CSI: Centrul pentru Studii Internationale

“Occupying Ukraine would be incalculably expensive. Perhaps Putin can cobble together a puppet government with Kyiv as its capital, a Vichy Ukraine. Perhaps he can muster the support required from the secret police to subdue the population of this Russian colony. Belarus is an example of a country that runs on autocratic rule, police repression, and the backing of the Russian military. It is a possible model for a Russian-ruled eastern Ukraine. In reality, however, it is a model only on paper. A Russified Ukraine might exist as an administrative fantasy in Moscow, and governments are certainly capable of acting on their administrative fantasies. But it could never work in practice, owing to Ukraine’s sheer size and to the country’s recent.”

What If Russia Loses? A defeat for Moscow won’t be a clear victory for the West.

Căutăm colegă sau coleg nou! Dacă vorbiți bine limba germană, îndepliniți și restul criteriilor din anunț, atunci vă așteptăm să vă înscrieți la interviu. Mai aveți timp până pe 4 februarie. 🙂

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Echipa campaniei “16 Zile de activism împotriva violenței de gen” pune la cale super activități în școlile din Cluj-Napoca în care dorim să ni te alături!

Campania “16 Zile de activism împotriva violenței de gen” își propune să sensibilizeze cu privire la violența bazată pe gen ca problemă a drepturilor omului, așadar îți propunem două acțiuni de implicare:

👉 Dacă îți dorești să contribui la creșterea conștientizării asupra abuzurilor din relații și la informarea asupra relațiilor sănătoase, și mai ales dacă ești absolvent/ă sau student/ă la Psihologie, noi îți oferim oportunitatea să îți pui în practică cunoștințele. Campania adresată elevilor de liceu este pentru tine!

👉 Daca îți dorești să contribui la combaterea efectului spectatorului (bystander) și vrei să dai o mână de ajutor la formarea unor eroi upstanderi, noi îți oferim oportunitatea să îți dezvolti abilitățile de comunicare în campania adresată elevilor de gimnaziu!

Dacă ti-am atras atenția, hai alături de noi în lupta împotriva violenței de gen completând formularul de înscriere https://forms.gle/q3LSnhq3ccoBhBQ99 până în data de 10 noiembrie 2021!

📅 Campania va începe în 25 noiembrie și va avea loc până în 10 decembrie, 2021.

Vei participa la un training, iar apoi, vei putea facilita singur/ă aproximativ 3 sesiuni/săptămână în unitățile de învățământ (având în vedere măsurile de siguranță și prevenție Covid-19) pentru elevii de liceu sau gimnaziu din Cluj-Napoca, în intervalul orar școlar 8-15. Ne dorim să fii un spirit proactiv in a multiplica cunoștințele acumulate la training, iar împreună cu tine să oferim prin educație nonformală o perspectivă nouă despre definirea, recunoașterea și sesizarea fenomenelor de abuz și violență de gen.

"The international system is at a historical inflection point. As Asia continues its economic ascent, two centuries of Western domination of the world, first under Pax Britannica and then under Pax Americana, are coming to an end. The West is losing not only its material dominance but also its ideological sway. Around the world, democracies are falling prey to illiberalism and populist dissension while a rising China, assisted by a pugnacious Russia, seeks to challenge the West’s authority and republican approaches to both domestic and international governance.

U.S. President Joe Biden is committed to refurbishing American democracy, restoring U.S. leadership in the world, and taming a pandemic that has had devastating human and economic consequences. But Biden’s victory was a close call; on neither side of the Atlantic will angry populism or illiberal temptations readily abate. Moreover, even if Western democracies overcome polarization, beat back illiberalism, and pull off an economic rebound, they will not forestall the arrival of a world that is both multipolar and ideologically diverse.

History makes clear that such periods of tumultuous change come with great peril. Indeed, great-power contests over hierarchy and ideology regularly lead to major wars. Averting this outcome requires soberly acknowledging that the Western-led liberal order that emerged after World War II cannot anchor global stability in the twenty-first century. The search is on for a viable and effective way forward."

The New Concert of Powers A great-power steering group is the best option for managing an integrated world no longer overseen by a hegemon. A global concert fits the bill.

Carlo Ratti, MIT, and Saskia Sassen on the “New Normal” in urban development:

“What will New York City’s real estate market look like in the New Normal? The pandemic has had a titanic impact on every kind of property, with businesses shuttering and wealthy residents fleeing to the suburbs. Some trends, such as the shift toward remote work, are expected to continue. Even for those companies that don’t give employees the option for full remote work, many are preparing for short, 2-3-day per week in-person options.”

The Case for a Duty to the City To strengthen our cities post-Covid, let’s adopt a new principle: If you possess property, you should not leave it empty.

Global democracy has a very bad year The pandemic caused an unprecedented rollback of democratic freedoms in 2020

“During daily street rallies in the country’s major cities, the atmosphere often has the feel of a cultural carnival. Graffiti artists have spray-painted messages mocking Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the army chief who staged the coup. Poets have declaimed in angry verse. A cartoonists’ union marched holding hand-drawn figures. Street dancers twirled with abandon.

On Wednesday, in the biggest single rally since street protests began in Yangon, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in a central district, holding up posters and signs designed for the Instagram generation.

“If we look at the history of resistance in Myanmar, we were quite aggressive and confrontational, with this history of bloodshed,” said Ko Kyaw Nanda, a graphic designer whose protest art contrasts green pig heads (the army) with ruby red heels (Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi). “With this new approach, it can be less risky for people, and more people can join.””

Paint, Poems and Protest Anthems: Myanmar’s Coup Inspires the Art of Defiance The creative classes are providing a mass uprising in the country with an imaginative verve and rebellious spirit that has caught the military generals off guard.

Is the world becoming less religious? Ronald Inglehart seems to think so, and he even gives us a timeline: 2007 - 2019!

Giving Up on God Growing numbers of people no longer find religion a necessary source of support and meaning in their lives.