Archive
Volume 23/2025
EU and its Neighbours amid AI Transformation and Multi-Level Geopolitical Pressures
L’Europe unie / United Europe — No. 23 / 2025 — Special Volume DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17969063
Editorial Preface / Préface éditoriale
Regards européens sur l’innovation, la sécurité et la mémoire
Hedi Saidi
DOI: https://zenodo.org/records/18062090
CHAPTER 1: Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technologies and Digital Ethics in the EU
Enhancing Digital Trust in Game Development Through AI
Akvilė Svidraitė
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16546353
Mariam Makhniashvili
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16582485
Francesca Buiatti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16582901
Biohacking Regulatory and Ethical Dynamics in Europe and Latin America
Anis H. Bajrektarević, Valentina Carvajal Caballero
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18062064
CHAPTER 2: EU Digital Governance, Data Protection and Financial Regulation
The Impact of Data Protection Legislation on Fintech and Financial Inclusion
Raluca Anica Onufreiciuc, Raul Felix Hodoș, Crina Malcoci
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17147946
Raul Felix Hodoș
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17147768
Indicators, Perceptions and Financial Education: Aligning Evidence with EU and OECD Policies
Raluca Șandru, Silvia Mișu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18061867
CHAPTER 3: European Democracy, Geopolitics, and History of Russian Power Projection
Russian Interference in Democratic Processes — Lessons from History
Ilie Florin Cĕușan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16764116
The SOE Redux: The 2024 European Parliament Elections in the Romanian Context
Luiza-Maria Filimon, Mihaela Ivănescu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16495727
Aurel Lazăr
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17705271
Moscow Archives Revealing the Long History of Russian Power Projection
Maria Costea
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17964879
CHAPTER 4: EU Neighbourhood and Mediterranean Dynamics
Mourad Mhenni
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16496222
Adel Bouzid
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15620405
Conclusions
Mihaela Daciana Natea, Maria Costea, Simion Costea
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18061651
Volume 22/2025
EU Enlargement and Resilience: Legal and Economic Reforms on Georgia’s Path to Integration
Special volume
The present research is published with the support of the European Union and represents an outcome within the EU project Jean Monnet Center of Excellence in European Security and Disinformation in Multicultural Societies – no. 101047907 – ESDMS. Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
Editorial / Argument (Professeur Dr. Hedi SAIDI)
Section 1: EU Enlargement, Security, and Hybrid Threats
The European Union’s Handling of Hybrid Threats: In Search of the Enlargement Dimension
(Professor Dr. Youri DEVUYST) DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15118722
The migration crisis as a tool of hybrid warfare – Analysis of selected cases at the borders
of the European Union (Prof. Dr. hab. Zbigniew CIEKANOWSKI, Dr. Sławomir ŻURAWSKI,
Dr. Marcin OSKIERKO) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.15121154
Economic Diplomacy of Georgia and its strategic role in European Integration
(Dr. Nicoleta VASILCOVSCHI) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.15121222
Section 2: Legal Reforms and Judicial Adaptation for EU Accession. Focus on Georgia.
The Role of the Constitutional Court of Georgia in Aligning Criminal Procedure Legislation with European Standards (Dr. Irine BOKHASHVILI) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.15121414
The role of the Court of Justice in the implementation of EU policy through the method of comparative interpretation (Dr. Nino KHARITONASHVILI) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.15121514
Infringement of Special Categories of Personal Data and the Data Subject’s Rights Under GDPR and Georgian Law (Dr. Simoni TAKASHVILI) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.15121579
Section 3: Economic and Financial Integration. Focus on Georgia.
Social Right of Company Director Under Georgian Law (Dr. jur. Giorgi USTIASHVILI, LL.M/MBL) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.15121794
Challenges and Opportunities of Self‑Employment in the Contemporary Labour Market: An Examination of Legal Frameworks (Dr. Tatia UBERI) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.15121869
Expansion of Georgian Financial Sector from Perspective of Association Agreement between EU and Georgia (Professor Dr. Levan GOTUA) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.15121964
Section 4: EU Enlargement: Competition, Consumer Protection, and Energy Law.
Focus on Georgia.
