NCJ Number
238678
Journal
Internal Security Volume: 3 Issue: 1 Dated: January - June 2011 Pages: 91-96
Date Published
2011
Length
6 pages
Annotation
This article discusses the Balkan national security.
Abstract
The matters of the Balkan national security are attracting more and more scientific attention. Complexity of the region inevitably leads to cultural tensions and complications, especially after all the changes of the last decades. Several significant changes of the Romanian borders were connected and therefore are still associated with fear and insecurity. Impoverished souls were ready to die for their Motherland although the nation got accustomed with its marginal situation and lost the sense of historical destiny. Seeing no real friends but the Black Sea Romania still perceives vincinity of Russia as its major threat. NATO membership significantly improved the feeling of security among certain parts of the Romanian population simultaneously introducing evident paradoxes. Deep understanding of the region's complex nature lead to a cautious diplomatic position on participation in the conflict in Kosovo as encouragement given to ethnic demands of segregation leads to a situation when a minority acts like an oppressive majority, once it achieves the position of power. On the other hand, organized criminal groups and juvenile antisocial behavior together with weak system of justice became one of the main reasons France and Germany declared themselves against Romania´s membership in the Schengen system. The authors hope that the Romanian authorities will react to it as efficiently as they did at the international level. (Published Abstract)