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Page /27 - Curriculum vitae of Vasile PUSCAS 1 INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES BABES-BOLYAI UNIVERSITY CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA Curriculum Vitae Personal information Surname(s) / First name(s) Prof. PUŞCAŞ Vasile Address(es) 11 Napoca Street, Cluj Napoca, ROMANIA Telephone(s) Phone: + 4026 4598456 Mobile: +4 0723300117 E-mail [email protected] Nationality Romanian Date of birth July 8 th 1952 Gender Male Occupational field International relations and negotiations Contemporary History of the International Relations Central and Eastern Europe in the XXth Century International Relations Business Relations and Conflicts Management in Central and Eastern Europe in the XXth Century International Relations Work experience 1995 – present Professor of International Relations, Faculty of History and Philosophy, “Babes Bolyai University”, Cluj-Napoca 2000 – present PHD coordinator in international relations, Faculty of History and Philosophy, “Babes Bolyai University”, Cluj-Napoca 2000 – present Visiting Professor, IUISE-Gorizia-Trieste 1999 – present Head of Institute for International Studies, Cluj-Napoca

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INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES BABES-BOLYAI UNIVERSITY

CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA

Curriculum Vitae

Personal information

Surname(s) / First name(s) Prof. PUŞCAŞ Vasile

Address(es) 11 Napoca Street, Cluj Napoca, ROMANIA

Telephone(s) Phone: + 4026 4598456 Mobile: +4 0723300117

E-mail [email protected]

Nationality Romanian

Date of birth July 8th 1952

Gender Male

Occupational field International relations and negotiations Contemporary History of the International Relations Central and Eastern Europe in the XXth Century International Relations Business Relations and Conflicts Management in Central and Eastern Europe in the XXth Century International Relations

Work experience

1995 – present

Professor of International Relations, Faculty of History and Philosophy, “Babes Bolyai University”, Cluj-Napoca

2000 – present

PHD coordinator in international relations, Faculty of History and Philosophy, “Babes Bolyai University”, Cluj-Napoca

2000 – present

Visiting Professor, IUISE-Gorizia-Trieste

1999 – present

Head of Institute for International Studies, Cluj-Napoca

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2002 – present

Member of the National Committee for Certification of Scientific Titles and Diplomas (Ministry of Research and Education)

2002 – 2009

Member of the research team at the Institute of Political Sciences andInternational Relations, Romanian Academy, Bucharest

2000 – 2007

Director, Institute of Political Sciences and International Relations,Romanian Academy, Bucharest

1999 – 2000

Head of Journalism and Training in Communication Centre, Cluj-Napoca

1999 – 2000

Director of the Master Program in the International Affairs Management, ISI

1995

Dean of the Faculty of Political Sciences and Public Administration, “Babes Bolyai University”, Cluj-Napoca

1993 – 1995

Assistant professor, department of Contemporary History, BBU, Cluj-Napoca

1990 – 1993

Lecturer, department of Contemporary History, BBU, Cluj-Napoca

1990 – 1991

Vice-dean, Faculty of History and Philosophy, BBU, Cluj-Napoca

1990 – 1991

Head of Democratic and Post-communist Studies Center, BBU, Cluj-Napoca

1979 – 1990

University Assistant, Faculty of History and Philosophy BBU, Cluj-Napoca

Education and training

Dates 1991

Title of qualification awarded

PhD

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Name and type of organization providing education and training

“Babeş – Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca

Dates 1976

Title of qualification awarded

History and Social Sciences License Degree

Name and type of organization providing education and training

Faculty of History and Philosophy, “Babes Bolyai University”, Cluj-Napoca

Personal skills and competences

Mother tongue(s) Romanian

Other language(s)

Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing

European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction

Spoken production

Language C2 English C2 English C2 English C2 English C1 English

Language C2 French C2 French C2 French C2 French C1 French

B1 Italian B1 Italian B1 Italian B1 Italian A1 Italian

(*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Additional information PUBLIC ACTIVITY December 2008 – October 2009: Minister for European Affairs, Government of Romania 2010 – present: founding member of the Cluj-Napoca 2020 – European Capital Association 2009 – present: member of the Sustainable European Development, Association, Cluj-Napoca 2007 – present: member of the European Movement, Romania 2005 – 2008: member of the board, Carpathian Foundation

December 2000 – December 2008: Member of Parliament,

Secretary of the Parliamentary Committee of European Affaires

Member of External Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies

Chairman of the Romania – Denmark Friendship Group

Member of the Romania - Netherlands Friendship Group

Member of the Romania - Azerbaijan Friendship Group

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2001 – 2004: Minister Delegate, Chief Negotiator with the EU

1992 – 1994: Ministerial Counselor, DCM, Romanian Embassy, Washington D.C.

1992 – 1994: Charge d’Affaires / Ambassador a.i. (1993-1994)

1991 – 1992: Head of Romanian Cultural Center, New York

EDITORIAL ACTIVITY Editorial Board, IUIES Journal (Gorizia), Editorial Board, ISIG Journal (Gorizia)

“Central European Issues” (Bucharest )

“Central European Political Science Review” (Budapest)

“Dosarele Istoriei” (Bucharest)

“Eastern Journal of European Studies”, Centre for European Studies,Al. Ioan Cuza University, Iaşi

“Foreign Policy” Romania „Revista de Studii Politice şi Relaţii Internaţionale” (Bucharest)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

Board of Governors IUISE-Gorizia-Trieste, Italy, Scientific Committee ISIG Gorizia – Trieste, Italy,

Commission for International Relations History,

New York Political Sciences Academy,

Romanian Historians Society,

Commission for Military History,

Steering Committee, European Institute, Bucharest, Advisory Board, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Berlin International Law and International Relations Association, Bucharest European Institute of Florence European Law Society, Bucharest DISTINCTIONS AND AWARDS

2002: “Who’s who” Award for achievement in the Field of International Relations

2002: Medal of Honor “Steaua Romaniei” (The Star of Romania) received from the President of Romania

28.01.2003: Lions Club of Cluj Napoca - ,, Certificate of Appreciation'' - in appreciation of the invaluable services rendered for European Integration

18.12.2003: OSKAR special prize for European integration – Capital

2005: Diplomat of the year 2004, (Nine O` Clock)

13.05.2005: Mass-Media Awards Gala, Special prize for the

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contribution to the Romanian European Integration 2007: TVR International Gala, Special prize for the contribution to the Romanian European Integration 2008: The “Comenius” prize, Babes - Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca 2009: “Ambasador” Award, Press - 2009 2009: Romanian Academy Award “Mihail Kogalniceanu” for the volume România spre Uniunea Europeană. Negocierile de aderare (2000-2004), Iasi, Institutul European, 2007 2010: “Crucea Transilvaniei” Medal (The Cross of Transylvania), received from the Cluj, Alba, Crisana and Maramures Orthodox Church 2010: Cluj Citizens Award 2010: Romanian Academy’s Excellence Diploma for research in Contemporary History 2010: Babes-Bolyai University Excellence Prize for History

