Romanian Armed Forces Transformation Process - The Core Issue of the National Military Strategy Towards NATO Integration

Abstract

Adapting to the changes that occurred in the strategic environment after the end of the Cold War and in order to solve its security needs Romania's fundamental national interest is to join NATO the single structure capable of providing guarantees for peace and stability in its regional area of interest. To achieve this interest Romania started to implement a comprehensive reform process in all domains of national power - political economic military and psychological. In the military realm the main policy by which the reform is applied is the transformation of the Armed Forces. Through this process Romania aims to create a compact efficient and flexible military force that is fully capable of meeting its national security needs and NATO's expectations as a full Alliance member. This paper analyses Romania's objectives for its Armed Forces transformation envisages ways and means leading to their achievement and recommends a possible option that can be considered.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 19, 2004
Accession Number
ADA423971

Entities

People

  • Nicolae-stefan Z. Ciocoiu

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Business Administration
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Systems Analysis and Design