ROMANIAN ARMED FORCES A DECADE AFTER NATO ACCESSION. AN INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE
ROMANIAN ARMED FORCES A DECADE AFTER NATO ACCESSION. AN INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE

Summary/Abstract: On March 29, 2004, Romania became a full member of the North-Atlantic Alliance. This decade of Romania’s membership to NATO has meant not only efforts made by Romanian Armed Forces, but also notable results achieved during the not an easy process of adapting to the Alliance norms and values. The pre-accession, accession and, subsequently, the integration stages were possible through an appropriate conceptual and functional adaptation, directed to the legislative harmonization, the reform in the field of human resources, the dynamic of information exchange, the modernization of military logistics, as well as the ratification and implementation of the Allied standards in order to achieve the doctrinal and operational interoperability. In addition, membership to the North Atlantic Alliance has been fully covered by a coherent and rigorous process of national defence capacities development and by an active and credible commitment to the collective effort. Thus, the fulfilment of the commitments assumed in NATO’s defence planning process, the endowment of national forces, their operationalisation and their affiliation to the Allied headquarters, the modernization of command, control and communications or the participation in multinational initiatives represent some facets of the efforts made for defence capabilities development. The fact that, starting as early as 1991, Romania participated with over 40,000 troops in all NATO theatres of operations, in the assessment/ certification or crisis management exercises, and the military representation at NATO Headquarters level and at the other strategic level headquarters give substance to Romanian contribution to the Alliance’s efforts.

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