PUBLICATIONS Books - author - International /Transnational Relations, Gorizia-Trieste, IUIES, 2009

- Euro-Topics, Cluj-Napoca, Eikon, 2009

- Teme europene, Cluj-Napoca, Eikon, 2008

- România: de la preaderare la postaderare, Cluj-Napoca, Eikon, 2008

- România spre Uniunea Europeană. Negocierile de aderare (2000-2004), Iasi, Institutul European, 2007 – volume awarded the Romanian Academy “Mihail Kogălniceanu”

- Relatii Internationale/Transnationale, ed a II-a, Cluj-Napoca, Eikon, 2007

- România şi iar România. Note pentru o istorie a prezentului, Cluj-Napoca, Eikon, 2007

- European Negotiations. A Study Case: The Romania’s Accession to EU, Gorizia, IUIES, 2006

- “Sticks and Carrots”. Regranting the Most-Favored-Nation Status for Romania (US Congress, 1990-1996) / “Bastoane şi Morcovi”, Reacordarea clauzei naţiunii celei mai favorizate (Congresul SUA, 1990-1996), Cluj-Napoca: Eikon, 2006.

- Relaţii internaţionale/transnaţionale, Cluj-Napoca: Sincron, 2005

- Negociind cu Uniunea Europeană, 6 volumes, Bucharest, 2003, 2005:

- vol. I - „Documente iniţiale de poziţie la capitolele de negociere”(2003)

- vol. II – „Initial Position Documents” (2003)

- vol. III – „Preparing the External Environment of Negotiations” (2003)

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- vol. IV – „Pregătirea mediului intern de negociere” (2003)

- vol. V – „Pregătirea mediului de negociere, 2003 – 2004” (2005)

- vol. VI – „Comunicarea publică şi negocierea pentru aderare, 2003 –2004” (2005)

- Universitate-Societate-Modernizare, Presa Univ. Clujeană, Cluj-Napoca, 1995; Ediţia a II-a, 2003

- Speranţă şi disperare - Negocieri româno-aliate, 1943-1944, Bucharest, Ed.Litera, 1995; Ediţia a II-a, 2003

- Relaţii internaţionale contemporane, Cluj-Napoca, Sincron, 1999; Ediţia a II-a, 2003

- Căderea României în Balcani, Cluj-Napoca, Dacia, 2000

- Pulsul istoriei în Europa Centrală, Cluj-Napoca, Sincron, 1998

- Transilvania şi aranjamentele europene. 1940-1944, Cluj-Napoca, Ed.FCR, 1995

- Alma Mater Napocensis – Idealul universităţii moderne, Cluj-Napoca, Ed. FCR 1994

- Dr. Petru Groza – pentru o „lume nouă”, Editura Dacia, 1985 (thewhole edition was censored and burnt)

Books - editor and co-author - US-Romanian Relations in the Twentieth Century, Ernest H,

Latham, Jr. (Editor), Presa Universitară Clujeană, Cluj-Napoca, 2010, p.357-369 - Gli Europei e la Constituzione ci sono, a quando l’Europe?/The

European and the Constitution are in Place – When will Europe be?, Ed. By A. Gasparini, Gorizia, IUIES-ISIG, 2004

- Regiune şi regionalizare în Uniunea Europeană, (coordonator Vasile Puşcaş şi Adrian Ivan) Institutul de Studii Internaţionale, Cluj-Napoca, 2004

- Cross Border Cooperation in the Balkans-Danube Area, Edit. A. Gasparini, Gorizia, 2003

- Westfalia si complica – Organizzazioni mondiali ed individuo come produttori di globalizzazione e riconciliazione, Edizioni Franco Angelli,Milano, 2003

- Romania-Italia-Europa. Storia politica, economia e relazioni internazionali, cura di Francesco Rondazzo, Edizioni Periferia, Rome, 2003

- Convergenţe economice în Uniunea Europeană, Edit. Economică, Bucharest 2002

- Romania NATO 2002, (ed. Adrian Năstase), Bucharest, ed. Monitorul Oficial 2002

- International Studies at the Beginning of the 21st Century, (ed. Vasile

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Puşcaş), Editura Romania de maine, 2002

- Negotiating membership. Case study Romania, în „Europa 2002”, Ed.Europai Tanulkmanyok (Europa 2002), Alatpivany, Budapest, June2002

- „Europa 2002”, Budapest, Europai Tanulkmanyok (Europa 2002),Alatpivany, 2002,

- International Relations – updating Studies and training, Editura Semne, Bucharest, 2002- editor

- International Relations on line, Cdrom, Berlin 2002

- Central Europe since 1989, Dacia, Cluj-Napoca, 2001

- On Both Sides of the Iron Curtain (coord. P. Otu, Gh. Vartic, M. Macuc) Bucharest, Editura Militara, 2001

- On the Centenary of Ratzel’s Politische Geographic-Europe Between Political Geography an Geopolitics, Edit. de M. Antonisch Vl. Kolossov, P. Pagnini, vol. I, Societa Geografica Italiana, Roma, 2001

- Democraţia în Centrul şi Sud-estul Europei, între aspiraţie şi realitate (sec. XIX-XX), coord., Satu-Mare, 2001

- România şi viitorul Europei, (coord. A. Năstase), Ed. Monitorul Oficial, Bucharest, 2001

- European Paradigms, Edit V. Popa, C. Popeţi, Berlin, 2000

- Omagiu istoricului Ioan Scurtu (coord. Horia Dumitrescu), Editura D.M. Press, Focşani, 2000

- University and Society. A History of the Cluj Higher Education in the 20th

Century, Cluj Univ. Press, editor şi coautor (editor & co-author), 1999

- Istoria României. Transilvania, II (1867-1947), Ed. Gh. Bariţiu, Cluj-Napoca, 1999

- Basarabia şi Bucovina în jocul politic al Rusiei, Editor Puşcaş, Vasile, Nicolescu Corneliu, Cluj-Napoca, Ed. Sincron, 1998, 286p. Cuvânt înainte şi note Vasile Puşcaş (p.3-5),

- Basarabia şi Bucovina în jocul politic al Rusiei, Editor Puşcaş, Vasile, Nicolescu Corneliu, Chişinău, Ed. Prometeu, 238p, Cuvânt înainte şinote Vasile Puşcaş, (p.5-10)

- România - 1918 - Marea Unire (coord. & co-author), Cluj-Napoca, Ed. Studia, 1998

- La diplomatie de la paix en Europe (co-author), Ed. V. Popa, Beograd-Paris-Timişoara, 1998

- The Hungarians of Romania, Cluj-Napoca, Ed. FCR, Centrul de Studii Transilvane, 1996

- Les Hongrois de Roumanie, Cluj-Napoca, Ed. FCR, Centrul de Studii Transilvane, 1996

