POLITICAL-MILITARY LEADERSHIP AND MILITARY COMMAND IN THE WARSAW TREATY ORGANISATION
POLITICAL-MILITARY LEADERSHIP AND MILITARY COMMAND IN THE WARSAW TREATY ORGANISATION

Summary/Abstract: The present article tackles the issue of political-military leadership and military command within the Warsaw Treaty Organisation (WTO). In this regard, starting from the main aspects included in the founding treaties of the two political-military organisations that dominated the international scene during the Cold War – NATO and WTO, some similarities and differences between the two organisations are presented. Moreover, the two statutes – in peace and in war time, which formalised the main command and control bodies in the WTO, are discussed with reference to the context in which the need for their development and adoption arose. Last but not least, the position adopted by Romania, as a WTO member state, in relation to the command and control mechanisms is reviewed, a position appreciated by researchers in the field as an important contribution to the WTO becoming a modern, mature and multilateral organisation.

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