THE GENERAL STAFF – ARCHITECT OF THE ROMANIAN ARMED FORCES TRANSFORMATION –
THE GENERAL STAFF – ARCHITECT OF THE ROMANIAN ARMED FORCES TRANSFORMATION –

Summary/Abstract: After the disappearance of the bipolar world, the direct threats to the security of the European states have diminished, which has led to dealing with the threats as closer to their outbreak as possible. This state of play has meant an increase in the number of missions in which the forces of the European states have been deployed in areas of conflict in the Middle East, Asia, Africa as well as in the Western Balkans. The author points out that, until the last decade of the 20th century, the traditional threats mainly consisted in territorial disagreements, ethnic and cultural disputes or competitions for gaining access to resources, while today, besides the fact that these threats have not lost their relevance, other types of threats have occurred, such as: terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, emergence of non-state actors or asymmetric threats, violation of human rights and failing states.

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