- A romaniai magyarok, Cluj-Napoca, Ed. FCR, Centrul de Studii

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Transilvane, 1996

- Maghiarii din România, Cluj-Napoca, Ed. FCR, Centrul de Studii Transilvane, 1995

- Cultură şi societate în epoca modernă, Cluj-Napoca, 1990

- România în anii celui de-al doilea Război Mondial, vol. 2-3, Bucharest, 1989

- Istoria contemporană a României – texte sociale, economice şi politice (1918-1929), Cluj-Napoca, 1989

- Bătălii în umbră, Steaua României, Cluj-Napoca, 1988

- Dezvoltare şi modernizare în România interbelică 1918-1939, (coord.) Bucharest, 1988

- Civilizaţia medievală şi modernă românească , Cluj-Napoca 1985

- Al doilea război mondial în documente şi literatură, Cluj-Napoca 1985

- Actul de la 23 august 1944 în context internaţional, Bucharest, 1984

Articles and essays 2010 - Romania and the Most Favored Nation Status (1990-1993), in Ernest H. Latham, Jr. (Editor), "US-Romanian Relations in the Twentieth Century", Presa Universitara Clujeana, Cluj-Napoca, 2010, p.357-369- Noile state membre ale Uniunii Europene şi Politica Europeană deSănătate, in “Medica Academica”, Bucharest, July 2010, p. 40-41;

- Current approaches to the European Health Policy, (with Anda Curta) in „Eastern Journal of European Studies”, Iaşi, Al. Ioan CuzaUniversity, vol.1, Issue 1, June 2010, p. 63-86

- Jean-Claude Junker, în „Foreign Policy”, an IV, nr.16, Bucharest, May-June 2010

2009

- Global Developments and the Role of the UE: An Outlook, in “ISIG Journal”, Vol. XVIII, No. 3-4, Gorizia, 2009, p. 191-197

- Building Euroregions in South Eastern Europe, in “ISIG Journal”, vol. XVIII – 1/2 , Gorizia, 2009, p. 87-95

- Vasile Puşcas, Marcela Sălăgean, Le Developpement et laModernisation de l’Universite de Cluj (1919-1944), in „Transylvanian Review”, Vol. XVIII, No.4, Winter 2009, Cluj-Napoca, Romanian Academy/Center for Transylvanian Studies, p. 46-61

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- Vasile Puşcaş, foreword to: Dilemele comunicării Uniunii Europene. Peste 50 de articole de la 50 de romîni din Bruxelles şi nu numai. Totul desprecomunicare, Uniunea Europeană şi România, coord. Dan Luca, Cluj-Napoca, Ed. QualMedia, 2009, p6-9 - Noile crize si solutii ale capitalismului, in "Foreign Policy-Romania", March-April 2009, p.67-68 2008 - La transizione post-comunista in Romania, (with Daniela Angheluţă, Dan Irimie, Marcela Sălăgean), în „Futuribili”, nr.3/2008, Gorizia, 2008,pp.123-136

- The New Europe and the Mediterranean area. Geo-economics, geo-culture and social communication, in „ISIG Journal”, Quarterly of International Sociology, vol. XVII - number 3-4, 2008,pp.149-155

2007

- Prefazione, în Giacomo Gubert, Doppia secolorizzazione: la situazione religiosa della Romania post-comunista, ISIG-IUIES, Gorizia, 2007, pp. 7-8

- Romania and Slovakia 1944-1948, in "Historicke Studie", 45/2007, Bratislava, pp. 23-32

- EU Accession Negotiations: The Case of Romania, in Transylvanian Review, vol. XVI, No.1, Spring, 2007, Cluj-Napoca, Romanian Academy/Center for Transylvanian Studies,p.34-47

2005

- Negocierea Capitolului Concurenţă, în “Profil: Concurenţa”, VIII, nr. 2, Bucharest, June 2005, p. 5-7

- Cross-border co-operation in the Balkan-Danube Area (2002-2005); Report for the Council of Europe, Conference “Rethinking cross-border co-operation in the Balkan –Danube Area”, Sofia, 2005

2004

- Europa nach der EU-Erweiterung; Dynamik-Perpectiven-Erweiterungsfähigkeit – Rumänien-Beitrittskandidat mit sicherer zeitlicher Perspektive fűr den EU –Beitritt? in „Tutzinger Blätter“, 3- 2004, pp. 17-20

- The impact of European Integration on Romania: problems andperspectives, in “EU Enlargement. Borders, Boundaries and Constraints”edited by Patrizia Messina, Policy Euronet Laboratory, University ofPadova, Dpt. of History and Political studies, July 2004), pp. 65-88

- Negotiation as a method for making Europe, in “ Gli Europei e la constituzione ci sano, a quando l’Europa/The Europeans and theConstitution are in Place – When will Europe Be?”, Ed. by A. Gasparini, Gorizia, IUIES-ISIG, 2004, p.123-138

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- Subsidiaritatea şi politica regională comunitară, in ”Regiune şi regionalizare în Uniunea Europeană”, (coordinated by Vasile Puşcaşand Adrian Ivan), Institute for International Studies, Cluj-Napoca, 2004

- Heading for the European Union, (interview with Vasile Puşcaş), in “Politique Internationale”, No 105, Paris, 2004, p. 61-72

2003

- Negocierile de aderare şi dreptul comunitar, in „Revista română dedrept comunitar”, nr. 1/2003, Ed. Universul, Bucharest, pp.11-18.

- Cross-border cooperation in Individual Border Areas (Bulgaria and Romania) pp. 91-05; Hungary-Romania pp. 123-128; Moldova-Romania pp. 139-142; Romania-Serbia and Montenegro pp. 143-150), in „Cross Border Cooperation in the Balkans-Danube Area”, Gorizia, 2003

- Spre o nouă identitate europeană – Prefaţă, in Chrristian Hen, Jacques Leonard, Uniunea Europeană, Ediţia a 10-a, Bucharest, Coresi, 2003, pp. 5-8

- Cooperazione transftrontaliera Est-est e l’allargamento dell’Unione Europea. Il caso della Romania, in „ISIG trimestriale di sociologia internazionale”, nr. 32, Gorizia, December 2003 pp. 18-19

- România şi Uniunea Europeană, in „România în contextul extinderii Uniunii Europene – Dezbaterile organizate de Institutul European din România” 2003, IER, 2003, pp. 18-23.

- The main aims are to provisionally close as many chapters as possible … and to obtain by the end of 2003 the status of functioning market economy, în „EU Monitor”, Bruxelles, April 2003, pp.7

- Il rapporto tra la cooperazione internazionale e la soveranita nazionale. Unaprocio comparativo a partire da Westfalia, in „Westfalia si complica –Organizzazioni mondiali ed individuo come produttori diglobalizzazione e riconciliazione”, Edizioni Franco Angelli, Milano,2003, pp. 107-125

- Institutional framework of the negotiation process for the accession of Romania to the European Union, in „Romania-Italia-Europa. Storia politica, economia e relazioni internazionali”, cura di FrancescoRondazzo, Edizioni Periferia, Roma, 2003, pp. 29-34

2002

- România şi Uniunea Europeană, in „Convergenţe economice în Uniunea Europeană”, Editura Economică, Bucharest 2002, pp. 15-18

- The accession negotiations of Romania to the European Union.Complexity in approaches and results, in „Euro-Atlantic Studies”, nr. 5,Centre for Euro-Atlantic Studies, Bucharest, 2002, pp. 3-10.

