There is still enough space on the globe for everyone to live in peace.
Kaplan said namely that they also sho.
At that time I drew the attention of the leaders of Romania as well as those of Central Europe to what Robert D.
During the first decade after 1989 Europe and the world were horrified by the ethnic and religious violence in the Balkans and Kaplan warned regional and European leaders not to succumb to historical Political ghosts such as those that troubled the South-East of the continent.
Kaplan s famous book Balkan Ghosts 1993 .
The main message of that volume was inspired by Robert D.
More than two decades ago I published a volume Pulsul istoriei n Europa Central The Pulse of History in Central Europe 1998 in which I tried to explain why is history so important for defining the identity of the nations of Central Europe.
Only weak Political and state leaders always see a danger in everything around them and seek to save themselves by means of their attachment to certain one-way conjuncture structures of power sacrificing the opportunities for long-standing partnerships that could be achieved through sincere and systematic cooperation.
On the other hand we wished to focus on the fact that the peoples of this part of Europe should equally relate in a constructive way to the local continental and global context.
All the above have been intentionally sensitized by the undisguised politicization proposed by some parties cultural groups public figures in search of electoral glory and power built on the skeletons of the past. in order to allow an interdisciplinary analysis combining the historical facts approach and elements of knowledge and understanding of contemporary phenomena.
This volume presents the opinions of several experts in the fields of historiography sociology law Political science and international relations etc.
Hence the need to come to the general public with historiographical or social sciences opinions that provide readers with support for the rational thinking too.
While professional historians have addressed these issues in small conferences or specialized publications the so-called journalistic history has only emphasized aspects that newsrooms or broadcasting circles considered to correspond to the market demand .
And the environment for receiving such opinions has been largely polluted by the intensification of the populist nationalist xenophobic politicized discourse having proliferated in the European public space and especially in the Central South East European area.
The Trianon topic has been aggressively brought into discussion challenging the historical moments under consideration and puzzling the news media consumers most particularly those of the social media.
A Century from the completion of the Great Union of Romania 1918 was also celebrated.
During the previous years many authors wrote about the Centenary of the Outbreak of the First World War 1914 and the end of the conflict 1918 .
The initiative to publish this volume is a response to the interest shown by scholars and by public opinion with regard to the debating in the mass media of the Trianon Treaty 1920 topic.
Historical contemporary phenomena and processes are being inquired in order to find explanations at actual facts and serial reconstructions to indicate the near future at least.
The international crises that tend to succeed in an increasing short time frame are relativizing the mathematical models of forecasting.
This is the reason why every person may feel the need to decode the evolution paths as quick and extensive as possible.
Isn t it wiser to reconcile with history s verdict and get along with each other David Prodan Transylvania and Again Transylvania 1992 Mankind witnessed in the last decades not only the complexity of the world but also the particularly high speed in which the social events unfold.
On the contrary.
And in order to lighten the road ahead we do not need to mystify the past.
We are the largest and the most solid people in this Southeast Europe for us not to look towards the future with confidence.
There is still enough space on the globe for everyone to live in peace
