The minimum you must know

Romania was a socialist republic until 1989 when democracy took hold following a revolution. There have been democratic elections there ever since. However, a recent presidential election was successfully contested and annulled, and subsequent one scheduled for May 2025 because of supposed foreign intervention.

Romania became a member of the European Union around 2007 and therefore NATO. The country borders Ukraine, and shares the Black Sea with Ukraine and Russia. Therefore, Romania is strategically very important to the security competition between NATO and Russia that this writer hopes is currently being resolved.

Romania took in millions of refugees from Ukraine at the start of the Ukrainian and Russian incursions. Consequently, the country housed countless Russian and Ukrainian-speaking people, and transported many more to surrounding nations. Romania therefore has a substantial national interest in a quick resolution to the Ukrainian matter, to return settlers to their homeland, and encline European countries to maintain open borders to one another.

Current President Klaus Werner Lohannis has been a staunch proponent of peace. He patterned "peace" very eloquently at the United Nations. Romania is publicly a very calming and peaceful influence on all alliance countries.

Romania is at peace with all other countries.