- New Developments at International Relations Curricula, in

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„International Relations – updating Studies and training”, Editura Semne, Bucharest, 2002

- Space and territoriality, with D. Duna, in „International Relations on line”, Cdrom, Berlin 2002

- The accession negotiations to the European Union and the Euro-Atlantic Integration, in „Romania NATO 2002”, (ed. Adrian Năstase), Bucharest, Monitorul Oficial 2002, pp. 161-178

- Negocierile de aderare la Uniunea Europeană şi procesul de integrareeuro-atlantică, in „Alma Mater Porolissensis”, III, no. 7-8, May 2002 pp. 13-18

- Politicile pentru tineret în contextul aderării României la Uniunea Europeană, in „The impact on the Educational Programmes on theenlargement of the EU”, 11th-14th of April 2002, Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Edit. AEGEE Europe

- The evolution of international relations since the Westphalia Treaty: a Diachronic Analysis, in „International Studies at the Beginning of the 21st

Century”, Edit. Vasile Puşcaş, Editura Romania de maine, 2002, pp. 11-35

- Political risk and Decision – Making (International Management), in„International Studies at the Beginning of the 21st Century”, ed. Vasile Puşcaş, Editura Romania de maine, 2002, pp. 122-143

- The Schengen Area and EU Enlargement in „International Studies atthe Beginning of the 21st Century”, ed. Vasile Puşcaş, Editura Romania de maine, 2002 pp. 258-272

- New developments of International Relations Curricula, în „International relations updating studies and training”, Black Sea University Foundation, 2002, pp. 85-97.

- Putting International Relations at work, in „International Relations –updating Studies and training”, Editura Semne, Bucharest, 2002

- Negotiation membership. Case study Romania, in „Europa 2002”, Ed. Europai Tanulkmanyok (Europa 2002), Alatpivany, Budapest, June2002

2001

- The Romanian-Hungarian Treaty (1996) and the question of national minorities, in „How Diplomacy Conceives an Achieves the protection ofCentral-Eastern Europe minorities” – ISIG Magazine, Anno IX-X No. 4 December 2000 - No. 1 Fibril 2001, Gorizia, 2001, pp. 10-15

- Europa de mâine, in „România Socială” I, No. 1, Sept. 2001, pp.66-67

- 1944-1947-From the parallel diplomacy to the diplomacy of resignation(the case of Romania’s satellisation), in „On Both sides of the Iron Curtain” (coord. P. Otu, Gh. Vartic, M. Macuc) Bucharest, Editura Militara, 2001, pp. 10-20

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- The New Political Geography of Post-Madrid Central Europe, in „On the Centenary of Ratzel’s Politische Geographic-Europe between PoliticalGeography an Geopolitics”, edited by M. Antonisch Vl. Kolossov, P. Pagnini, vol. I, Societa Geografica Italiana, Roma, 2001, pp 687-696.

- Identitatea internaţională a Uniunii Europene, in „România şi viitorul Europei”, (coord. A. Năstase), Monitorul Oficial, Bucharest, 2001, pp. 209-222

2000

- Romania and the European Integration (1990-1999), in vol. “European Paradigms”, Edit V. Popa, C. Popeţi, Berlin, 2000, pp. 273-294

- Câteva teme geopolitice privind extinderea NATO în Europa Centrală, in “România şi relaţiile internaţionale în secolul XX. In HonoremProfesorului universitar doctor Vasile Vesa la împlinirea vârstei de 60 de ani”, coordinated by Liviu Ţîrău and Virgiliu Ţârău, Cluj-Napoca, Clusium, 2000, p. 303-310

- The World War II and the evolution of the international system, in “Romanian and British historians on the contemporary history ofRomania ”, coordinated by George Cipăianu and Virgiliu Ţârău, Cluj-Napoca , Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2000, p. 31-42

- Diplomaţia multilaterală la Liga Naţiunilor şi ONU, in “Dosarele Istoriei”, V, No. 2 (42), 2000, pp. 11-15

- Războiul tuturor împotriva tuturor, in “Dosarele Istoriei”, V, No. 3 (43), 2000, pp. 57-59

- Refugiul, reorganizarea şi revenirea la Cluj a Universităţii „RegeleFerdinand I” (1940-1945, in „Omagiu istoricului Ioan Scurtu (coord. Horia Dumitrescu), Edit. D.M. Press, Focşani, 2000, pp. 530-550

1999

- Un nou NATO, in “Dosarele Istoriei”, IV, 4/1999

- A Madrid utáni Kózép-Europa politikai földraja, in “Korunk”, 1/1999, p. 87-90

- Al doilea război mondial şi evoluţia relaţiilor internaţionale, in “Dosarele Istoriei”, IV, No. 9 (37), 1999, p. 56-60

- The New Political Geography of Post-Madrid Central Europe, in “Central European Issues”, vol.5, 1/1999

- The Post-War Reorganization of the Cluj University, în University andSociety. A History of the Cluj Higher Education in the 20th Century, Cluj Univ. Press, editor şi coautor (editor & co-author), 1999, pp. 61-128

- The Institutional Structure of the Cluj University, în University and Society. A History of the Cluj Higher Education in the 20th Century, Cluj Univ. Press, editor şi coautor (editor & co-author), 1999, pp. 129-184

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- The Scientific and Didactic Activity at the Cluj University (1919-1940), în University and Society. A History of the Cluj Higher Education in the 20th

Century, Cluj Univ. Press, editor şi coautor (editor & co-author), 1999, pp. 185-284

- The Cluj (Sibiu) University (1940-1945), in University and Society. AHistory of the Cluj Higher Education in the 20th Century, Cluj Univ. Press, editor şi coautor (editor & co-author), 1999, pp. 285-298

- The Romanian-Hungarian Treaty (1996) and the National MinorityIssue. A Case Study, în "East" - Political Science Review Cluj (Electronic Journal), Issue No. 3, 1999 pp. 126-166

- România în '89: între „chestiunea germană” şi „problema panameză”, in “Dosarele Istoriei”, IV, No. 12 (40), 1999, pp. 55-58

1998

- The New Political Geography of the Post-Madrid Central Europe, in "Analele Univ. Oradea" - Seria Drept, V, 1997, p. 174-180; in "East" (Electronic Journal), Issue, No. 1, 1998

- A történelmi összetettség”-Kózép-Európában és a politikai pluralizmus esélyei, în “Korunk”, 1/1998.

