EDITOR’S NOTE

Abstract

The third issue of Strategic Impact journal, no. 96/2025, is dedicated to contemporary challenges and developments in the field of security and strategic studies. This edition brings together contributions addressing subjects of major relevance for the current international security environment, including regional security communities and NATO eastern flank dynamics, the role of civilian infrastructure and engineering governance in NATO military mobility and collective defence preparedness.
In addition, under the rubric Strategic Dialogue, we have the honour to publish an interview with Major-General Constantin Nicolaescu, the Chief of Staff of HQ Multinational Corps South-East, on leadership and resilience on NATO’s Eastern Flank. This issue also introduces a new rubric, Research Outputs, presenting a summary of the Strategic Evaluation 2024, authored by cdsss team of researches.