Considerations on the Prime minister’s recent trip to Ankara
Featured image © Gov.ro Disclaimer: Please note that all opinions expressed here represent the author’s personal opinions and do not necessarily reflect The Political Science Club’s position. Last week, Romanian Prime minister met with Turkish President Erdogan in the Presidential Palace in Ankara, as part of a tour including Turkey, Kuwait and the UAE. Some... Read More
Diplomacy in the past century and nowadays
No one knows better about the relations between two countries than their diplomats. Instructed, educated women and men, they have represented their countries in times of peace and war, assuming some of the most difficult negotiations with some of the world’s most powerful leaders throughout history. Malcolm Toon for instance, US Ambassador to the Soviet... Read More
Banking Tradition and the Spirit of Cryptocurrency Adoption
When Max Weber wrote “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism”, he basically started from a simple empirical inquiry: why did the industrial emerge in England fueled by Western ideas, instead of taking place in the historically more innovative China? His very influential assessment is that Protestantism has spearheaded hard work-driven innovation, and the... Read More
Using agenda setting to create a more mature public. Can we do it?
Disclaimer: One should interpret this article from a political science perspective, as I sometimes pretend to have. The reason I chose this topic is because it has been on the back of my mind quite a while. And I need your comments to improve my understanding of the matter. And though I am no sociologist... Read More
ASSP: Mini-Autocrats
Let me start you off with a story. We shall call it that even though the events are real. It’s evening around the building of the faculty. Inside, however, the atmosphere is as lively as it can be on a cold November the 7th. The students are choosing their representatives through an exercise of democratic... Read More
The “American Problem” – A story of Donald Trump and the European Union
Throughout its long history, Europe has known a great many “problems” that were so tightly knit to the fabric of the space in which they occurred that they became known as national problems. The Turks had a problem, the Czechs and Slovaks, the Polish, the Jews and then the Germans. Now, across the pond, a... Read More
The Politics of Bojack Horseman
Netflix’s “Bojack Horseman” is a masterful introspective satire of the seemingly-glamorous celebrity life, which focuses on the inner struggles of a few very distinct characters. Though the cartoonish show is disguised as a comedy and even goes to great lengths to seem light-hearted and fun by featuring a dozen of punchlines per episode, the actions... Read More
House of Cards, Season 5: Why Romanians Will Find It Familiar
Less than 24 hours ago, Netflix has officially released the 5th season of their political drama hit, “House of Cards”. In the true tradition of the series, all episodes have been launched simultaneously, thus enabling binge watchers to have a couple of lazy days (the 13 episodes have an individual length of approximately 45 minutes,... Read More
Beyond Military Drones – The Future Pilotless Flight
In the month of April 2013, a research airplane, BAE Systems Jetstream, flew from Preston, England, to Inverness, Scotland, and back. This flight of 800 kilometers should not have been spectacular and noteworthy, if there was not a small detail, such as the fact that the airplane pilot was on the ground in Warton, Lancashire,... Read More
Transatlantic Security: NATO and the initiative for a Common European Army
The idea of a common European defense is not new. It is, in fact, as old as the post-war European project itself. In 1950, the ”René Pleven Plan”, after the name of the then French Prime Minister, aimed to establish the European Defense Community in response to the United States’ intention to re-arm West Germany.... Read More