- American-Romanian Relations: the Diary of an American Expert on HisJourney to Romania (1919), in "Transylvanian Review", VII, No. 3, 1998, p. 28-40

- Vocea marilor istorici, vocea naţiunii îndurerate - N. Iorga şi Gh. I. Brătianu în dramaticul consiliu de coroană din august 1940, in "Dosarele Istoriei", III, No. 12, 1998, p. 72-74

- Security Dilemas in South-Eastern Europe. The Kosovo deadly Game, in “La diplomatie de la paix en Europe – Nicolae Titulescu”, Academie Centrale Européene de science et art, 1998, Belgrad-Paris-Timişoara, 1998

1997

- Keith Hitchins – Bibliography, în “Transylvanian Review”, VI, 1/1997, pp. 103-130

- Keith Hitchins - Historian of the Central-South-Eastern European Area,in “Transylvanian Review”, VI, 1/1997, pp. 99-102

- Integrarea României în NATO - nevoia de acţiune bipartizană, in Tribuna, IX, No. 5, 29 Ian –5 Feb. 1997, p. 1-2

1996

- "The Historical Complex" in the Central Europe, in "Transylvanian Review", No. 4, 1996

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- Editorial Events: Keith Hitchins, "The Romanians, 1774-1866", in "Transylvanian Review", No. 3, 1996

1995

- “National and Territorial Conflicts in Central and Eastern Europeand the Enforcement of the Soviet Domination (1944-1947)”, in Transylvanian Review, vol. IV, No.4, Winter, 1995, Cluj-Napoca, The Romanian Cultural Foundation/Center for Transylvanian Studies, p.20-29

1992

- „Nationalization” of Defense in Central Eastern Europe, and European Security, in „Revue roumaine d’etudes internationales”, XXVI, 1, 1992

1991

- Complexul istoric şi valorile politice în Europa Central-Orientală, in„Tribuna”, 25, June 20-26, 1991

- Cartea albă a MAE a României (I-IV), in „Tribuna” 3, nr. 2, 1991 p. 8, urmare în „Tribuna” 3, nr. 3, 1991, pp. 8; nr. 4, pp.9, nr. 5, pp.9

- The Process of modernization in Romania in the inter-war period, in „East European Quaterly”, nr. 3, September 1991

1989

- The Romanian Resistance in the Territory Occupied by Horthyst Hungary, in „Studia UBB”, 34, 2, 1989

- Intellectualité roumaine- de la resistence à la révolution (1940-1948) in „Anuarul Institutului de Istorie”, Cluj-Napoca, 29, 1989

- Rezistenţa Populaţiei româneşti în teritoriul ocupat de Ungaria Horthistă, in „România în anii celui de-al doilea Război Mondial”, Bucharest, 2, 1989

- Eliberarea părţii de nord-vest a României de sub ocupaţia horthysto-hitleristă, in „România în anii celui de-al doilea război mondial”,Bucharest, 3, 1989

- Istoria contemporană a României. Texte social economice şi politice (1918-1929)- History of Contemporary Romania (Co-author), Universitatea din Cluj-Napoca Press, 1989

- Rezistenţa antihorthystă şi antihitleristă din partea de nord-vest a ţării, in „România în anii celui de-al doilea Război Mondial”, Bucharest, 3, 1989

- Procesul de modernizare în România interbelică in „Revista de istorie”,

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T 42, nr. 4 1989

1988

- Perfecţionare şi atitudini critice în sistemul politic al României interbelice,in „Dezvoltare şi modernizare în România interbelică”, Bucharest, 1988

- Surse străine despre mişcarea de rezistenţă din România, in „Bătălii din umbră”, Cluj-Napoca, 1988

- Universitatea din Cluj în serviciul naţiunii (1919-1940) Cluj-Sibiu 1940-1944, in „Anuarul Institutului de Istorie”, Cluj-Napoca, 25, 2, 1988

- Modernizing Process in Romania in the inter-war period, in „Revue Roumaine des Sciences Sociales”, 32, nr. 2, 1988

- Idealul universitar clujean interbelic in „Anuarul Institutului de Istorie”, 8, Cluj-Napoca, 1987-88

1987

- Concepţii şi modele universitare europene in „Anuarul Institutului deIstorie şi Arheologie”, Iaşi, 24/1, 1987

- Opinia României faţă de tratatele de pace de la Paris în deceniul al treilea,in „Studia UBB”, 32, 2, 1987

1985

- Proiecte de organizare a universităţii din Cluj (1919) in „Civilizaţie medievală şi modernă românească”, Cluj-Napoca, 1985

- Universitatea Daciei Superioarea în anii celui de-al doilea război mondial,in „Documente şi literatură”, Cluj-Napoca, 1985

1984

- Efectele internaţionale ale insurecţiei române de la 23 august 1944, in „Studia UBB” 29, 1984

- Efectele evenimentelor din România în Europa Est-Centrală in „Actul de la 23 august 1944 în Context internaţional”, Bucharest, 1984

- Răscoala lui Horea în presa americană, in „Anuarul Institutului de Istorie şi Arheologie” Cluj, 26, 1983-84

1981

- Idealul comunist în mişcarea muncitorească din România în perioada1918-1921 in „Studia UBB”, 26,1, 1981

- Făurirea Partidului Comunist Român, in „Crisia”, 9, 1981

- Nicolae Iorga şi istoria contemporană, in „Studia UBB”, 26, 2, 1981

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1980

- Însemnătatea şi semnificaţia înfiinţării universităţii Româneşti din Cluj,in „Studia UBB”, 25,1, 1980

1979

- Despre conceptul de revoluţie în dezbaterile teoretice din Româniainterbelică in „Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai”, Hist. 24, 1, 1979

1978

- Revoluţia de la 1848 în publicistica sălăjeană interbelică, in „Acta Musei Porolossensis”, 2, 1978

- Înfăptuirea unităţii depline a statului român- reflectare în presa românească interbelică din Sălaj, in „Acta Musei Porolossensis”, 2, 1978

1977

- Două momente din istoriografia materialist-istorică românească (1921-1944, 1944-1948), in „Anuarul Institutului de Istorie şi” Arheologie Cluj,20, 1977

- Istoriografia materialist-istorică interbelică din România şi problemele începutului epocii moderne, in „Buletin ştiinţific studenţesc”, Bucureşti 1977

- Răscoala din 1907 în istoriografia marxistă interbelică din România, in „1907-1977”, Cluj-Napoca, 1977

- Răscoala din 1907 în viziunea lui Constantin Stere , în „Almanah Tribuna”, 1977

BOOKS ABOUT VASILE PUŞCAŞ

- Dialog cu Vasile Puşcaş (By Cecilia Caragea), Cluj-Napoca, Dacia, 2002.

