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Professor in IRT and Geopolitics , Ph.D. in Political Sciences (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences), DrSc in Strategic studies (Military Academy G.S. Rakovski, Sofia, Bulgaria). Prof. Kanchev has published more than 10 monographs among them: Why Russia does not purshue a Western-Style Democracy, 2008; Strategic Stability, 2014; Strategic Rivalry in the Beginning of the 21-st Century, 2018, etc.
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Papers by Rumen Kanchev
Khirurgii͡a, 2013
After the introduction of minimally invasive operative techniques in the surgery of organs locate... more After the introduction of minimally invasive operative techniques in the surgery of organs located in body cavities, extensive work has been done in the last five years with respect to their application in thyroid gland surgery as well. In 2011, 406 patients underwent thyroid surgery at the Department of Surgery, Kaspela General Hospital for Active Treatment EOOD - Plovdiv. The study involved 48 of these patients, chosen at random and divided into two groups (A-minimally invasive thyroidectomy (MIT) - 26 patients, and B - minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy (MIVAT) - 22 patients). All patients included in the study were selected on the basis of presence of one or more indeterminate nodules (fine needle aspiration biopsy - FNAB) sized up to 3.5 cm, with normal size of the thyroid gland up to 20-25 cm2, detected by preoperative ultrasonography. The study excluded patients with recurrent goitre, malignant disease of the thyroid gland and evidence of preoperative radiation t...
OALib, 2016
This article analyses the situation since the annexation of Krim by current leadership in Kremlin... more This article analyses the situation since the annexation of Krim by current leadership in Kremlin. It presents some possible scenarios of further development of Russia-Ukraine relations. The paper also analyses contemporary Russian foreign strategy towards the World of the Western Liberal Democracies.
Croatian International Relations Review, 2007
After thefa!! of the Berlin wall and the deep economic and political transformations the Balkans ... more After thefa!! of the Berlin wall and the deep economic and political transformations the Balkans seemed to be taking a different turn. While the Central and East European countries were working hard to integrate with the West, the Balkans were graduallyfalling into an ever deeper crisis which no one seemed to be able to prevent. It is difficult to explain why this had to happen here or was it the fault of the people living here and why all these people had to go through so much suffering, killing each other. losing one S family and finally, having an international tribunal for some of them.
More broadly, the confidence of the post-Cold War era…has been much diminished, with a so-called ... more More broadly, the confidence of the post-Cold War era…has been much diminished, with a so-called 'democratic recession', the global erosion of democratic norms and the rise of authoritarianism. In some respects, NATO's political role more closely resembles the pre-1989 period when it was a bulwark of democracy against an authoritarian challenger."
Books by Rumen Kanchev
Bulgaria and the World, 2021
Khirurgii͡a, 2013
After the introduction of minimally invasive operative techniques in the surgery of organs locate... more After the introduction of minimally invasive operative techniques in the surgery of organs located in body cavities, extensive work has been done in the last five years with respect to their application in thyroid gland surgery as well. In 2011, 406 patients underwent thyroid surgery at the Department of Surgery, Kaspela General Hospital for Active Treatment EOOD - Plovdiv. The study involved 48 of these patients, chosen at random and divided into two groups (A-minimally invasive thyroidectomy (MIT) - 26 patients, and B - minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy (MIVAT) - 22 patients). All patients included in the study were selected on the basis of presence of one or more indeterminate nodules (fine needle aspiration biopsy - FNAB) sized up to 3.5 cm, with normal size of the thyroid gland up to 20-25 cm2, detected by preoperative ultrasonography. The study excluded patients with recurrent goitre, malignant disease of the thyroid gland and evidence of preoperative radiation t...
OALib, 2016
This article analyses the situation since the annexation of Krim by current leadership in Kremlin... more This article analyses the situation since the annexation of Krim by current leadership in Kremlin. It presents some possible scenarios of further development of Russia-Ukraine relations. The paper also analyses contemporary Russian foreign strategy towards the World of the Western Liberal Democracies.
Croatian International Relations Review, 2007
After thefa!! of the Berlin wall and the deep economic and political transformations the Balkans ... more After thefa!! of the Berlin wall and the deep economic and political transformations the Balkans seemed to be taking a different turn. While the Central and East European countries were working hard to integrate with the West, the Balkans were graduallyfalling into an ever deeper crisis which no one seemed to be able to prevent. It is difficult to explain why this had to happen here or was it the fault of the people living here and why all these people had to go through so much suffering, killing each other. losing one S family and finally, having an international tribunal for some of them.
More broadly, the confidence of the post-Cold War era…has been much diminished, with a so-called ... more More broadly, the confidence of the post-Cold War era…has been much diminished, with a so-called 'democratic recession', the global erosion of democratic norms and the rise of authoritarianism. In some respects, NATO's political role more closely resembles the pre-1989 period when it was a bulwark of democracy against an authoritarian challenger."
Bulgaria and the World, 2021