REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA: Dilemmas In Chişinău. GUAM, Europe and the new trends in regional security policy
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA: Dilemmas In Chişinău. GUAM, Europe and the new trends in regional security policy
Author(s): Nicolae ChirtoacăSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Societatea Academică Română (SAR)
Keywords: Republic of Moldova - Romania's joining of NAT; GUAM - Georgia; Ukraine; Azerbaijan; Moldova
Summary/Abstract: The shift of NATO borders on the Prut River after Romania became a full member in 2003 has not led to any visible changes of Moldovan official attitude toward the outside world. It has neither changed the regional balance of powers, which has been perpetuated in this region of Europe for the last ten years. Not much happened at domestic level either. The fact that the borders of the North Atlantic Alliance are only 100 km away from Chişinău does not seem to affect in any significant way the polarized politics of Moldova, considering that the territory laying East of Dniestr is being de facto controlled by Russian troops together with paramilitary troops of the breakaway regime in Tiraspol.
Journal: Policy Warning Report (PWR)
- Issue Year: 2005
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 33-40
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
