Romania’s relationship with the Middle East: a perspective

Abstract

The current decade is characterised by transitional movements globally and regionally. Nowadays, we are witnessing the beginning of the transition period from a unipolar world under the American aegis to a multipolar world still in formation. In this context, it becomes necessary to know and develop the relationship with geopolitical spheres other than the one established in the last three decades, namely the Euro-American one. It is advisable for Romania to assert a pragmatic and independent position in international relations, without neglecting its Euro-Atlantic status. In engaging with the Middle East region, a win-win relationship can emerge, according to bilateral interests. In this context, the paper reiterates that in the past decades, Romania has followed not only its own interests, but also pragmatism in relations with the Near/ Middle East space. In short, Romania’s position towards global changes must be one of openness relative to the dynamism of power circles, in the hope that the multipolar balance will lead to the realisation of joint projects of the partner states, without antagonising each other as in the unipolar model.