- Who’s Who in Romania from A to Z, http://romania-on-line.net/whoswho/PuscasVasile.htm

- Who’s Who in Romania, Bucharest, Pegasus Press, 2002,

- Grigore Arbore, Negociatorul din Esichier, in România şi iar România, Vasile Puşcaş, Cluj-Napoca, Eikon, 2008, p.291-303

- Washington – Bruxelles, via Surduc, in Constantin Mustaţă,Student la Cluj. Zboruri printre meteoriti, Cluj-Napoca, Studia, 2003, vol II, p.294-303

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- Personalităţi clujene 1800-2007, Dan Fornade, Danway Publications, 2008

- Clujeni ai secolului XX. Dicţionar esenţial, Cluj-Napoca, Casa Cărţii de Ştiinţe, 2000, p.513

Conferences

2010

- Speech on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Fulbright Programme in Romania, Bucharest, June 2010

- ”Forumul Financiar Central si Sud-Est European”, Bucharest, May 2010

- The Strategic Regions Managing the global interdependencies (case of Central Asia), The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy 2010: ”Culture, Globalization, and International Relations over the next Two Decades”, Berlin, May 2010

- Conference “Cum sa iei bani de la UE? Invata de la firmele care au primit finantare europeana” organized by Ziarul Financiar, Banca Transilvania, CEC Bank, Attorneys Bostina& Asociatii, Cluj-Napoca, April 2010

- ”Fondurile europene – Solutia Romaniei pentru iesirea din criza?”, seminar, Cluj-Napoca, April 2010

- “Şansele Romaniei de a investi in fonduri europene”,“ Petre Andrei” University, Iaşi, April 2010

- The second Foreign Policy Conference, debate “Noii paşoptişti: S-a născut generaţia care va schimba România?”, Cluj-Napoca, April, 2010

- Tratatul de la Lisabona – modificări instituţionale şi constituţionale în Statele Membre (cazul României), International Conference “România şi Uniunea Europeană în era post-Tratatul de la Lisabona – interese şi comportamente”, organized by “Babeş-Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca/Faculty of History and Philosophy/Institute for International Studies, with the support of the European Commission Representation, Cluj-Napoca, April 2010

- Romanian Health Forum, organized by Tarus Media and Medica Academica magazine, conference: Perspectives on the European Health Policies; Opportunities and Challenges for the Central European Countries, Bruxelles, April 2010.

- Romania’s experience on the route to integrating into the

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European bloc. International conference on the EU integration of the Western Balkan countries “EU enlargement, state of play”, Sarajevo, March 2010

- “Sistemul internaţional postcriză”, Universitatea “Petru Maior”,Târgu-Mureş, March, 2010

- Lecture Management of post-crisis global interdependencies, the Berlin International Economic Congress, Berlin, February 2010,

2009

- “O viziune a U.E. pentru 2020”, European communicators conference, organized by the European Commission Representation in Romania , Cluj-Napoca , December 2009

- “Negocierile de aderare la U.E.: cazul Romaniei”, Conference “Unde este România după cinci ani de la încheierea negocierilor de aderare la UE?”, organized by the Department for European Affaires and the European Parliament Representation in Romania, Bucharest, December 2009

- “Statul contemporan – atribute intr-o lume a interdependentelor globale”, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Sociology, December 2009

- Open course: “Dezvoltarea durabila”, organized byTechnical University in Cluj-Napoca: “Politicile Uniunii Europene in sprijinul dezvoltarii durabile”, November 2009

- International colloquium “Ripensado il 1989: la fine dell’egemonia sovietica in Europa orientale”/ “Regandind anul 1989, sfarsitul hegemoniei sovietice in Europa de Est”,lecture: “The Internal and International Context of the 1989 Events in Romania. Consequences”, Roma, November 2009

- “International Congress of Soft Power, Cultural Diplomacy and Interdependence”, Berlin, lecture “Intercultural communication in managing global interdependence”, November2009

- International colloquium „România după 20 de ani de la căderea regimului comunist”, lecture „Demersul privind integrarea României în U.E.”, Cluj-Napoca, October 2009

- “The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy”, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, lecture “Global Developments and the Role of the EU: An Outlook”, Berlin, July 2009

- “Public Health Policy and International Security”, Conference: „Borders and Public Health”, Gorizia, May 2009

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- “I veneti in Romania e il nuovo capitolo della cooperazioneitalo-romena aperto con l’entrata della Romania nell’Unione Europea”, lecture „L’esperienza storica della presenza dei veneti in Romania e le prospettive di sviluppo dei rapporti veneto-romeni nel contesto delle difficoltà attraversate dall’economia mondiale globalizzata“, Treviso, May 2009

- “Europa pentru oameni”, Simpozionul “Europa – traditie, solidaritate, identitate”, Iaşi, “Gh. Asachi” University, May2009

- “Europa dupa 20 de ani”, Conference organized by theEuropean Commission Representation on the occasion of the20th anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain, April 2009

- “Identitate Europeană – ce este important pentru Europa”, at the conference “Europa in schimbare: Literatura, Valori siidentitate Europeana”, Sibiu, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, March 2009

- “România şi Schimbările Climatice”, the European CommissionRepresentation, Bucharest, February 2009

2008

- “Models of trans-border planning: the EGTC as a technology for the Mediterranean”, at the International Conference „Building Euro regions in South Eastern Europe”, Gorizia, September2008

- “International institutions for achieving and preserving the worldpeace”, at the Conference „Construire la pace, Mazara delVallo, Italy, September 2008

- Regional Conference “Forward with Europe: Which way to Consensus?”, Bucharest, June 2008

- “Romania’s socio-economic development: using the opportunities offered by the European Union’s Lisbon strategy for growth andjobs”, at the conference „Aspectele socio-economice ale implementarii Programului Naţional de Reforme”, Bucharest, May 2008

- “Research and Development in Romania as a Member State of theEU”, at the conference „Cercetare – Dezvoltare – Inovare”, Bucharest, April 2008

- “Rolul NATO in Balcani”, NATO conference in South-Eastern Europe “Reconstructie si Securitate in Balcani”, Timisoara, Public Policies Institute and Royal United Service Institute for Defense and Security Studies, March 2008

- “Politica Europeana de Vecinatate – Dimensiunile ei estice siconsolidarea cooperarii in regiunea Marii Negre”, International Conference, Bucharest, February 2008

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2007

- “România 2007 – Membră al Uniunii Europene”, LARG League Conference, Berlin, December 2007

- “România si spaţiul Schengen”, „Team Europe” Conferences, the European Commission Representation in Romania, November 2007

- ”The new Europe and the Mediterranean”, at the conference„The Mediterranean as the new centre for Europe. On thewaterfront of European policies”, Italy, Gorizia, University ofTrieste, September 2007

- “Trans-border co-operation trends in South-Eastern Europe”, at the Summer school, „Technologies for Trans-borderCooperation”, University of Trieste-Gorizia, Gorizia, September 2007

- Negotiations simulation about MGOs at the Summer school Tineretul din România, “Cultura dialogului reflectată înpolitica internă şi externă”, Braşov, August 2007

