The Rebirth of Romanian Geopolitics after the Cold War
The Rebirth of Romanian Geopolitics after the Cold War

Summary/Abstract: Geopolitics, as a contested scientific discipline, emerged in Romania during the inter-war period, but the instauration of the Communist regime and the remembrances of the German imperialism during WWII made this a forbidden field for the researchers. After the 1989 Revolution, Geopolitics has been discovered both at the academic level and at the political-strategically one, producing not only an abundant literature but also many think-tanks, academic programs and specialized journals. In spite of the fact that its scientific status is still under controversy, Geopolitics tends to replace the vacuum left by the poor development of the International Relations theory with the academic domestic arena. Romania’s position in relation with the great powers and the neighboring states, the national identity, but also European and Euro-Atlantic integration have been frequently analyzed using geopolitical frameworks. Geopolitics, which brought many foreign models, especially from the Western Europe and USA, generally emphasized the material aspects of the international relations and suggested deterministic causality, largely ignoring non-material, socio-psychological factors like ideas, norms and values.

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