ROMANIA AND THE TRANSNISTRIAN WAR
ROMANIA AND THE TRANSNISTRIAN WAR

Summary/Abstract: The intrastate ethno-politic conflict, as an evolution specific to the ex-Soviet space, has generated international interest in terms of historiography and political science through its regional, geostrategic implications. These studies and analyzes focused on the main role played by Moscow in the apparition and support of the separatist/secessionist entities and the geostrategic motivations. Romania’s involvement in the conflict resolution process throughout its carrying out offers the possibility of extending analyzes also to the state actors not directly involved in the conflict, but which are interested in these developments. Romania’s efforts and participation in the quadripartite mechanism of the Transnistrian conflict settlement (March 2nd − July 21st 1992) were, therefore, the subject addressed in this study. In-depth understanding of the Romanian state’s positioning against the war and of the limits of action involved a contextualization regarding the foreign policy of post-communist Romania towards the Republic of Moldova and the relations of the Romanian state with Russia.

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