Romania's foreign policy towards the wider Black Sea area in the aftermath of the 2007 EU-accession: a by-product of exogenous influences, colliding interests and energy rivalries

Abstract

This paper aims to uncover and assess the impact, the nature and the magnitude of exogenously articulated influences in the formulation and development of Romania's foreign policy deliverables engulfing the Wider Black Sea Area during the first years of the post-EU accession period (2007-2010). In this context, the document will put an emphasis on the overlapped pattern of influences -shaped by EU, US and Russia- and which played a key role in the development of the regional geometry in terms of security, political and economical outcomes.