Open AccessThe Main Measures Adopted by Romania between 2000-2007 to achieve the Strategic Objectives (Accession to the EU and NATO)
Author(s) -
Marius Trăistaru
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the romanian economic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2286-2056
pISSN - 1454-4296
DOI - 10.24818/rej/2021/80/06
Subject(s) - accession , romanian , legislature , government (linguistics) , terrorism , order (exchange) , political science , politics , economic security , economic policy , european union , international trade , economics , economic growth , linguistics , philosophy , finance , law
This study aims to reveal to what extent the strategic development objectives of Romania (accession to theEU and NATO) have determined changes in the security policy of Romania between 2000 and2007.The paper will demonstrate how the security measures adopted by Romania (including in the fightagainst terrorism) have influenced the economic development of the country. There are numerous debates inthe literature that discuss the links between economic development and security (political, economic ormilitary). This study adds to the literature an empirical analysis of a country considered not under a directthreat to security in the region.The research follows a descriptive analysis of the measures in the legislative,institutional and operational areas taken by the Romanian government in the period 2000-2007 in orderto reach the start-up objectives (of accession to the EU and NATO). The paper intends to show thatthese measures taken by Romania did not represent only military and security objectives, but theyconstituted a platform for the economic development and had economic consequences.