Politica de securitate şi aparare a României între atlantism şi europenism
The Security and Defence Policy of Romania between Atlantism and Europeanism

Summary/Abstract: This paper attempts to make a brief assessment of Romania’s parallel processes of integration within NATO and EU-ESDP using as a compass the competitive/complementary dynamic between Europeanism and atlanticism, as well as Romania’s manifest preferences regarding national security and defence. The first part will track the evolution of the accession processes, of the initiatives and reforms put into place on Romania’s behalf in order to comply with euro-Atlantic standards. Next, the NATO-ESDP relationship will be viewed from a conflictive perspective, holding a central focus on the internal crisis generated by the Iraq war. Romania’s options will be explained with the help of two concepts from the Theory of International Relations, the Security Dilemma and Bandwagoning, while at the same time the events and processes that occurred from 2003 to the present day will be closely analyzed. Romania’s involvement in the Iraq war and the political fruit derived from it shall constitute the topics of the final chapter.

• Details
• Contents