Great Powers Competition in Moldova
... unfavourable economic context, as well as the lack of direct access to the Black Sea. For the EU and NATO, the results of the recent elections should, in theory, lead to a rapprochement, but in practice Transnistria and Gagauzia will hinder the most ambitious ... ... account and the rebirth of a Greater Romania seems unlikely. Russia has a strategic interest in increasing its influence in Moldova by integrating Chisinau into the EEU and the CSTO, but this would encourage other Black Sea countries such as Georgia to draw even closer to the western world. Moreover, the ...
27.11.2020