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THE PICTURE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE
THE PICTURE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE

Author(s): Teodor Badiu
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Security and defense, Military policy, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: balance of power; Southeastern Europe; NATO; geostrategy; threats, security;

Summary/Abstract: Considering the global evolutions and the constant (sometimes, even radical) changes that we are witnessing, we notice that interactions between different civilizations create a true “domino effect”, having more negative connotation than constructive one. But when we talk about Eastern Europe, the historical track reveals the struggle of powers to challenge and counteract opponents’ ability to gain advantages, a situation/process that after 1945 specialists defined as balance of power. So that, detailing the situation in the Southeastern Europe, we will notice how actors such as the Russian Federation, Turkey and the US, are trying to use this area to balance each other and to promote themselves globally in the international anarchic system. Secondary actors, such as Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Serbia and the Republic of Moldova, are trying to participate in this international game with the intention of stabilizing and returning to the path of normality, although even between them, they try to make a demarcation between chaos and stability in the Southeastern Europe.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 68+69
  • Page Range: 18-31
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English