THE THREE SEAS INITIATIVE- A NEW ROLE FOR ROMANIA?
THE THREE SEAS INITIATIVE- A NEW ROLE FOR ROMANIA?

Summary/Abstract: The Three Seas Initiative Summit, which took place in Bucharest in the past week, was a good opportunity for Romania to enhance its regional role as a decision-maker, as well as a security provider. After its accession to NATO and the EU, this is the first considerable step that Romania makes in the direction of connecting several ties on security, defense, energy policy and trade, on a regional level. By stepping in in the first reunion of this kind, Romania has taken a leading role in establishing a network of communication and cooperation with the region’s countries, aiming thus to coalesce all efforts towards a single goal. Although an impressive mission, it is also a very difficult one, as it is hard to establish whether the country has enough resources to pool towards such an effort in the long term. Therefore, the aim of the present paper is to asses Romania’s role in the Three Seas Initiative, as well as the resources and instruments available in that regard on a national level, notwithstanding the importance of the mission the country has engaged in and the international potential it looks forward to achieving.

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