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Rivalitate și confruntare geostrategică între Est și Vest în timpul Războiului Rece. Comportamentul geopolitic al României
Rivalry and geostrategic confrontation between East and West during the Cold War. Romania’s geopolitical strategy

Author(s): Constantin Hlihor
Subject(s): Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism, Cold-War History
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Cold War; Romania; Soviet Union; United States of America; geopolitics; misperceptions; shocks theory;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to provide a view on the Romanian's communist regime activity on the international stage, in the context of the geostrategic rivalry between the U.S.S.R. and the United States. The author emphasizes the way the rivals perceive each other military, political, economic power, the grounds of confrontation and especially the two superpowers’ attitude towards their allies. Also, the research focuses on those events in which Romanian communist leaders took domestic and international policy decisions, in direct relation to the perception or error of perception of geopolitical developments arising from the geostrategic rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States of America.

  • Issue Year: XXX/2022
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 11-40
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: Romanian