Information and Personal Freedom: Individual Informational Security
This analysis examines the tension between the need for collective security and the right to privacy, exploring the concept of individual informational security in the digital age.
U.S. Department of Energy Policy in the field or Rare Earth Elements
posted in: Archive, Geopolitics, Number 1, Volume 5
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Rare earths elements are widely used in the construction of car engines, in electronics, military and nuclear industries. They represent the raw materials for high-technologies, especially IT, lasers, etc. Ever since October 2010, the US Congress has been supporting companies through a loan guarantee program, to relocate their mining activities and production of Rare Earth Elements in the US.
PSYOPs: The Symbiosis of Strategic Intelligence and Psychological Influence in Modern Conflict
posted in: Archive, Intelligence, Number 1, Volume 5
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This article aims to systematically investigate and articulate the constitutive relationship between the strategic intelligence cycle and the efficacy of modern Psychological Operations (PSYOPs). It posits that contemporary PSYOPs represent a sophisticated operational application of intelligence, whose value as a non-kinetic force multiplier is intrinsically dependent on the depth of psychological, cultural, and social understanding of the target audience.
Attitudes and Values in Local Public Administration – The Need for National Security – The Positioning of Intelligence Services
Objectives: To analyse the link between public attitudes in local administration and the redefinition of national security in post-communist Romania (2000-2006).
Methods: An interdisciplinary approach combining quantitative analysis of national surveys (the PHARE-FMAPL project), qualitative focus groups, and legal-doctrinal analysis of security frameworks.
AI as an Analytic Force Multiplier: Opportunities in Intelligence Agencies
posted in: Archive, Information science, Number 1, Volume 5
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Intelligence agencies have always been shaped by technologies that expand what can be collected, processed, and understood about the world. In the contemporary intelligence environment, the defining constraint is not scarcity of information but abundance: persistent surveillance, expanding sensor networks, proliferating digital communications, and the explosive growth of open-source data have created “data deluge” conditions in which human attention becomes the limiting factor. This article surveys major uses and applications of AI in intelligence agencies across the intelligence cycle (collection through dissemination), highlights representative public programs (especially in geospatial intelligence and language technologies), and evaluates governance and risk-management challenges – such as bias, transparency, security, and the dangers of automation-driven error propagation – drawing on official frameworks and peer-reviewed research.
Romania’s Geopolitical Position Between the Two World Wars (1919–1940): Security, Revisionism, and the Collapse of the Versailles Order
Romania emerged from the First World War as a substantially enlarged state – “Greater Romania” – whose strategic priorities were shaped by the postwar settlement and by the vulnerabilities created by expansion itself. The central geopolitical problem of the interwar period was how to defend new frontiers in a region where multiple neighbors regarded the Versailles-era territorial order as illegitimate or reversible. This article argues that Romanian interwar geopolitics was dominated by (1) the imperative to preserve the post-1918 territorial settlement; (2) the construction of a “status quo coalition” through regional alliances and collective-security diplomacy; and (3) the gradual erosion of that system under pressure from revisionist states and the reordering of Europe by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, culminating in Romania’s forced territorial concessions in 1940.
Geopolitical Use of Rare Earth Elements
posted in: Archive, Geopolitics, Number 4, Volume 4
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Dobrescu, Emilian M. (2025), Geopolitical Use of Rare Earth Elements, Intelligence Info, 4:4, 44-50, https://www.intelligenceinfo.org/geopolitical-use-of-rare-earth-elements/ Abstract Specialists have been studying rare earth elements for about three decades because of their unusual properties which highly recommend their use in the economic and scientific environment. Rare Earth Elements are used to produce wind generators, electronic parts and assemblies, metal separators, motors, clutches and other auto parts, lifting and extraction devices. Very few people know that REE are used to produce components … Read More
Potential of Reserve and the Recycling of Rare Earths
posted in: Archive, Geopolitics, Number 3, Volume 4
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In 2011, there were over 312 exploration projects of REE deposits reviewed on the planet, involving over 202 companies of very diverse class from about 34 countries. Essential today in green technologies, based on rare metals is gallium, used to make LEDs, as well as indium, used for LCD type screens (liquid crystal display). Indium is also used for the construction of new generation photovoltaic panels (CIGS)
Shadows of Influence: Vera Atkins and the Gendered Ethics of Espionage in WWII—A Critical Review of William Stevenson’s Biography
William Stevenson’s biography Vera Atkins. Povestea celei mai importante agente secrete originare din România din al Doilea Război Mondial offers an in-depth exploration of one of the most significant, yet underrepresented, figures in the history of WWII espionage. Born in Romania as Vera Maria Rosenberg, Atkins rose to prominence within the British Special Operations Executive (SOE), playing a crucial role in coordinating sabotage and resistance efforts across Nazi-occupied Europe. This review examines Stevenson’s methodological approach, utilizing recently declassified intelligence files and interviews with Atkins’ contemporaries, shedding light on both the human and operational dimensions of Allied intelligence.
Geopolitical Realities and Digital Futures: Technological Challenges and Opportunities for the European Union
posted in: Archive, Information science, Number 2, Volume 4
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The European Union (EU) faces significant technological challenges and opportunities within the current geopolitical landscape, characterized by heightened international competition, strategic alliances, and growing concerns about economic security. The EU has always strived to create a unified, technologically advanced society that embraces innovation and efficiency. Technological resources are crucial for stimulating economic growth, improving the quality of life, and maintaining global competitiveness. However, achieving such goals within a multi-state political entity like the EU brings distinct challenges and opportunities.