The security issues and negotiations concerning the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict
The security issues and negotiations concerning the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict

Author(s): Eduard Ţugui
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Geopolitics, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: IDIS VIITORUL Institutul pentru Dezoltare şi Initiative Sociale
Keywords: Security issues; Transnistrian conflict; Moldova; Romania; Russian support; Military policy;
Summary/Abstract: The military-strategic security issue represents the great unknown in the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict. When the negotiation agenda was established in the "5 + 2" format, on April 18, 2012, the security issues were camouflaged in the untouched "basket 3", according to the philosophy of "small steps" which does not allow complex discussions on military security. Recent events in the eastern part of the European continent where Russia and the Euro-Atlantic community are involved in the re-drawing of the European security architecture, Russia's intention to liquidate the expired ammunition stored in Cobasna, the tensions related to the non-signing of the Bratislava Protocol, or the "powerful autonomy" announced by President Igor Dodon for 2020, all of these issues demand an increased attention towards the security regime in the eastern part of the Republic of Moldova.

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