Research Catalog

Title

Romania's strategic culture, 1990-2014 : continuity and change in a post-communist country's evolution of national interests and security policies / Iulia-Sabina Joja ; with a foreword by Heiko Biehl.

Author

Joja, Iulia-Sabina

Publication

Stuttgart : ibidem-Verlag, [2019]

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Additional Authors

Biehl, Heiko

Description

216 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.

Summary

"Analysis of strategic culture facilitates a comprehensive understanding of a nation's security identity and patterns of policy conduct. Though strategic culture changes over time, why and how these mutations take place has not been researched much so far. This book sheds light on the reasons why specific features of a country's strategic thinking remain rigid while others transform. The national strategic cultures of post-communist Eastern Europe have been exposed to a panoply of shocks and shifts. Romania's communist regime cultivated a uniquely thorny relationship with the Soviet Union, which facilitated the development of a national security narrative legitimizing a highly isolationist foreign policy. These factors have heavily weighed on Romanian post-communist strategic thinking and complicated the transition process. At first glance, Romania went through an astonishing adaptation to novel security challenges. Ultimately, however, its traditional national strategic thinking remained in some ways constant. Core features of Romania's strategic culture--such as the state-nation constellation--were the most resilient to change. In contrast, the intermediary features--such as the understanding of security and role conception--as well as outer layers--such as the foreign policy orientation and guidelines to using force--of strategic culture were more prone to influence by shocks, shifts, and norm entrepreneurs"--Back cover.

Series Statement

Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society (SPPS) ; vol. 202

Uniform Title

Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; 202.

Subject

• Since 1989
• Diplomatic relations
• Politics and government
• Romania > Foreign relations > 1989-
• Romania > Politics and government > 1989-
• Romania

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Foreword -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Aim and Envisioned Contribution -- Structure -- Concepts and Methodology : Strategic Culture in Terms of Components, Subject and Method of Analysis, Form, Dimensions, and Explanatory Model -- Strategic Culture : Term Definition, Conceptual Delimitation and Methodological Issues -- Concept Evolution -- Concept Definition -- Methodology -- Strategic Cultureʼs Components : Identity, Norms, Culture -- Identity -- Norms -- Culture -- Strategic Cultureʼs Subject of Analysis : Security Discourse -- Strategic Cultureʼs Method of Analysis : Discourse Analysis -- Strategic Cultureʼs Form : Strategy -- Strategic Cultureʼs Analytical Framework : Dimensions -- Change Conceptualization in Strategic Culture : Developing a New Explanatory Model -- The Conceptualized National Identity of Romania -- The Concept of Nation : A Never-Ending Quest -- The Formative Moments -- The Search for Identity -- The Dichotomic Images of the State -- The Westernists and the Autochthonists -- The West as Romaniaʼs Touchstone -- Romaniaʼs Two Possible Paths -- The State as Insurance for the Nation -- Attachment Dimensions of the Nation : Patriotism and Cohesion -- Conclusion -- Romaniaʼs Understanding of Security -- The First Discursive Period 1848-1879 : Uncertain Status -- Insularity -- The Second Discursive Period 1878-1918 : Seeking Legitimation and Avoiding Isolation -- Reluctant Neutrality -- Role Consolidation -- Between Balancer and Irredentist -- The Third Discursive Period 1919-1945 : Identity Fulfillment -- Romaniaʼs External Projection : Status Quo and Insularity -- Romaniaʼs Internal Projection : Westernism and the Modernity Project -- Europe as a Partner -- The Fourth Discursive Period 1946-1989 : The Invertion of Romaniaʼs Security Understanding -- The Communists' Struggle for Legitimacy -- "Otherness" in Romaniaʼs Security Understanding -- Romanian Communismʼs Nationalism and Militarism -- The Romanian Revolution : A Discourse in Itself -- Conclusion -- Romaniaʼs Role Conception : National Strategic Documents 1990-2014 -- Methodology and Criteria of Analysis -- 1990-1995 : Romania in the Grey Area -- 1996-1999 : Romania in Transition -- 2001-2004 : Romania in NATO -- 2005-2009 : Romania in the EU -- 2010-2014 : Romania in Search of a New Paradigm -- Conclusion -- Romaniaʼs Foreign Policy Orientation -- The Europeanization of Romanian Foreign Policy Discourse -- Europeanization : Delimiting the Terms and Understanding the Process -- The Europeanization of Romanian Foreign and Security Discourse : From Start to Stop -- The Atlanticization of Romanian Foreign Policy -- In Search of a New Paradigm -- Conclusion -- Strategic Culture and the Use of Force -- Security Concerns : Unchallenged and Unchanged Perceptions -- Instruments of Foreign and Security Policy : Traditional Understanding of Security and Defense -- The Role of the Armed Forces in Romanian Society : Trusted Institution and Diplomatic Instrument -- Political Elites and Defense Policy : Unenthusiastic Relationship -- Non-governmental Actors in Defense Policy Decisions : Scarce and Insignificant -- The Use of Force : Freedom of Action and the Quest for Affirmation -- The Romanian Armed Forces Abroad : Public Diplomacy and the Quest for Recognition -- The New Expeditionary Roleʼs Legitimation : Not a Tool of National Interest -- Romaniaʼs Involvement Abroad Before the Ukrainian Crisis : Drifting Towards Indifference? -- Conclusion -- Conclusions -- The Conceptualization of Change in Strategic Culture : Model Development -- Findings on Romanian Strategic Culture 1990-2014 : Assessment of Change -- Strategic Cultureʼs Core : National Identity -- Strategic Cultureʼs Intermediary Layer : Security Understanding and Role Conception -- Strategic Cultureʼs Hull : Foreign Policy Orientation and Use of Force -- Future Evolution and Predictability of Strategic Culture -- Limits and Research Areas -- Bibliography.

Call Number

JFD 20-1452

ISBN

• 9783838212869
• 383821286X

OCLC

1078891162

Author

Joja, Iulia-Sabina, author.

Title

Romania's strategic culture, 1990-2014 : continuity and change in a post-communist country's evolution of national interests and security policies / Iulia-Sabina Joja ; with a foreword by Heiko Biehl.

Publisher

Stuttgart : ibidem-Verlag, [2019]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society (SPPS) ; vol. 202

Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; 202.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Chronological Term

Since 1989

Added Author

Biehl, Heiko, writer of foreword.

Research Call Number

JFD 20-1452