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    The AI Ethics and Integrity Officer (AEIO): a new guardian for human rights and responsible AI governance
    (Universul Juridic Publishing House, 2025-09-23) Crisan, Daniel Alexandru
    The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) necessitates the creation of a specialized governance role to ensure ethical integrity and human rights compliance. This paper proposes the establishment of the AI Ethics and Integrity Officer (AEIO) as a dedicated oversight figure within both public and private entities utilizing AI technologies. The AEIO would serve as a generator of good practices and a guardian for AI ethics, fulfilling three key responsibilities: (1) reviewing and advising on all AI-related activities to align with ethical and legal standards; (2) ensuring organizational compliance with human rights frameworks and industry regulations; and (3) overseeing whistleblower channels while reporting severe or repeated infractions to the appropriate authorities. Methodologically, this paper examines existing AI governance frameworks, evaluates gaps in ethical oversight, regarding how the AEIO could reinforce accountability, transparency, and public trust. The findings highlight the necessity of a structured, independent role to mitigate AI-related risks and promote responsible innovation. This study concludes that the institutionalization of the AEIO would enhance ethical governance, safeguard fundamental rights, and foster a more sustainable and equitable AI ecosystem.
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    Smart borders and digital corridors for ensuring security in NATO-oriented border areas: the Romania–Moldova–Ukraine case
    (SNSPA - Faculty of Public Administration, 2026-07-06) Vrabie, Catalin; Serdyuk, Sergey; Babin Anatoly; Bulgar, Hilarion
    Objectives of the study: This paper examines how smart border concepts and digital corridor architectures can enhance border security, regional resilience, and sustainable mobility in the Romania–Moldova–Ukraine border region. It aims to demonstrate how geospatial and data interoperability standards aligned with NATO norms and the EU INSPIRE directive enable harmonized spatial data management supporting both defense and civilian applications. Prior Research: The paper builds on recent European initiatives in smart border management and geospatial data integration, including the EU Smart Borders package, INSPIRE implementation experiences, and NATO geospatial standards (NGMS, DIGEST). The study builds on previous work on geospatial interoperability and the application of digital twins in cross-border management. Methodology: A comparative case study method was used, combining spatial data analysis, policy review, and system architecture assessment. The study is based on publicly available datasets, defense geospatial frameworks, and documentation from pilot projects in the Danube region and the Eastern Partnership. Findings: The findings demonstrate that harmonized GIS infrastructures and cyber-resilient data exchange platforms can significantly improve situational awareness, operational coordination, and logistical efficiency. Digital corridors connecting border control nodes and regional transport infrastructure facilitate dual-use (military-civilian) mobility, enhance emergency response, and enable integrated monitoring of flows between jurisdictions. The analysis also places the Romania–Moldova–Ukraine corridor in the context of the broader Three Seas Initiative, highlighting its role in connecting the transport, energy, and digital networks of Central and Eastern Europe, as well as in enhancing the interoperability of NATO and EU infrastructures. Conclusions and Significance: The study offers practical recommendations for policymakers, defense planners, and regional authorities seeking to implement interoperable and secure border management systems compliant with NATO and EU standards. Scientific Value: The paper presents a strategic model for smart border management that integrates defense preparedness and sustainable development. It demonstrates how geospatial harmonization and digital interoperability can transform border regions into resilient, data-driven security and mobility ecosystems.
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    Marginalised Zones As Statistical Instruments To Navigate Permacrisis Impacts In European Regions
    (Hellenic Association of Regional Scientists, 2025) Lincaru, Cristina; Tudose, Gabriela; Grigorescu, Adriana; Pîrciog, Speranța; Stroe, Cristina
    In the context of overlapping and interrelated crises—economic, ecological, social, and geopolitical—European regions are confronted with new governance challenges. Marginalised zones, often treated as residual spaces in policy discourse, must be reimagined as analytical and governance instruments in the transition toward sustainability and territorial resilience. This article explores how marginalised areas can be conceptualised and operationalised through spatial statistical methodologies and policy frameworks that support just transition processes. Drawing on a critical review of empirical studies and strategic European and Romanian documents, we synthesise the main tools used to identify territorial disparities, such as Principal Component Analysis (PCA), clustering algorithms, fuzzy logic, spatial econometrics, and machine learning. We confirm that these methods allow for more nuanced territorial diagnostics and typologies, which are essential for evidence-based and place-based policies. The article advances a transdisciplinary framework that repositions marginalised zones as strategic levers in adaptive territorial governance. Ultimately, we argue for a paradigm shift: from periphery to policy, where marginalised regions evolve from passive recipients of aid to active instruments of just transition.
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    Forum: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: What Did We Miss?
    (Oxford Academic, 2023-05-10) Mahon, Anastassiya; Pearce, James C.; Korobkov, Andrei; Gabdulhakov, Rashid; Gozalishvili, Nino; Topuria, Revaz; Stercul, Natalia; Văcărelu, Marius
    This forum focuses on the overlooked areas of the moment surrounding the nature and progression of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. It brings together scholars of different disciplines, backgrounds, and locations to provide analyses of the Russian aggression from varying perspectives such as history, law, military studies, politics, and media and communications, to name a few, encouraging the authors to focus on intricacies to deliver a deeper analysis of the invasion. Each author offers a unique take on the analyses of the past and present. The forum has two aims. First, the collection raises the question "What did we miss?" and it aims to highlight the lack of attention by Western scholars to Russian perceptions of Western threats and the concerns of former Soviet countries regarding Russia's aggressive foreign policy. Second, the forum intends to start a conversation on different non-Western perspectives of thinking about the Russian invasion. The forum covers the events of the period from the beginning of the invasion up to July 2022, with some post-revision comments in the introduction and conclusion mentioning the events up to February 2023.