ROMANIA’S COOPERATION WITH THE COUNTRIES IN THE WIDER BLACK SEA REGION. ROMANIA-BULGARIA RELATION IN THE CONTEXT OF REGIONAL COOPERATION
ROMANIA’S COOPERATION WITH THE COUNTRIES IN THE WIDER BLACK SEA REGION. ROMANIA-BULGARIA RELATION IN THE CONTEXT OF REGIONAL COOPERATION

Summary/Abstract: The article present an assessment of the key challenges and opportunities for cooperation between Romania and the countries of the Wider Black Sea Area, highlighting some prospects to strengthening it. The geostrategic space in which Romania is placed offers plenty of opportunities for cooperation and for the development of concrete projects, in the political, economic, cultural and energy fields. However, to ensure the stability and security needed by everyday life, it is important to increase confidence among the countries in the region. To this end, focusing on Bulgaria, I analyze Romania’s political-military relations with the countries in the region, both in large formats, within international organizations and in bilateral formats, in order to identify those areas of interest that could provide mutual benefits. Given the financial and economic crisis that affect the defence budgets of all countries in the region, some models of cooperation based on the principle of “pooling and sharing” might be considered for their economic efficiency.

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