forum reports speak of poly-crises and perma-crises, which act as powerful stressors on our societies. Their effect has been visible in the area of energy, which is fundamental for the effective functioning of our... More



The Soft Power of Manga

The Soft Power of MangaJapanese pop art – MIND(s that filled) THE GAP(s) [XX]

No. 45, Jan.-Feb. 2024

Hayao Miyazaki helped popularize anime (i.e. cartoons drawn in a Japanese style) outside of Japan, playing a significant role in increasing global interest in this genre of animation. Studio Ghibli, his creations, has influenced not just the content of anime... More



Enlightened Minds’ Derby: Oxford vs. Cambridge

Enlightened Minds’ Derby: Oxford vs. CambridgeRewarding rivalries

No. 45, Jan.-Feb. 2024

President Joe Biden recently announced his intention to run for a second term as President. His detractors mocked him for a message that was both alarmist and emotional, as well as for the fact that it had been pre-recorded and scripted, like most... More



Biden Throws His Hat in the Ring

Biden Throws His Hat in the Ring

No. 45, Jan.-Feb. 2024

President Joe Biden recently announced his intention to run for a second term as President. His detractors mocked him for a message that was both alarmist and emotional, as well as for the fact that it had been pre-recorded and scripted, like most... More



Employees Working Abroad, of Great Importance for Romania

Employees Working Abroad, of Great Importance for Romania

No. 45, Jan.-Feb. 2024

For France, Romania and Belgium, the positive net balance of personal transfers and compensation of employees reduces their current account deficits significantly, according to data for 2022 published recently by Eurostat. For some countries, net... More



Loneliness as a Disease: A Bird in Its Cage and the Effects of Consumerism

Loneliness as a Disease: A Bird in Its Cage and the Effects of Consumerism

No. 45, Jan.-Feb. 2024

In the fast-paced society we live in, the divide between generations is more pressing than it has ever been. Parents and children have always clashed, but the general saying nowadays is that “things were better in my time”. Whether you... More



Heartland vs. Rimland

Heartland vs. Rimland

No. 45, Jan.-Feb. 2024

The last decade saw more and more thoughts on, opinions, and claims that a new world order is just around the corner and the old system of bipolar and then unipolar world will belong in the history books. The “Pax Americana” period is living its... More



Human Rights and America’s “Empire by Invitation”

Human Rights and America’s “Empire by Invitation”

No. 45, Jan.-Feb. 2024

The idea of universal human rights is part of the borrowed capital the West secularized from its Biblical origins as the eternal kingdom of Christ. Cut off from its source is becomes sentimental, utopian, ideological and sometimes apocalyptic. Most of... More



Unsupported Sport Spirit (International Edition)

Unsupported Sport Spirit (International Edition)[Very short memories of geopolitical and geoeconomic foul play]

No. 45, Jan.-Feb. 2024

“The ball is round” is a statement endowed with immeasurable explanatory power, a veritable theory of general relativity of human life, since it is often used in so many extra-football justifications. It’s a statement that should be a working... More



Beyond Borders: An In-Depth Exploration of the Implications of the Dispute between Venezuela and Guyana Over the Essequibo Region

Beyond Borders: An In-Depth Exploration of the Implications of the Dispute between Venezuela and Guyana Over the Essequibo Region

No. 44, Nov.-Dec. 2023

This article provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana over the Essequibo region, capturing its historical roots, evolution, and current situation. The research focuses on the influence... More



Neighbourly Bickering: The Argentine – Chilean Dispute for the Southern Patagonian Ice Field

Neighbourly Bickering: The Argentine – Chilean Dispute for the Southern Patagonian Ice Field

No. 44, Nov.-Dec. 2023

Over the past two hundred years, Chile and Argentina have developed a fruitful bilateral relationship, marked by ups and downs, where any conflict was resolved through agreements and negotiations. However, the greatest difficulties have... More



Small Island, Huge Stakes: the Dispute between Iran and the UAE for Abu Musa

Small Island, Huge Stakes: the Dispute between Iran and the UAE for Abu Musa

No. 44, Nov.-Dec. 2023

Abu Musa is a small island situated in the Persian Gulf whose strategic position allows the power that controls it to influence the maritime traffic that passes through the Strait of Hormuz. This characteristic made it the point of contention... More



