DILEMA WASHINGTONULUI: EUROPA DE EST, ORIENTUL MIJLOCIU SAU ASIA? (Romanian)

The reasons used in the preparation of this work are linked to the American perspective on the management of the main conflict zones that currently exist in the World. They are (i) Ukraine and the effects of the crisis in this area on the eastern flank of NATO; (ii) the Middle East through the possible lose control the armed conflict from Syria; (iii) Asia, namely the tensions in the South China Sea. Russia's and China's ambitions over recent years have become two important variables in the geopolitical equation of these three unknowns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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