Trinomial Instrumentation: Romania’s Quest for International Legitimacy and Representativeness

Abstract

The present interdisciplinary research attempt proposes, by appealing to the usage of a diachronic and hermeneutical grid, to
highlight and to stance the conceptual-axiomatic instrumentation pertaining to the Romanian post-communist foreign policy, portraying,
synthetically and thoroughly, the trinomial doctrine, consubstantial to the entire foreign policy strategy outlined at the governmental level.
Within such a referential optics, we intend to punctually present, without claiming to be exhaustive, the trilateral format crystallized in the
international relations spectrum, revealing the peremptory characteristics specific to the ,,openness to the world dictum “, the ,,concentric
circles doctrine” and the ,,axis policy via Washington-London-Bucharest”. Synthetically, the trinomial instrumentation advocates for
Romania’s legitimacy, representativeness, ubiquity in the external dimension, propelling it on the decisional arena of the international
community. The novelty element that the paper proposes lies in the insertion of a distinct methodology based on a psycho-cognitive
approach, having as a unit of analysis the sum of beliefs, perceptions, axiological and normative codes in shaping preferences, options
and foreign policy decisions. Integrally, the paper is configured as a diachronic and radiographic incursion at the level of Romania’s
external trajectory, revealing a distinguished conduct imprinted by the complexity and substance of a trinomial instrumentation.