- “Ce, cum, cât s-a negociat: Intrebări şi răspunsuri”, Summer school Tineretul din România, “Cultura dialogului reflectatăîn politica internă şi externă”, Braşov, August 2007

- “Dialog inter-universitar Iaşi-Cluj în procesul modernizăriisocietăţii româneşti (sfârşitul sec. Al XIX-lea – începutul sec. Al XX-lea)”, „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, Iaşi, April 2007

- “The evolutionary approach in the accession negotiations ofRomania with the European Union”, at the conference “27UP: Romanian and Bulgarian Accession and the Future of EU Enlargement”, Birmingham University, Jean Monnet Centre, March 2007

- “Politica Europeană de Vecinătate la doi ani de aplicare”, School for Administrative and Political Studies, Bucharest, February 2007

- “ROMANIA: The NEW most promising economy in CEE”, at the conference “The Euro money Central and Eastern EuropeanForum - The CEE: Separating Rhetoric from Reality”, Wien, January, 2007

2006

- “Negocierile României cu UE privind Politica Regională şicoordonarea instrumentelor structurale”, “Petru Maior”University, Târgu- Mureş, January 2006

2005

- “Negociind cu Europa”, at the conference “Dezvoltarea regională înainte şi după 2007”, Cluj Napoca, March 2005

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2004

- “The National Delegation for Negotiating Romania’s Accession to the EU”, at the conference „Learning Europe”, Dubrovnik, October 2004

- “Romania and accession negotiations with the EU”, at the conference “Romania as Future Member of the European Union”, Wien, October 15th, 2004

- “România Europeană”, at the Summer school „România Europeană”, Costineşti, August 2004

- “Progrese înregistrate de România în negocierile de aderare laUniunea Europeană”, at the conference „Europa 2007 –prezent şi viitor”, Bucharest, July 2004

- “Concurenţa în România în contextul integrării europene”, at the Conference on competition and state aid, organizedCompetition Council and Nine’ O’clock, Bucharest, June 2004

- “Rumänien – Beitrittskandidat mit sicherer zeitlicher Perspektivefür den EU-Beitritt?”, at the conference „Europa nach der EU-Erweiterung”, Tutzing, June 2004

- “IT&C, motorul diseminării informaţiilor privind acquis-ul comunitar”, at the international conference „Acquis Information Day”, Bucharest, June 2004

- “România şi Slovacia, 1940-1947”, at the sixth reunion of theCommission for Romanian-Slovakian history, Bratislava, May 2004

- “Cronologia procesului de pregătire şi a negocierilor de aderare aRomâniei la Uniunea Europeană”, at the conference „Aderarea României la UE. Bătălia cu timpul”, organized by Economic Studies Academy, Bucharest, May 2004

- “Banking on Romania”, at the conference „Banking on Romania”, Bucharest, May 2004

- “Politica Industrială şi Competitivitatea în contextul integrăriieuropene”, at the European Integration Forum, Bucharest,May 2004

- “Libertatea de mişcare a persoanelor în Europa”, at the conference „Libertatea de mişcare a persoanelor în Europa”,Oradea, March 2004

- “Impactul aderării României la UE asupra românilor din afaragraniţelor”, at the debate organized by the Social-Democratic Institute, Bucharest, February 2004

2003

- “Romania – Facing the accession to the EU. Issues and“perspectives”, at the conference „România în fata aderãrii la UE – Probleme si Perspective”, Institut für Europäische

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Politik, Berlin, November 2003

- “East – East cooperation (Romania – Bulgaria, Romania –Moldova)”, at the International Summer School on the Problems of the New Europe, ISIG, Gorizia, September 2003

- “Cross-border cooperation and the enlargement of the EuropeanUnion. The case of Romania” at the „International Summer School on the Problems of the New Europe”, ISIG, Gorizia, September 2003

- “Priorităţile României în procesul de negociere după Salonic”, at the Ithaka Foundation Conference „United Europe: one stepfurther, one step closer… to the European house” Bucharest, June 2003

- “The Preparation of the Romanian Political and InstitutionalSystem for the European integration”, at the conference “The International Relations and the Eastern border”,International Centre for Ethno-History, Palermo, June 2003

- “The Romanian – Moldavian Relations and the European Union Neighborhood Policy”, at the Civic Education ProjectConference “Romania and Moldavia on the new Geopolitical Map of the Region”, Bucharest, May 2003

- “Problematica minorităţilor naţionale în procesul integrării României în Uniunea Europeană”, at the conference„Minorităţile Naţionale, factor de echilibru democratic”, Bucharest, May 2003

- “Agricultura României, în perspectiva aderării la UniuneaEuropeană”, at the Central and South-Eastern Forum for Agriculture, Cluj-Napoca, May 2003

- “Experienţa României în îndeplinirea criteriilor politice de aderarela UE”, at the conference „Impactul aderării la UE asupra ordinilor juridice interne ale statelor candidate”, Bucharest, May 2003

- “România Europeană”, at the conference “Dialog cu statelecandidate: România”, organized by the EuropeanCommission Mission in Wien and Romanian Embassy inAustria, Wien, February 2003

2002

- “The future of the enlargement process – how flexible?”, at thefourth Annual Conference of the European Institute “FutureMembership in Future Europe”, Sofia, November 2002

- “Penser l’Europe / Să gândim Europa / Think up Europe”, organized by the Romanian Academy, UNESCO, French Institute for International Relations, National Foundation forScience and Art, Sinaia, September 2002

- “Cum se poate construi suportul public în statele UE?”, the 670th

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Wilton Park conference, Sofia, March 2002

- “A European dialogue between Romania and Germany” at the Dialogue Forum “Germania, partener al României pe drumul spre UE”, Bucharest, March 2002

- “The future of Europe – a Romanian opinion”, Berlin, March2002

- “Politicile pentru tineret în contextul aderării României laUniunea Europeană”, at the AEGEE conference, Cluj-Napoca, April 2002

- “România şi Uniunea Europeană”, at the debate organized byEuropean Institute in Romania, Bucharest, March 2002

- “Romania and structural changes”, Berlin, March 2002

- “The position of Romania on open chapters”, Institute for Public Administration, Maastricht, February 2002

- “A Romanian view on the comprehensive approach of theenlargement process”, European Academy, Berlin, February2002

- “Negocierile de aderare a României la UE, stadiul actual şiperspective”, Helsinki, February 2002

2001

- “Civil society and accession negotiations of Romania to the European Union” at the conference “EU Enlargement: Linking Civil Society, the Citizen and the State”, organizatăde The Federal Trust, Berlin, November 2001

- “Efectele integrării României în Uniunea Europeană asupra pieţeimuncii”, at the conference UNSIE, Bucharest, November 2001

- “Institutional framework of the negotiation process for theaccession of Romania to the EU”, Accademia di Romania, Rome, November 2001

