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Although many institutions were involved in the cultural diplomacy of the Romanian communist regime, a very consistent part of the artistic exchanges with the East and the West were mediated by the Union of Artists. This paper would like to highlight the important role the Union played in framing the artistic exchanges with several "capitalist countries" and "popular democracies", by looking at several agreements of collaboration between Unions or similar institutions. More precisely, we will look at the variations regarding the form and the quantity of exchanges that were established through such official documents and which referred mainly to exchanges of persons, informations or exhibitions. We will also look at the way these were organized in practice: the study of the travel reports, informative notes or daily programs that were produced on such occasions shows that these exchanges were systematically surveilled and politically motivated. A preliminary analysis of these allows us to observe the Union's interests regarding the East and the West and suggests that the Romanian Union of Artists contributed to the expansion, the regulation and at the same time the control of the cultural contacts with foreign countries.

This article tests if the democratization process in Central and Eastern Europe
coincides with a decrease in number of invalid votes. Using descriptive
statistics, we seek for evidence from 67 elections in ten countries from the
regions during the period 1990-2012. By the beginning of the 2000s, ten years
after the breakdown of communist regime, the percentages of invalid votes
in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe reached levels comparable to
those of the Western European democracies. However, significant differences
between regions and countries endure. This article adds to the literature by
being the first to inquire into the subject of invalid votes in the Central and
Eastern Europe.

"The present volume unites 44 studies to honor Prof. Dr. Dorin Oancea, Romanian-Orthodox theologian and religious studies scholar, well known as a bridge-builder between Eastern and Western Christian Traditions. The manifold studies reflect upon the fundaments of interfaith and inter-confessional openness, offer insightful examples from past and present, or point to the loci where this openness can and should be achieved today. A meaningful collection for all those interested in present day ecumenical theology, in inter-confessional studies or theology of religions."--Provided by publisher, back cover

This study proposed, first, to carry out, based on archive documents, an incursion as regards matrimonial relationships of XVIIIth century with all legal, economic and social connotations involved. The marriage contracts studied fall into a typology more closely of what was happening in the same period in Western Europe than in South Eastern Europe. This is because such acts have emerged within the former county of Arad in the first half of the century after the establishment of Habsburg domination and after the German colonists were brought into the area.
Besides the juridical problems regarding the contractual liabilities of the spouses, the status of the children, some problems related to wealth and dowry, I tried to mark out some aspects regarding the everyday life of Arad's inhabitants in the XVIIIth century.

The erosion of media trust raises concerns about the ways in which the conduit of political information could undermine citizens' trust in democracy. While a large body of research in western democracies shows that media trust is contingent on specific media-system, political and cultural factors pertaining to national contexts, little is known about the sources of media trust in the new democracies from Central and Eastern Europe. Based on statistical analyses of public opinion surveys, this research tests if levels of trust in various traditional (television, radio, written press) and alternative mediums (Internet and online social networks) are differentiated along political party lines and depending on media consumption patterns in post-communist Romania. The results reveal a stronger association between trust in political parties and trust in traditional mediums, while trust in online media is more strongly linked to consumption patterns. These findings have practical, theoretical and normative implications for the functioning of democracy in post-communist societies.

Since its origins, in the context of the Cold War's beginning, NATO has been a robust defensive alliance, acting in accordance with UN Charter, as a collective defence structure based on solidarity and mutual trust. Nowadays it has 28 member states and one can say that it fulfilled its main role: to protect the West against communist/Soviet threats using the deterrence and containmemt tools. Neither USSR nor its main instrument, the Warsaw Pact dare to attack the Euro-Altantic area. Our main assumption is that because the specific national interests of each member state, because of the domestic-constitutional issues and bureaucratic obstacles, the Alliance cannot yet forge a common strategic culture for all its members and also lacks a common lens for detecting real risks and therats, be they nation states or non-states actors. Nowadays, Russia and Islamic State are the main adversaries for the Western states, thus NATO should be more effective in dealing with them. And there is a need for reform and transformation. Divergences between adepts of territorial defence and those of pro-active "out of area" missions go in addition to divergences concerning the neeed for increased defence budgets for all members and especially concering the attitude towards Russia. Moscow used economic and energy tools trying to divise some allies like Hungary, Greece and Bulgaria and it partially succeeded. Using some theories of alliances and of democratic peace, resorting to recent facts and figures related to NATO's activities and plans, will help the reader understand the problem of increasing the power vs. increasing the security dilemma and the prospect of future conflicts.

Revista Transilvania - serie nouă, anul XLV (CXLIX), nr. 6, 2017; Colegiul științific: prof.univ.dr. Ștefan AFLOROAIEI; prof.univ.dr. Sabin Adrian LUCA; prof.univ.dr. Peter KOPECKÝ; acad.prof.univ.dr. Alexandru MOȘANU; acad.pr.prof.univ.dr. Mircea PĂCURARIU; acad.prof.univ.dr. Ioan-Aurel POP; prof.univ.dr. Ștefan SIENERTH; prof.univ.dr.habil. Andrei TERIAN; acad.prof.univ.dr. Alexandru ZUB. Colegiul consultativ: Î.P.S.prof.univ.dr. Laurențiu STREZA; prof.univ.dr. Pamfil MATEI; prof.univ.dr. Zeno PINTER. Redactor șef: Radu VANCU; Redactor: Dragoș VARGA ; Revista Transilvania nr. 6, 2017 cuprinde următoarele articole: Vancu, Radu. Despre instituții & continuități. Lecțiile lui H.-R. Patapievici & Mircea Cărtărescu. Sau despre atenția la celălalt ca mod de construcție instituțională; / Mitchievici, Angelo. Traian Demetrescu - gestul estetic; / Ignat, Mihai. Onomastica în romanele lui Stefan Agopian; / Olaru, Ovio. Douămiismul poetic românesc. Condițiile unei schimbări de paradigmă; / Vancea, Mihaela. Proza douămiistă - detabuizarea cuplului homosexual; / Chioaru, Dumitru. (In)actualitatea teoriei blagiene a influenţelor; / Baghiu, Ștefan. Figura boemei la Pierre Bourdieu: câmpul literar modern; David, Maria Tereza. Franco Moretti – despre supraviețuirea literară. Analiză și explorare; / Berechet, Lăcrămioara. Noaptea de Sânziene. Locuirea sacrului în hermeneutica recuperatoare; / Stan, Adriana. Piramidele se construiesc altfel decât miturile. Mihai Pop și reinventarea studiilor de folclor; / Galter, Sunhild. Das siebenbürgische Dorf in der Perspektive von Rolf Bauerdicks Roman Wie die Madonna auf den Mond kam; / Muntean Beșliu, Petre. The archaeology of the medieval towers in Mount Athos. An attempt of archaeological research; / Gîță, Elena Iulia. Cultural Translation Enabling a Dialogue between West and East; / Manolache, Viorella. Making sense of Jürgen Habermas: Politica scurtelor introduceri filosofice; / Andrei, Olivia. Chestionarea ca proces cognitiv: ilustrarea în Viața mea a lui Charles Darwin și implicațiile sale în educația modernă; / Ilea, Mihaela. Televiziunea – între jurnalismul de informare și cel de comunicare; / Sălcudean, Minodora. Children and Public Street Protests – a Public Debate of Striking Immediacy in Romania. The Social Media and the Mass-media as Main Vectors to shape up the Dominant Threads of Opinion;