Geopolitics and politics

By Dr. Vladislav Sotirovic

The fundamental aim of the text below is to deal with the concept and models of global security as one of the crucial topics of global politics studies. The question of Security Studies as an academic discipline within the scope of Global Politics has been the subject of much debate and one of the most prosperous ways to deal with global security is firstly to analyze different standpoints which are existing within the research discipline. The article, in one word, will try to provide the readers with basic approaches in the academic field of Security Studies with some necessary personal remarks by the author.

Center for geostrategic studies организовао је  28. августа Међународну конференцију на тему кршења верских права са посебним освртом на Украјинску православну цркву у контексту актуелних дешавања. Конференција је одржана у Прес центру Удружења новинара Србије у центру Београда.

Обраћање г. Диогениса Валаванидиса, председника Центра за заштиту хришћанског идентитета, преносимо у целости.

Часни оци, поштовне даме и господо, драги пријатељи,

На почетку желим да се захвалим госпођи Драгани Трифковић, директорки Центра за геостратешке студије, поводом позива да учествујем на овој конференцији, посебно због значаја теме којој је конференција посвећена, а то је „Кршење верских права са посебним освртом на Украјинску православну цркву“.

28 августа Центр геостратегических исследований организовал международную конференцию по теме нарушения религиозных прав. В контексте текущих событий особым акцентом конференции стало преследование  Украинской Православной Церкви (УПЦ). Мероприятие состоялось в Пресс-центре Ассоциации журналистов Сербии в центре Белграда.

„На Украине на глазах всего мирового сообщества украинские власти уничтожают Украинскую Православную Церковь. Это совместная акция режима Зеленского и ПЦУ (Православной Церкви Украины), которая находится под патронажем Константинопольского Патриархата, а также лично Патриарха Варфоломея. Многие храмы захвачены и конфискованы, а духовенство Украинской Православной Церкви систематически подвергается гонениям и физическому насилию. На глазах всего мирового сообщества происходит захват одного из древнейших центров православия – Киево – Печерской Лавры и ее святынь», – заявили организаторы конференции.

On August 28, the Center for Geostrategic Studies organized an international conference on the topic of violations of religious rights, with a special focus on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) in the context of current events. The conference was held in the Press Center of the Association of Journalists of Serbia, in the center of Belgrade.

„In Ukraine, in front of the eyes of the entire world community, the Ukrainian authorities are destroying the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. This is a joint action of the Zelensky regime and the OCU (Orthodox Church of Ukraine), which is under the patronage of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, as well as Patriarch Bartholomew himself. Temples were confiscated and the clergy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church were subjected to violence and persecution. We are witnessing the violent seizure of one of the oldest centers of the Orthodox world, the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra and its shrines“, stated the organizers of the conference.

By Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirovic

Introduction 

It can be indicated from a historical viewpoint that the USA emerged on the stage of global (world) politics in 1867 (four years before Germany did the same in 1871 after the Franco−Prussian War of 1870−1871). Both these imperial states at the same time exerted extremely influential politics in the process of radical transformation of the modern world both in Europe and outside of the Old Continent. In 1867, Washington purchased Alaska from Russia (regardless of the claims that Russia just rented Alaska for 99 years), and in April 1917, the USA entered the Great War on the side of France and the UK (after the Russian February/March Revolution in 1917) and brought about a decisive defeat of the German Second Empire on the Western Front in the Autumn of 1918 making at the same time as a direct consequence itself the global greatest power.

By Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirovic

The “Black Continent” of Africa until the end of the eighth decade of the 19^th century was not properly known territory, especially its central parts which have been unknown to the Europeans. The West European powers until the 1880s were acquainted mainly with the African littorals and their immediate hinterland. However, what was inside the continent was not exactly known except for the existence of some tribal state organizations in the form of monarchies settled by traditional hunting people.

Центар за геостратешке студије 28. августа од 13-15 ч. организује конференцију на тему кршења верских права са посебним освртом на Украјинску православну цркву у контексту актуелних дешавања. Конференција ће се одржати у Прес центру Удружења новинара Србије, Кнез Михаилова 6 /III. Позивамо заинтересовану јавност и новинаре да присуствују овом догађају и региструју се за овај догађај слањем мејла Центру за геостратешке студије на center@geostrategy.rs

By Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirovic

The period from 1462 to 1815 is of special importance for the history of Russia and the Russian people as well as for the history of Eurasia for at least five good reasons: 1) Russia became modernized according to the European pattern; 2) Russia became liberated from the foreign occupants; 3) The Russian people became territorially united into a single national state; 4) Eurasia experienced Russian territorial expansion in all directions from its original administrative center in Moscow and later St Petersburg; and finally 5) Russia as the mighty empire became a member of European concert of Great Powers and even the most powerful state in Eurasia after the Napoleonic Wars.