- “Negocierile de aderare ale României la Uniunea Europeană”, at the conference organized by the Association „Diplomaţia” referring to the evolution of the accession negotiations to theEU, Rome, November, 2001

- “Prospects for EU candidates in South-East Europe”, the 647th

Wilton Park conference, Bratislava, September 2001

- “Schengen and its enlargement to the candidate countries”, ISIG Gorizia, September 2001

- “The enlargement of the European Union: the prerequisites forconclusion of the accession negotiations”, at the Institute for Public Administration, Maastricht, February 2001

2000

- “The Origin and the End of the Cold War. Historiography in the

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Geopolitical and Geostrategic Context”, at the international conference “New Cold War History: Theory, Methodology, Historiography”, organized by the State International Relations Institute in Moscow, Universal History Russian Institute and Russian Association for International Studies, June 2000

- “1947 – From the Parallel Diplomacy to the Diplomacy ofResignation”, at the International Conference “From One Side and Another of the Iron Curtain”, organized by the Institutefor Political Studies, Defense and Military History,Bucharest, May 2000

1999

- “Fifth international summer school – the problems of the NewEurope”, ISIG, Gorizia, September 1999

- “The Implications of the Kosovo Crisis on the New Strategic Concept of NATO”, at the International colloquium“L’allargamento a Est dell’ Allianza Atlantica. Problemi eprospettve”, Gorizia, December 1999

- “Romania and the European Integration, 1990-1999”, at the„Joint Commission of Collaboration between Romanian and Hungarian Historians “, Oradea, October 1999

- “The Evolution of the International Relations Since the WestfaliaTreaty: A Diachronic Analysis”, at the International Conference“Since the Westfalia Peace Treaty – Rethinking InternationalRelations in the Era of Globalization”, Trieste, September 1999

- “Political Risk in Decision Making”, at the International Conference “The Balkan-Danubian and Mediterranean Markets Between Political Risks and Quality Standards”, Gorizia, September 1999

- “A New NATO = A New Transatlanticism”, at the International Conference “România după Summit-ul de la Washington”, Cluj-Napoca, June 1999

- “Transylvania and the Anglo-American Negotiation Games at the End of World War”, at the colloquium “Istorici români şi britanici asupra României contemporane”, Cluj-Napoca, June1999

- “Vatican and the Post-War Anti-Communism”, at the International Conference “Biserica Română Greco-Catolică în primii cinci ani de după intrarea ei în ilegalitate, 1949-1954”, Cluj-Napoca, May 1999

- “The Geopolitical Games in the Balkans, Today”, at the colloquium “Balcanii de azi in jocul geopolitic nord-sud”, University of Banat, Timişoara, March 1999

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- “The Geopolitical Issues of Post-Washington (NATO – 1999) Central Europe”, at the International Conference “NATO in secolul XXI – O viziune strategică privind Europa Centrală”, Budapest, March 1999

1998

- “Culture and International Communication”, at the International Reunion “Cultura românească în lumea contemporană”, Braşov, June 1998

- “European Perceptions about Romania: past, present and future”,at the International Symposium “Unitatea spirituală aEuropei”, Cluj-Napoca, June 1998

- “Assessment of the Versailles System after the Second World Warand the Cold War”, at the colloquium “Sfârşitul Războiului Rece şi noua arhitectură geopolitică europeană”), Cluj-Napoca, October, 1998

- “The Romanian-Hungarian Treaty (1996) and the National Minority Issue. A Case Study”, at the Symposium “Statutul Minorităţilor în statele ICE”, Gorizia, November 1998

- “La Romania e il contesto internazionale (1958-1968)”, at the Convegno Internazionale su “Italy e Romania, 1958-1968”, Universita Degli Studi di Trieste + ARCIR + ISIG, March 1998

- “Tavola rotonda su „La storiografia in Italia a in Romaniadopo il 1989”, at the Instituto Romeno di Cultura a RicercaUmanistica di Venezia, May 1998

- International Conference „Multiculturalism în Europa Centrală”, Gdansk, 1998

- ICE Meeting for the national minorities, ISIG-Gorizia 1998

- International colloquium “Italia e Romania”, University of Trieste, ARCIR, 1998

- Romanian-Italian seminar „Istoriografia dopo il 1989”, Inst. Rumeno di Cultura, Venezia, 1998

1997

- “The New Political Geography of Post-Madrid Central Europe”, at the International Conference “Europa între geografie şi geopolitică” (IGU World Political Map Commission), Trieste(Italy), December 1997

- “The Central Europe and the Post-Madrid Concept of theEuropean Security”, at the International Conference on the European Security, Bruxelles, October 1997

- “Transylvania and Romania in the European Context, 1990-1997”, at the Summer School of the Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, July 1997

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- “Philipe Mosely and Romania”, at the second Congress for Romanian Studies, organized by the Society for Romanian Studies, Cluj-Napoca, July 1997

- “Yalta: Between the Great Powers’ Geo-policy, Geo-strategy and Central European Geo-Culture”, at the international relations colloquium “The Lessons of Yalta”, Cluj-Napoca, May 1997

- “Romania, 1948-1958 (General Report)”, at the Romanian-Italian colloquium “România-Italia (1948-1958), Gorizia, Mai 1997

1996

- “Philipe Mosely and Romania at the Peace Conference”, Simpozionul “România – Conferinţa de Pace de la Paris, 1946-1947”, Cluj-Napoca, October 1996

- “The “Historical Complex” and the Chances of Political Pluralism in Central Europe”, PER – Tg. Mureş, October 1996

- “Russia and the NATO Extension”, International Seminar organized by SNSPA and The Centre foe European Security Studies in Groeningen, Bucharest, May 1996

- “The Ethnic Minorities and the Political System in Contemporary Romania”, School of Diplomatic and International Studies, Gorizia, January 1996

- “The Political Science in Romania after 1989”, University of Trieste, January 1996

- Centre for European Groeningen, 1996

- International History Congress, Montreal, 1996

- New-York University, 1996

- EBRD London, 1996

1995

- Business Centers London, Caracas, New-York, 1995

- Annual session IMF, Washington DC, 1995

- Jerusalem University, Israel, 1995

1994

- Georgetown University, Northwood University, Institute forthe Study of Diplomacy,1994

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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONALE PROGRAMMES

Director

Programme/Project Position Period of time Accession Negotiation to the EU (1962-2007). Methods, Procedures, Perspectives, a CNCSIS project.

Director 2007

Expert

European Social Fund, Operational Sectoral Programme for Human Resources

Expert 2007-2013

Member Region and regionalization in EU and the countries of Central Europe and NATO, project financed by the Education and Research Ministry

Member 2002-2004

Cross-border Co-operation in Balkan-Danube Area (2002-2005) - Romania - Bulgaria, Hungary, Moldova, Serbia and Montenegro Project

Member 2002-2005

CNCSIS Project Type A, nr. 1508, Multi-level governance in Romania and the role of the regions

Member 2007-2008