Romania, Second Lowest Price Level in the EU for 2022

Romania, Second Lowest Price Level in the EU for 2022

No. 44, Nov.-Dec. 2023

Romania had the second lowest price level in the EU for the year 2022, with a value of 59.3% relative to the European average. Bulgaria was first, with an index of 58.5%, and above our country were situated Poland (60.7%), Hungary (67.7%)... More



The Trump Storm

The Trump StormIn an otherwise unchanged climate

No. 44, Nov.-Dec. 2023

2022 and 2023 saw a large number of suits brought against Trump, some of them legally and others still in the court of public opinion, from where his critics hope they will move into the courthouse. These cover a bewildering array of charges... More



Let’s Not Let the Politicians Play Bits and Bytes!

Let’s Not Let the Politicians Play Bits and Bytes!Who is afraid of the e-social contract, the e-democracy and the e-rule of law?

No. 44, Nov.-Dec. 2023

Before the political elections (about a year or so before), on the day of the vote and a little while after, the citizens remember the values of the Polis: the social contract (a subtle notion), democracy (more declaimed than digested), the rule of... More



Workshop Dedicated to the Incentives and Constraints that Affect the Dialogue and Positional Consensus within the Contemporary Epistemic Communities

Workshop Dedicated to the Incentives and Constraints that Affect the Dialogue and Positional Consensus within the Contemporary Epistemic Communities

No. 44, Nov.-Dec. 2023

The Advanced Research Institute of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies (BUES) organised, on November 15, 2023, the “Sense / consensus / nonsense in today’s scientific research: Big societal themes and how to approach them with... More



Turning Point in NATO: Arming Itself with Entrepreneurs

Turning Point in NATO: Arming Itself with Entrepreneurs

No. 44, Nov.-Dec. 2023

At the 2022 Summit, which was hosted in Madrid, NATO officials presented an innovative multi-sovereign venture capital fund, now headquartered in the Netherlands. The establishment of the NATO Innovation Fund (NIF) in mid-2023 saw its 23... More



Civilization Is Built on Borrowed Capital

Civilization Is Built on Borrowed Capital

No. 44, Nov.-Dec. 2023

The historical dynamism and resilience of Western civilization bespeaks both the Christian faith that laid its foundations and its ability to transform the families, institutions, and cultures of the world into which it grew. As faith wanes within its realm... More



Workshop Dedicated to Science Journalism and the Relations between Academia and the Mass Media, in an Era Full of Pressures Put on the Intellectual Climate and Informational Quality

Workshop Dedicated to Science Journalism and the Relations between Academia and the Mass Media, in an Era Full of Pressures Put on the Intellectual Climate and Informational Quality

No. 44, Nov.-Dec. 2023

“To know>knowledge>news: How to navigate through the socio-politico-economic relations in the post-truth and fake news era” [RO: „A ști >știință >știre: cum navigăm prin realitățile socio-politico-economice în epoca post-truthși fakenews”] is... More



The Median Disposable Income in the EU

The Median Disposable Income in the EURomania, third place from the rear but first when it comes to include pensions in the social transfers

No. 44, Nov.-Dec. 2023

In 2022, the median disposable income was 18.706 PPS per inhabitant in the EU, one-third of it was received as social transfers from governments (e.g. pensions, social benefits, etc.). Compared with 2010, EU’s median disposable incomey... More



Sustainability, Cause It’s Better than All Else

Sustainability, Cause It’s Better than All ElseEspecially when it’s brimming with circularity

No. 44, Nov.-Dec. 2023

The Brundtland report – Our Common Future (1987) – represents the catechism of durable/sustainable development, defined as that type of “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations... More



The Regionally Relevant Romania

The Regionally Relevant RomaniaCompetitiveness, compliance, cooperation

No. 43, Sep.-Oct. 2023

The Romanian Economic Forum (Forumul Economic Român), whose first edition took place in 2018, represented a first, pioneering approach on the events market in Romania, showing that our country, through its strategic position, can play... More



