“Medium and small powers are increasing the sophistication of their tools across the spectrum of infrastructure diplomacy, albeit sometimes without as much publicity. Romania, one of the largest economies of NATO’s eastern flank, is such an example.”

While most of the literature on infrastructure diplomacy is focused solely on China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a geopolitical landscape in which supply chains and critical systems interconnect us across cultural and ideological divides, states all over the world practice expanding their diplomatic toolbox to include more strategic infrastructure projects. Discreetly, and in a tense region, Romania is one of them.

Continuarea, aici.