Compatibility of Standardization Agreements with EU Competition Law: Legal Insights
(Dr Givi ADAMIA) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.15121985
Consumer information Standard according to EU and Georgian Laws
(Professor Dr. Maka KARTOZIA, Sandro ALAPHISHVILI) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.15122019
Europeanization of Georgian Energy Legislation: Approximating Legal Frameworks with EU Energy Policy (Dr. Levan MOSAKHLISHVILI) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.15122142
Section 5: Gender, Human Rights, and Socio‑Cultural Perspectives
Rape as socio‑cultural phenomenon – a key to tackle gender‑based violence
(Dr. Irine KHERKHEULIDZE) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.15122177
Legal and Practical Challenges in Safeguarding the Rights of Juvenile Witnesses
(Dr. Levan DARBAIDZE) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.15122222
Evolution of Museum Policy in Tunisia: Through the Archaeological Museums of the City of Sousse/ Évolution de la politique muséale en Tunisie: à travers les musées archéologiques de la ville de Sousse
(Dr. Sofien BEN MOUSSA, Dr. Bilel SAOUDI) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.15122253
Conclusions: Vers une Europe résiliente et inclusive (French) / Conclusions: Towards a Resilient and Inclusive Europe (English) (Dr. Mihaela NATEA, Dr. Simion COSTEA) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.15122293
Volume 21/2024
EU and its Neighbours: Resilience and Multicultural Harmony
Special volume
The present research is published with the support of the European Union and represents an outcome within the EU project Jean Monnet Center of Excellence in European Security and Disinformation in Multicultural Societies – no. 101047907 – ESDMS. Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
Editorial / Preface (Professeur Hedi SAIDI)
SECTION 1: History, Religion, and Multicultural Societies: Bridging Europe and Its Neighbours
Victimization, Violence, and Suffering: How Is the Victim Discourse Constructed? / Victimisation, violences et souffrances. Comment se construit le discours victimaire? (Professeur Dr. Hedi SAIDI) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.15162244
Secularism – A Western Value or a Universal Principle? / La laïcité – valeur occidentale ou portée universelle? (Dr. Mohsen NEFFATI) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.15162319
Young Algerians and Their Relationship with Religion: Between Fundamental Adherence and Contradictions / Les jeunes Algériens et leur rapport à la religion: entre adhésion fondamentale et contradictions. (Dr. Abla ROUAG, Dr. Amina BOULAHROUF, Dr. Houria BENLOUCIF) DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15162355
The State of Mind of European Communities in Tunisia During the Second World War / L’Etat d’esprit des communautés européennes en Tunisie durant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale (Dr. Saoudi BILEL) DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15162372
Apostolic Anglo-Orthodox Unity Efforts in Multicultural Societies: The 1930 Lambeth Negotiations and Moscow’s Opposition (Dr. Maria COSTEA, Dr. Simion COSTEA) DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.35802.86725
SECTION 2: Russian Aggression, Deepfake and EU Enlargement
Defining Ukraine’s victory in a war against Russia (Dr. Mykola KAPITONENKO) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.15162443
Focus Areas to Act upon to Enable the EU Integration Readiness of the Republic of Moldova (Marcu-Andrei SOLOMON) DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15195480
In electoral competition without a political party. Motivations, context and legal resources for independent candidates in the Republic of Moldova (Assoc. Prof. Dr. Valentina CORNEA, Dr. Alin TOMUŞ) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.15162519
Deepfake: Implications and Solutions in the EU (Aysegul ZENGIN) DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15162549
SECTION 3: Building-up resilience: policies and human dimensions
Preventive program for developing psychological resilience in people living in countries neighboring international military conflicts (Dr. Angelika KLESZCZEWSKA-ALBIŃSKA) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.15162576
Sport and foreign policy during the communist regime (Dr. TACŞA Andreea-Maria) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.15162583
Football, a factor of globalization (Dr. Mircea UNGUR, Dr. Edit Laura CIULEA, Dr. Irina Mihaela TRIFAN) DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15162615
Study on the optimization of the physical component of the training process at the level of juniors a by educating the motor quality resistance (Dr. Florin ŢURCANU, Dr. Szabo-Csiffo BARNA, Dr. Lauren iu MAGDAŞ, Dr. Dana Simona ŢURCANU) DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15162648
EU and its Neighbours: Resilience and Multicultural Harmony Conclusions (French) / Conclusions (English) (Dr. Mihaela NATEA, Dr. Simion COSTEA) DOI:
Volume 20/2023
Dr Mihaela Natea, Dr Simion Costea, Editors/Coord.
