Browsing by Author "Lozovan, Corina"
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- America’s 2024 election and Europe’s Middle East dilemmaPublication . Lukacs, Nils; Lozovan, Corina
- The 5G conundrum amid geopolitics and security in EuropePublication . Lozovan, CorinaThe 5G network is the latest generation of wireless technology, representing an upgrade in the digitalrevolution. Although it is supposed to bring tremendous benefits for both enterprises and consumers, it hasstarted to be perceived as a critical infrastructure, becoming one of the most significant fields of competitionamong global powers. Hence, 5G should be seen in the context of a more geopolitical world order causedby the rise of China as a global technology leader. With a focus primarily on Europe and its 5Gimplementation process, this paper aims to understand the core stakes in the 5G debate. The first part of thepaper focuses on the 5G divergent strategy on Huawei in a fragmented Europe. The current debate on 5Gwill determine Europe’s alliance with the United States and its relation with China. The second part of thepaper examines the 5G implementation process in Portugal, a member of the European Union stillcooperating with Huawei. The last part of the paper considers the geopolitical and security implications ofhaving a 5G network dominated by Huawei.
- A vision of modernity: narratives of historical (dis)continuity in OmanPublication . Lozovan, CorinaBe it in academic publications, official speeches or ordinary narratives, the history of Oman and the foundations of its modern nation-state usually appear as a continuous teleological process. The dichotomies such as tradition vis-à-vis modernity and darkness versus enlightenment (or nahḍa) are articulated into a narrative of progression and transformation. This article aims to understand the conception and experience of these notions by looking at how the construction of history and its temporality follows an ethos of continuity. It examines if the vision of modernity selected and incorporated in the national narrative of building a peaceful Oman and creating an Omani identity anchored on Ibadi values is sustainable in the long term. In this process, the Omani citizen emerged, part of the modern citizenship process that requires creating bonds of aggregation through national identity and the relationship between people and state. Finally, the article focuses on the tensions that arise from the way modernisation is framed in the historical trajectory of the state-building, nowadays going through leadership changes and transitioning to a post-oil era.