Still Talking Past Each Other: Romanian-Russian Relations

Author(s): Simona R. Soare
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 125
Pages: 14-18
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2013

The Romanian-Russian relationship can be characterized as functioning according to a strained dynamic, which occasionally escalates to outright tension. This dynamic is the product of deep historical and geopolitical factors. The gradual normalization of their bilateral relationship is proving a slow and difficult process due to mutually hostile perceptions and seeming politically-incompatible national interests.

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