The present research is published with the support of the European Union and represents an outcome within the EU project Jean Monnet Center of Excellence in European Security and Disinformation in Multicultural Societies – no. 101047907 – ESDMS. Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
Special number – proceedings of the International Conference Redefining European Security in a Post COVID-19 World
EU Enlargement and Resilience: Legal and Economic Reforms on Georgia’s Path to Integration – Argument Dr. Mihaela NATEA, Dr. Simion COSTEA
EU Law
Marieta SAFTA, Security Challenges from the Perspective of the Constitutional Courts' Vulnerabilities , DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15194693
Irina-Cristina APOSTOLESCU, Le notariat traditionnel face à la blockchain , DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15194768
Ruxandra Andreea LĂPĂDAT, The Phenomenon of Legal Professions Being Replaced by Artificial Intelligence – Real Danger or Just a Myth? DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15194393
Daniela DUȚĂ, Responsible Innovation. Confidentiality, Privacy and Data Protection DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15194440
Vlad BĂRBAT, Inside Pandora’s Box, finding the roots of Natural Law. Applicability in the Future of the European Law, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15194626
Giorgi URTMELIDZE, Legal Technology: Concepts and Opportunities, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15178085
Ana KOIAVA, Legal Aspects of Vulnerability Disclosure: Navigating GDPR and NIS Directive Obligations for Data Protection and Cybersecurity, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15194481
Marta TERLETSKA, Post-mortem privacy and the latest GDPR legislative shifts, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15194540
Mattia MORRESI, The Main Legal And Ethical Challenges Posed By Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS), DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15194071
EU Policies
Dr Hedi SAIDI, Sociologie d’une jeunesse radicalisée. Pourquoi certains jeunes sont attirés par cette radicalisation ? , DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15194882
MSC.Sabina CENOLLI, Ulpian HOTI, Measuring Performance Management in Albanian Public Administration, (The relationship of work-life balance, work-family conflict, and family-work conflict with employee performance – the moderating role of job satisfaction), DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15195126
Ana BUHALJOTI, Mirela MERSINI, Prioritizing Security Awareness in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Strategies and Considerations, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15195169
Irina NICOLAESCU, Solidarity of the International Trade Union Movement in the Post COVID 19 Era, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15195230
Andreea-Romana BAN, The Impact of Digital Transition on Education DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15195455
Dr. Mihaela IVĂNESCU, Dr. Luiza-Maria FILIMON, What do national parties campaign on during European elections? Trends from Romania , DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15519136
Marcu-Andrei Solomon, A Window of Opportunity with an Existential Stake: The European integration of the Republic of Moldova, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15195480
Volume 19/2023
The EU Foreign Policy and Security Dilemmas in a Challenging World
The present research is published with the support of the European Union and represents an outcome within the EU project Jean Monnet Center of Excellence in European Security and Disinformation in Multicultural Societies – no. 101047907 – ESDMS. Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
Dr Mihaela Natea, Dr Simion Costea, Editors
Special number – proceedings of the International Conference Redefining European Security in a Post COVID-19 World
Dr. Leila NICOLAS, How Can the Future of the Middle East Affect European Security?
Dr Shariful ISLAM, Understanding Bangladesh-EU Relations: From Aid Dependence to Economic Partnership
Cristina MORARI, EU’S Role in Its Eastern Neighborhood Transformation
Dr Radu CARP, The European Model of National Minorities Protection in the Case of Ukraine – Romania as a Kin-State
Natalia BÎRLĂDEANU, EU – Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia. Their power relations.
Dr Nicolae PLOEȘTEANU, Raul MIRON, The Cold Security World War: A New Approach to the Conflict in Ukraine and the Implications for the Security of the European Union
Dr Veronica ZAHARAGIU, Voices at War. Can Cultural Diplomacy Bridge Back Communication?
Alexandru DOROSEVICI-DUKA, Information Security in The Republic Of Moldova in The Context of Hybrid Threats
Dr Mihaela Daciana NATEA, From Democratic Culture to Security Culture, and Now Resilience. Are They Different in Building Competences to Combat Disinformation?