Breaking the 3SI Piggybank: Wages, Inflation and Real Values

Breaking the 3SI Piggybank: Wages, Inflation and Real Values

No. 43, Sep.-Oct. 2023

Meanwhile, from the same datasets we can observe that, even though most of the 3SI countries increased in this period their minimum hourly pay rates (on average by a quarter), an issue that dragged the rest of the brackets with them (as there... More



The Rich Dynamic of Faith in Action

The Rich Dynamic of Faith in Action

No. 43, Sep.-Oct. 2023

One of the most incisive analyses of the secular transformation of America’s – indeed the West’s – ruling ideology was published a century ago in 1923 by a Presbyterian theologian, J. Gresham Machen. James Kurth would later describe its evolution as... More



The 18th International Conference on Business Excellence

The 18th International Conference on Business ExcellenceSmart Solutions for a Sustainable Future (21-23 March 2024, Bucharest, Romania)

No. 43, Sep.-Oct. 2023

Business excellence is about achieving superior business results in relation to the competitors by means of developing and strengthening the management systems and processes of an organization; it is targeted at improving performance and... More



Romania, the Highest Share of Children in Poverty or Social Exclusion in 2022

Romania, the Highest Share of Children in Poverty or Social Exclusion in 2022

No. 43, Sep.-Oct. 2023

Among the EU member states in 2022, the highest share of children at risk of poverty or social exclusion was recorded in Romania, according to Eurostat data. The percentage of 41.5% (same as in the previous year) was well above those for... More



Azimuth, Romania

Azimuth, Romania Towards global relevance through regional cooperation. And a follow-up to the 2023 Three Seas Initiative summit

No. 43, Sep.-Oct. 2023

The political-economic phrase “regional cooperation mechanisms” is dry enough that it brings in tow a serene attitude, which neither Romania’s voluptuous imaginaries, nor its immanent vicinities seem to pan out. Central and Eastern Europe, extruding... More



Time for Diplomacy

Time for DiplomacyGeopolitical Forum – Danube Institute

No. 43, Sep.-Oct. 2023

On Ukraine – and on many other issues, such as how to deal with China –, the G7 members showed unprecedented unity in the consultation process organized by the Japanese Presidency in the spring. It has become clear that the Western powers do... More



BRIC(S) by BRIC(S)

BRIC(S) by BRIC(S)East vs. West or North vs. South?

No. 43, Sep.-Oct. 2023

The East vs. West dilemma that has characterised the latter half of the twentieth century was put on hold following the collapse of the Soviet Union, only to be brought again into the mainstream following the Russian annexation of Crimea (and the... More



Trimarium – Western Fortress or Meeting Point of Cultures?

Trimarium – Western Fortress or Meeting Point of Cultures?

No. 43, Sep.-Oct. 2023

Buongiorno, Amici!Io sono Zoltán.Io sono un padre. Io sono Ungherese. And…, in the immortal words of Joe Biden: “You know the thing.”I would like to thank the Machiavelli Institute for inviting me to the Eternal City, and I also want to thank all... More



Women in Sport – Inspirational Models That Robots Cannot Replace

Women in Sport – Inspirational Models That Robots Cannot Replace

No. 43, Sep.-Oct. 2023

The volume Women’s Strength in Sport coordinated by Andreea Paul appeared this fall at the Polirom Publishing House in Iași. It is the fourth volume in the series The Force of women in ... that Andreea Paul has delivered, thus filling the information... More



The Connection between the Three Seas Initiative and the Middle Corridor: An Italian Perspective

The Connection between the Three Seas Initiative and the Middle Corridor: An Italian Perspective

No. 43, Sep.-Oct. 2023

It is not a mystery. The Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, intends not to renew the controversial memorandum of understanding on the Belt and Road Initiative. After all, this deal has always been risky from a geopolitical point of view... More



A Midsummer Night’s Chilling Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Chilling DreamThe war’s “global warmings” and “nuclear winters”

No. 43, Sep.-Oct. 2023

Climate changes and armed conflicts – as facets of, basically, the “non-human” physical nature and of the “dehumanised” human nature, respectively –, when fatally intertwined with each other, bring us closer to Apocalypse nightmares. The mental... More



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