ROMANIA – MODERATING THE POWER EQUILIBRIUM IN THE WIDER BLACK SEA REGION Cover Image

ROMANIA – MODERATING THE POWER EQUILIBRIUM IN THE WIDER BLACK SEA REGION
ROMANIA – MODERATING THE POWER EQUILIBRIUM IN THE WIDER BLACK SEA REGION

Author(s): Marius Pricopi
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Geopolitics, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: equilibrium of power; Romania; the Wider Black Sea region;

Summary/Abstract: A guiding principle in international relations for the past three centuries, the balance of power has become today a sub-systemic concept. Based on the analysis of the interests and the relations of power established in the Black Sea area, this study argues that, in such a difficult and complex space, stability can be achieved only through a realistic adjustment of the different interest belonging to the involved actors. Attempting to transform this region into a stable and prosperous one, Romania must first balance these interests, thus acting like an authentic moderator of the power equilibrium in the Wider Black Sea Region.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 30
  • Page Range: 17-24
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English