ROMANIA AND THE GREAT POWERS DURING WORLD WAR I. A HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL SYNTHESIS
ROMANIA AND THE GREAT POWERS DURING WORLD WAR I. A HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL SYNTHESIS

Summary/Abstract: OUR ARTICLE IS A SHORT ANALYSIS OF ROMANIA'S RELATIONS WITH THE TWO ALLIANCES OF WORLD WAR I, MAINLY WITH THE ENTENTE. WE TRIED TO EMPHASIZE THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE ROMANIAN FOREIGN POLICY, USING SOME IMPORTANT CONCEPTS BELONGING TO THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS’ FIELD. ROMANIAN KINGDOM HAD TO BEHAVE AND PERFORM AS AN INDEPENDENT AND RESPECTED ACTOR IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA. STATES TEND TO FULFILL THEIR FOREIGN POLICY GOALS EITHER CONSOLIDATING THEIR OWN INTERNAL CAPABILITIES, EITHER BY JOINING THE ALLIANCE SYSTEMS. THEREFORE, THE DECISION MAKERS FROM BUCHAREST HAD TO STRENGTHEN THE MILITARY TRAINING AND TO IMPROVE THE SUPPLY WITH WAR MATERIAL, WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION. IN TERMS OF PARTICIPATION IN THE WAR, THE ROMANIAN AUTHORITIES SHOULD HAVE CHOSEN THE ALLIANCE THAT SUPPORTED THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ROMANIA’S NATIONAL INTEREST. THE NATIONAL INTEREST INVOLVES THE PERPETUATION OF STATE, THE THE TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF THE STATE BUT ALSO MAINTAINING THE STATE INDEPENDENCE SO IT ENJOYS PRESTIGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE. ALSO, AS RATIONAL ACTORS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, THE STATES ARE PURSUING A POLICY DESIGNED TO MAXIMIZE THEIR ADVANTAGES.

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