| Lieutenant-general (ret) Associated Professor Constantin MINCU, Ph.D*
Abstract In the last twenty-four years, the world has entered a dangerous state of geopolitical unrest, generating global chaos. Numerous political and military analysts from Romania and from NATO and non-NATO member countries almost unanimously agree that phenomena such as the resurgence and extreme aggressiveness of historical fundamentalism, the emergence of new holders of nuclear weapons in some dictatorship states and culminating, in the most dangerous way possible, with the political, propagandistic and military aggression of the Russian Federation: Georgia – 2008, Ukraine – 2014, through the annexation of Crimea, the brutal invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 (there are already 4 years and 3 months of cruel and violent war resulting in the destruction of entire settlements, especially in the eastern half of Ukraine and with tens of thousands of victims among civilians and military personnel). On this date (25.05.2026) the war continues with maximum ferocity from Russia, directly threatening peace in Europe and throughout the world. To complete the picture, on January 21, 2025, Donald Trump, an old friend of Russia since 1997 and a loyalist of Putin since 2000, returned like a storm to the White House, as the 47th President of the USA. This was followed by attacks on NATO, criticism and punishment of the EU (huge customs duties), the launch of attacks against Iran in February 2026, the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, irrational territorial claims on Canada, Greenland, the State of Panama, Cuba and Venezuela (the list goes on). At this moment (May 2026), European leaders, but also those of Romania, seem paralyzed, seem completely overwhelmed by the situation and without solutions. Keywords Russian Federation, USA, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, Ukraine, war, chaos, satellite communication systems. DOI 10.56082/annalsarscimilit.2026.2.23 *Entitled member of the Academy of Romanian Scientists, member of the Honorary Council of the Academy of Romanian Scientists, Vice President of the Military Sciences Section, phone: 0722303015, email: mincu_constantin@yahoo.com, secretariat@aosr.ro, 3 Ilfov Street, 050044, Bucharest, Romania. |
PUBLISHED IN Annals Academy of Romanian Scientists Series on Military Sciences, Volume 18 no 2, 2026 |
