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Tranziția în secolul 21. Generația post-tranziție
Transition in the 21st century. Post-transition generation

Author(s): Iulian CHIFU
Subject(s): Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: INFOSFERA - Revista de studii de securitate si Informații pentru Apărare
Keywords: prospective studies; weak signals; black swan; relative certainties; critical uncertainties; turning points;

Summary/Abstract: Cycles in our historical life are divided in periods of stability - when the international system has very clear rules of evolutions, form and relations, as well as a dominant system for solving the conflicts – and transition periods, turbulent and chaotic, for reassessing, reshaping and settling the system according to the new rules of the game, the evolution of the geopolitical capabilities in the system and the level of ambition of different players. The current transition into the 21-st Century, after the end of the Cold War, ended somewhere in 2014, but the system we are going to inherit and leave for the next generation – 20-25 years or so – is the one we are living already for the last 6 years. The transition in the 21-st century has ended, but the acceleration of globalization, tremendous technical achievements that are influencing the human being, society and political life, as well as the lack of credibility in the political establishment, parties, elite and leadership is announcing this tectonic, unstable, turbulent and unpredictable world, changes in the international relations system as well as in the global security establishment. That’s what our post-transition generation is going to face and confront.

  • Issue Year: XII/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 3-15
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Romanian