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May
13

Security? Liberty?The costs and limitations of mass surveillance

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By Rufin Zamfir

May 2015

Academia.edu

This year is of great importance for the evaluation of cyber security role within the global fight against terrorism. Nearly 15 years after Patriot Act and the inception of a new era for the surveillance of electronic communications by mass-collecting the traces this type of communication leaves in the cyberspace, it is mandatory to assess the efficiency of this surveillance method, the benefits it brings for global security environment and the unwanted effects it has over individual liberties.

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Fri
Apr
10

Goodbye, Jonathan! Goodbye, Boko Haram?

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By Rufin Zamfir

April 2015

Adevărul

In the context of the relative inefficiency of the regular armies’ coalitions in the fight against terrorism, Goodluck Jonathan’s tactic to bring mercenaries into the fight against Boko Haram can be seen as an asymptomatic measure that does not fit into the pattern needed to fight against terrorists.

Read more at http://adevarul.ro/international/in-lume/good-bye-jonathan-goodbye-boko-haram-1_552ce5e3448e03c0fd9aaf0a/index.html

Tue
Feb
10

The End of a Smaller Cold War?

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By Rufin Zamfir

February 2015

Adevărul

At the end of a trial that lasted for nearly 16 years, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has reached a verdict in the case of genocide claims brought forth by Croatia and Serbia against each other, relating to the armed conflicts of the 90s. Unsurprisingly, ICJ rejected the accusations as being unfounded, acknowledging throughout the trial, however, that between 1991 and 1995 individuals from both camps committed crimes against humanity and war crimes that call for urgent court proceedings.


Read more at http://adevarul.ro/international/europa/sfarsitulunui-razboi-rece-mai-micm-1_54d4b099448e03c0fd560d7e/index.html

Tue
Jan
13

Islamist Alert (Also) in the Balkans. The Arrest of Clergy and “Soldiers of Allah”

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By Rufin Zamfir

January 2015

Adevărul

Local and international concerns about Western Balkan citizens joining the Islamic State, and particularly about their return home, are well founded, according to Rufin Zamfir in an article published in FP Romania, no. 43, Dec. 2014 – Jan.2015.  

Read more at http://adevarul.ro/international/europa/alerta-islamista-si-balcani-arestarea-clerici-soldati-allah-1_54c653e9448e03c0fdfacff2/index.html#

Mon
Jan
12

L’Europe Foutue. Liberté with No Egalité or Fraternité

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By Oana Popescu

January 2015

Adevărul

The attacks on journalists in Paris are abominable by any standards. But to limit our understanding of the larger context (that has found an extreme expression in this case) and to refuse to accept that we are today expressing ourselves in a tense globalised environment, to which balanced and strong individuals respond in a balanced way, and those imbalanced or weaker respond the way they know best or the way others push them to, is ignorant and irresponsible.

Read more at http://adevarul.ro/news/eveniment/leurope-foutue-liberte-egalite-fraternite-1_54afeaf1448e03c0fd727ef7/index.html