Mission Accomplished? Comparing the Strategic cultures of the United States and Romania (1990–2024)
Mission Accomplished? Comparing the Strategic cultures of the United States and Romania (1990–2024)

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to analyze the alignment of Romanian and American strategic cultures in the post-Cold War period. It looks at the evolving nature of Eastern Europe’s security dilemma, the growing security consolidation between the us and Romania, and the economic and political connections that have facilitated the strategic partnership between the two countries. The article is split into three chronological periods: 1990–2004, marked by Romania’s difficult path towards joining America’s security infrastructure, 2004–2016, when Romania became one of the more reliable nato allies the us could count on, and 2016–2024, when in spite of an increasingly contradictory us foreign policy, Romania proved to be able to navigate the uncertainty, in a further display of the growing alignment of Romanian and American strategic cultures.

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