Sfera PoliticiiSfera Politicii (Romanian

Romanian language

Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...

 for "The Political Sphere") is a monthly political science

Political science

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 magazine

Magazine

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, published in Romania

Romania

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 since 1992. Its articles, written in both English and Romanian, deal with diverse issues in local

Politics of Romania

Politics of Romania take place in a framework of a semi-presidential parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Romania is the head of government and the President of Romania exercises the functions of head of state. Romania has a multi-party system. Executive...

 and international politics.

Sfera Politicii was founded by Stelian Tănase

Stelian Tanase

Stelian Tănase is a Romanian writer, historian, journalist, political analyst, and talk show host. Having briefly engaged in politics during the early 1990s, after the fall of the Communist regime, he has remained a leading figure of the Romanian civil society.A founding member of both the Group...

 around the Civic Society Foundation (Fundaţia "Societatea Civilă"), headed by Alexandru Paleologu

Alexandru Paleologu

Alexandru Paleologu was a Romanian essayist, literary critic, diplomat and politician. He is the father of historian Theodor Paleologu.-Biography:...

 until his death in 2005, and the Institute for Economic and Political Research (Institutul de Cercetări Economice şi Politice, ICEP).

Notable contributors

• Daniel Barbu
  Daniel Barbu
  Daniel Barbu is a Romanian political scientist, publisher, essayist, journalist, and professor at the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Political Science. The head of the Research Institute at the University of Bucharest, and former dean of the Faculty, he was also director of Realitatea...
  
  
• Romulus Brancoveanu
• Pavel Câmpeanu
• Daniel Chirot
• Adrian Cioroianu
  Adrian Cioroianu
  Adrian Mihai Cioroianu is a Romanian historian, politician, journalist, and essayist. A lecturer for the History Department at the University of Bucharest, he is the author of several books dealing with Romanian history...
  
  
• Denis Deletant
• Anneli Ute Gabanyi
  Anneli Ute Gabanyi
  Anneli Ute Gabanyi is a Romanian-born German political scientist, literary critic, journalist, and philologist, especially known for her research on the society and culture of the Cold War period in Romania and the Romanian Revolution of 1989...
  
  
• Eduard Hellvig
  Eduard Hellvig
  Eduard Raul Hellvig is a Romanian politician and journalist. From 2004 to 2008, he was a deputy for Bihor County representing the Conservative Party and then the National Liberal Party , also serving as a Member of the European Parliament during 2007 .Born in Zalău, Hellvig graduated in Political...
  
  
• Gail Kligman
• Alexandru Paleologu
  Alexandru Paleologu
  Alexandru Paleologu was a Romanian essayist, literary critic, diplomat and politician. He is the father of historian Theodor Paleologu.-Biography:...
  
  
• Cristian Pârvulescu
• Stelian Tănase
  Stelian Tanase
  Stelian Tănase is a Romanian writer, historian, journalist, political analyst, and talk show host. Having briefly engaged in politics during the early 1990s, after the fall of the Communist regime, he has remained a leading figure of the Romanian civil society.A founding member of both the Group...
  
  
• Vladimir Tismăneanu
  Vladimir Tismaneanu
  Vladimir Tismăneanu is a Romanian and American political scientist, political analyst, sociologist, and professor at the University of Maryland, College Park...