Romanian Diplomacy around the Second World War

Abstract

The consequences of the rivalry between the winning and the losing powers of the First World War would become more acute at the end of the fourth decade of the 20th century in the context of the obvious revengeful tendencies of Germany and its acolytes to the expense of maintaining a climate of peace and international security. The Romanian diplomatic circles were forced to undergo endeavors and specific actions in order to obtain, from the powers which guaranteed the „Versailles system” increased guarantees for the protection of our independence and integrity in the new international context, actions which were doomed to fail given the peaceful and non-confrontational tendencies of France and England; thus, Romania had to elaborate a new approach in regard to economic and political-diplomatic relations.