Iulian Toader
Iulian Toader is a young career diplomat with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania where he works on arms control and non-proliferation issues. He is also an independent researcher, interested primarily in Cold War History and American Foreign Policy. Iulian holds a PhD in International History from the University of Bucharest, and he has recently published his thesis on Romania’s involvement in the negotiations for the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE). During his doctoral studies, Iulian was a Fulbright Fellow at American University’s School of International Service. He enjoys travelling and exploring new places and cultures.
less
InterestsView All (28)
Uploads
Books
Pentru a-și boteza roadele muncii de negociere, diplomații de la CSCE au împrumutat termenul de „Act final” de la iluștrii lor predecesori întruniți în Congresul de la Viena în urmă cu 160 de ani. La Helsinki nu s-a pus însă capăt niciunui război și nu s-au redesenat frontiere între statele europene. Nici nu s-a dansat vals, așa cum își petreceau serile după sesiunile de negocieri diplomatice pleiada de oameni de stat cu titluri nobiliare reuniți la Viena să stabilească o nouă ordine în Europa după tumultul războaielor napoleoniene. CSCE a lăsat totuși o moștenire bogată în istoria diplomatică europeană, mai puțin apreciată de contemporani, dar prețuită de generațiile viitoare.
Papers
The multilateral framework of CSCE and MBFR represented for the Romanian diplomacy both an opportunity and an instrument to assert itself on the international arena. Consequently, the officials from Bucharest elaborated an ambitious agenda for the negotiations, reflecting their antihegemonic vision on international politics. They perceived the bipolar hegemony of the Cold War as the main threat for Romania’s security and sovereignty. To hamper the Great Powers’ domination, the leadership in Bucharest promoted an idealistic vision of the European security in which all states should cooperate on an equal basis, regardless of their socio-political system. To overcome the political, military, and economic division of the European continent, a new system of relations between states had to be created in order to assure the peaceful coexistence in Europe and to remove the spheres of influence by simultaneously dissolving the military alliances.
This article concludes by arguing that the counterhegemonic vision of the Romanian communists has imposed serious limitations on Romania’s conduct during the preliminary negotiations for CSCE and MBFR. The Communist regime defined Romania’s national interest not in connection with the aspirations of its own people, but by taking into account the consequences of the bipolar hegemony for Romania’s sovereignty, and consequently for the survival of the regime itself.
Blog posts
Book Reviews
Thesis Chapters
Pentru a-și boteza roadele muncii de negociere, diplomații de la CSCE au împrumutat termenul de „Act final” de la iluștrii lor predecesori întruniți în Congresul de la Viena în urmă cu 160 de ani. La Helsinki nu s-a pus însă capăt niciunui război și nu s-au redesenat frontiere între statele europene. Nici nu s-a dansat vals, așa cum își petreceau serile după sesiunile de negocieri diplomatice pleiada de oameni de stat cu titluri nobiliare reuniți la Viena să stabilească o nouă ordine în Europa după tumultul războaielor napoleoniene. CSCE a lăsat totuși o moștenire bogată în istoria diplomatică europeană, mai puțin apreciată de contemporani, dar prețuită de generațiile viitoare.
The multilateral framework of CSCE and MBFR represented for the Romanian diplomacy both an opportunity and an instrument to assert itself on the international arena. Consequently, the officials from Bucharest elaborated an ambitious agenda for the negotiations, reflecting their antihegemonic vision on international politics. They perceived the bipolar hegemony of the Cold War as the main threat for Romania’s security and sovereignty. To hamper the Great Powers’ domination, the leadership in Bucharest promoted an idealistic vision of the European security in which all states should cooperate on an equal basis, regardless of their socio-political system. To overcome the political, military, and economic division of the European continent, a new system of relations between states had to be created in order to assure the peaceful coexistence in Europe and to remove the spheres of influence by simultaneously dissolving the military alliances.
This article concludes by arguing that the counterhegemonic vision of the Romanian communists has imposed serious limitations on Romania’s conduct during the preliminary negotiations for CSCE and MBFR. The Communist regime defined Romania’s national interest not in connection with the aspirations of its own people, but by taking into account the consequences of the bipolar hegemony for Romania’s sovereignty, and consequently for the survival of the regime itself.