The Post-War Relations Between Romania And The World’s Great Powers

Abstract

Romania, has always been an interesting country and disputed over by western and eastern powers,also due to its geographical position. This did not change even when Romania was an independent state.Although at one time an autarkic development was pursued under communism, this was practicallyimpossible. Necessary was to develop relations with various partners, mostly important economic forces: theWest, China, the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA). After 1990, Romania was the mostuncertain country in the former communist bloc regarding its way to building a better social and economicfuture. In 1991, Romania was the only one that concluded an agreement with Moscow by which it practicallyaccepted a position of subordination, while the other states firmly required the European structures to specifythe conditions for their accession and integration. With a delay of several years Romania as well started theaccession process trying hard to make up for the lost time. This paper analyzes the positions taken by theRomanian authorities of those times for the development of diplomatic relations with these economic powers.

Keywords

• national economy
• Romania
• CMEA
• international relations
• the European Union