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Results.
Conferences
Summary: This study constructed an analytical framework for assessing state's external
capacity, based on a six-factor index comprising both hard and soft elements of power
(namely, 1. size and geographic location, 2. economy, 3. military, 4. historical experience and
culture, 5. domestic institutional capacity and expertise, 6. membership in international
organizations). The study investigated afterwards how the image of Romania is perceived in
the neighbourhood, namely in the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine (external perceptions),
and in Romania itself (internal perceptions), according to each of the aforementioned
factors. The study includes at the end 3 sets of policy-recommendations from each of the 3
countries: Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Romania.
The study can be accessed here [.pdf file]
Study on “Romania’s actorness in the immediate eastern
neighbourhood (external and internal perceptions)”
Published:
Cristian Nitoiu & Teodor Lucian Moga (2020) "Change and continuity in Bulgaria and Romania’s foreign policies post-EU
accession", European Politics and Society, DOI: 10.1080/23745118.2020.1729053
In review:
Teodor Lucian Moga, Bureiko Nadiia, Simionov Loredana (forthcoming) "(De)constructing Romania’s foreign and security
narratives towards its immediate eastern neighbourhood".
Teodor Lucian Moga, Nadiia Bureiko, Alexandra Gheorghiu, Bogdan–Constantin Ibănescu (forthcoming) "Testing a Six-Factor
Model on Perceived State Power and Influence: the Case of Romania"
Papers
Graphs with the external public perceptions on Romania's foreign
and security capacity (views from Ukraine and the Republic of
Moldova)
Summary: To observe Romania's actorness in the eastern neighbourhood we conducted nation-wide questionnaire-based
surveys both in Ukraine and in the Republic of Moldova. The surveys were conducted by two contracted companies (one for
Ukraine, one for the Republic of Moldova) in August-September 2019 and were based on a representative quota sample. The
sample size for Ukraine included 2000 participants, while for the Republic of Moldova the sample size included 1212 participants
from both rural and urban areas; the sample size respected gender, age, and regional breakdown of the population in each
country. The survey questions (identical for each country) were grouped around six main sections corresponding to each of the
factors, which, according to our analysis, shape a country’s external profile, namely: size (surface and population) and
geographic location; economic weight; military capabilities; historical experience and culture; domestic institutional capacity and
expertise; membership in international organizations.
The study can be accessed here [.pdf file]