Xenophobia, Radicalisation and Disinformation Impact over the EU
Cristina EJOVA, Phenomena of Radicalism, Extremism, and Terrorism: Conceptual-Theoretical Landmarks
Dr. Gabriela GOUDENHOOFT, Xenophobia and Alienation. Apprehensions on the Integration of Migrants and Refugees
Stela SPÎNU, The Impact of Ethnocentrism on the Communication of Young People in a Multicultural Environment
Ilie Florin CEUȘAN, European Union Policies and Strategies to Counter Russian Propaganda and Disinformation
Margareta BELTEI, Multiculturalism and Political Correctness: Theoretical-Conceptual Aspects
Andrei GUȚU, Transnistria and the War in Ukraine – 31 Years of Active Separatism
Thomas IRENEUSZ, Polish Social Security in the Aftermath of COVID-19
Volume 18/2022
Editors Dr Mihaela Natea, Dr Simion Costea
Editors Dr Mihaela Natea, Dr Simion Costea
Ben HASSINE Hafedh, Quand Napoléon Bonaparte tourmente le Bardo
Vira RATSIBORYNSKA, United Together Against Hybrid Threats: EU-NATO-Eastern Partnership Countries (2014-2021)
Radu CARP, Mihaela Daciana NATEA, Lucian SĂCĂLEAN, Could Digital Diplomacy Help Combating Disinformation? The Impact of Romanian’s Digital Diplomacy in the Eastern Partnership Countries
Book Review by Dr. Nicoleta Vasilcovschi Romanian Diplomacy and European Geopopitics, edited by Maria Costea, Iasi: Institutul European, 2019. 252 pp. ISBN 978-606-24-0238-9
Volume 17/2021
Editors Dr Mihaela Natea, Dr Simion Costea
SUMMARY
EU Universities
Eric OLSZAK, L’analyse du macro et du meso-environnement des Universites au Sein de l’Union Europeenne, pp 1-9
Aurelian Olimpiu SABĂU-POP, Technology in higher education in European area before Covid 19, pp. 10-15
Colin SWATRIDGE, Was Erasmus Altogether Too European?, pp. 16-21
EU legal framework, internal and external policies
Dioleen HUNDT, Finland and the European Union, pp. 22-28
Manon CAPLIER, Assessment of the European legal framework of facial recognition technology, pp. 29-40
Viktoria MAZUR, Law and Technology – Criminalization of Sex Robots, pp. 41-48
Liisa Margit PAATS, EU Foreign and Security Policy: Overview and challenges, pp. 49-55
Teele NÄSSI, EU external relations with Africa, pp. 56-43
Katrin VIRGEBAU, External relations between EU and China, pp.64-70
NATO, Turkey and Kremlin in international context
Aurel LAZĂR, Weakening transatlantic links? Re-assessing Turkey-NATO relations in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, pp. 71-91
Aurel LAZĂR, Turkey between NATO and Kremlin. The impact of Russian-Turkish cooperation on the relationship between Ankara and NATO, pp. 92-107
Global issues
Anis H. BAJREKTAREVIC, Carlos López-Veraza PÉREZ, Palermo Treaty System. Towards the Universal Criminal Justice. 20 Years After, pp. 108-138
Maria SMOTRYTSKA, The Nonaligned Movement 60 years Later: Restless Asia seeking its pan-continental integration, pp. 139-173
Abla ROUAG-DJENIDI, Protection de l’enfance et enfants prives de famille en Algerie, pp. 174-185
Book reviews
Mihaela Daciana NATEA: “Corruption and combating the phenomenon by means of criminal law and criminal procedure” by Dr. Aurelian Sabau Pop, Universul Juridic Publishing House, 2010 pp. 186-187
Cristina-Maria DOGOT, Romania in European and International Context: An Overview of a Century, pp. 188
Volume 16/2020
Editors Dr Mihaela Natea, Dr Simion Costea
Professeur Dr. Hab. Hedi SAIDI – La société tunisienne au XIXème siècle: organisation, pouvoirs et autorité pendant la colonisation française (1880-1883) pp.1-22
Professor Dr. Anis BAJREKTAREVIC – Defining the environmental crime – Why is the global legal and political action urgently needed. pp. 23-36
