ANALYSIS OF MARITIME SECURITY COMPONENTS FROM A REALIST PERSPECTIVE
ANALYSIS OF MARITIME SECURITY COMPONENTS FROM A REALIST PERSPECTIVE

Author(s): Ioan Crăciun, Auraș Liviu COMAN
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Politics and Identity, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: realism; maritime security; instruments of national power;
Summary/Abstract: From a realistic perspective, maritime security represents for Romania a key means of promoting the Romanian interests on the Black Sea and Danube river. In the absence of a maritime security strategy, our country can not promote the instruments of national power on Black Sea and the Danube River, as riparian states, NATO and EU often have divergent political, economic and diplomatic goals. Romania, using all instruments of national power, must reaffirm itself in the Black Sea and restore a balance of forces, and in particular to make every effort to restore a climate of mutual security and trust, while supporting the EuroAtlantic interests in region. At this time, when the political-military alliances in the region have become more and more diluted, military regional initiatives have almost been abolished (less OBSH, Turkey's maritime security operation in the Black Sea), the CSBM Initiative (Confidence and security Building Measures) and Open Sky, have become increasingly formal.

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