Romania and Euro-Atlantic Integration

by Ionescu, Mihail E.; Treptow, Kurt W

• ISBN13: 9789739839242
• ISBN10: 973983924X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-03-08
• Publisher: Center for Romanian Studies

Summary

This volume bring together Romanian and American specialists and practitioners to assess the current stage of Romania's integration into the Euro-Atlantic alliance from the perspective of the political strategies it has adopted and military issues it has addressed. The book is divided into two parts reflecting these twin foci. In the first section, Romania's overall Euro-Atlantic strategy and regional security situation are assessed along with the policies formulated to deal with them. American contributors include Daniel N Nelson of Old Dominion University, Joseph Harrington and Scott Karns of Framingham State College. The second section of Romania and Euro-Atlantic Integration focuses on military and civil-military components of integration. Romania's alternate model of implementing civil-military reform is evaluated in comparison both to the predominant model employed in the region and to the actual experience of the countries undergoing similar reforms.

Author Biography

Dr. Kurt W. Treptow was director of the Center for Romanian Studies.

Table of Contents

Romania and Euro-Atlantic Integration: Introduction	p. 7
The Alliance at Fifty: A Conservative Defense of NATO	p. 11
Romania's Ouestpolitik: Bucharest, Europe, and the Euro-Atlantic Alliance, 1990-1998	p. 25
Key Elements of Romania's Security Strategy	p. 47
Ensuring and Strengthening Regional Stability	p. 65
Romania's Defense Policy and Regional Cooperation for National Security	p. 73
Building a Government-Opposition Consensus in the Field of Security Policy	p. 83
The Role of the President in Romania's Approach to NATO Integration	p. 91
The Role of Parliament in Foreign Policy and Security Policy: An Opposition Viewpoint	p. 103
Parliamentary Control over the Military	p. 112
Reform of the Romanian Armed Forces: Modernization and Interoperability	p. 120
Defense Planning for 2010	p. 133
The Interoperability of Romania's Armed Forces	p. 143
The Costs of the Reform of the Romanian Armed Forces	p. 157
The Stages and Perspectives of the Strategic Partnership between Romania and the United States	p. 171
National Security and Ethnic Relations	p. 187
Experiencing Multi-Cultural Organization: The Case of Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca	p. 192
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