Associate Professor Dr. Aurelian Olimpiu SABĂU POP – The Fight against Organized Crime within the European Union pp.37- 42
Associate Professor Aurelian Olimpiu SABAU POP – The European Arrest Warrant before the Romanian Judicial Authorities pp.43-49
Aliona BALAN – European integration as a historical desideratum of the elites in the Central and Eastern European states pp.50 -59
Dumitru CAZAC – Transnistria in the Light of Classic Criteria for Statehood. pp.60-67
Professor Dr. Anis H. BAJREKTAREVIĆ – Unavoidability of Sino-American Rift: History of Strategic Decoupling pp.68-78
Lecturer Dr. Nicoleta VASILCOVSCHI – Historical and Economic Changes in the Development of Teaching in Canada in the 19th and 20th century pp.79-87
Volume 15/2019
Editors Dr Mihaela Natea, Dr Simion Costea
Daryna KOSINOVA – The legal nature of the franchise agreement (comparative-legal analysis) pp. 1 – 8
Ashley PARDBUCK – Brexit and the future of the European Union pp. 9-15
Lucia Vallecillo GRAZIATTI – Spain and Portugal join the European Communities: A long and problematic process pp. 16- 21
Lara SANSUS – International Organizations: a Challenge or a Solution for the World Politics? pp. 22-29
Valter PASANEN – How has the introduction of the GDPR improved the data protection rights of the Finnish citizens? pp. 30-38
Pihla HELMINEN – The Legality of Active Euthanasia in Relation to Human Rights and Legal Approaches to Active Euthanasia in Different States. pp. 39- 47
Regina SEDERGREN – EU Legislation Effects on Women’s Rights and Equal Treatment and Opportunities in the Workplace. pp. 48-56
Iwejuo Uche KINGSLEY – Right to Self Determination in Globalization Era. pp. 57-63
Abdurasul ABDURAKHIMOV – Migration Policy in Russia and its „Domino Effect” Towards Migrants. pp. 64-72
Dinh Thi CHIEN – Flexicurity in termination the Employment Contract – the Comparison Between Estonia and Vietnam pp. 73-85
Hedi SAIDI – Le fait religieux, l’islam et la radicalisation. pp. 86 -97
Eric OLSZAK – La localisation des activites en Europe : Les cles de la reussite. pp. 98-107
Nicoleta VASILCOVSCHI – The Present Challenges of Canadian Economic Diplomacy and the Feminization of poverty with its Impact on Equality of Opportunity for Education in North America. pp. 108 -113
Review: Simion COSTEA – Mihaela Daciana (NATEA) BOLOȘ, Trademarks and Geographical Indications in the International Relations System ((in Romanian “Mărcile şi indicaţiile geografice în sistemul relaţiilor internaţionale”) p. 114
Volume 14/2019
Editors Dr Mihaela Natea, Dr Simion Costea
Karina KUUSKMANN: BREXIT: Impact on the EU and consequences. pp. 1-7
Aleksi KAJANDER – EU Defense: Development of the European Defense Space and Its Relation with NATO pp. 8-17
Dr. Yevhen SHEVCHENKO – A question on the state supremacy over the law: the context of reforming Ukraine’s criminal legislation pp. 18-28
Juho KIVIHUHTA – Democracy and the EU: Implication of democratic framework in the EU affairs. The role of European citizen pp. 29-37
Henrik UUSTALO – Brexit and Constitutional Law of the European Union. pp. 38-43
Anri KIGURADZE – ISIS – A global or regional threat? pp. 44-54
Raissa Raquel de Paula ALMEIDA – Populism: New Political Parties in Europe, Governments and Ideas and their Support for a Less Integrated Europe pp. 55 – 62
Heldin MALMET – Current Issues in Internal Security. pp. 63-69
Esley Rodrigues CARVALHO – EU Internal Security: Terrorism and Criminality pp. 70-77
Melda Kamil ARIADNO and prof. Anis H BAJREKTAREVIC – Humanising Cyberspace: the EU Legislation and its transformative power pp. 78-82
Volume 13/2018
Editors Dr Mihaela Natea, Dr Simion Costea
Volume 12/2018
Editors Dr Mihaela Natea, Dr Simion Costea
