Teodor Lucian Moga
Biographic Data
| ID | 4151992 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Teodor Lucian Moga |
| GIVEN NAMES | Teodor Lucian |
| FAMILY NAME | Moga |
| SIGNATURE | MOGA T L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Alexandru Ioan Cuza University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0514-6717 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
How to dodge EU compliance while pledging commitment – Georgia’s pseudo-hedging between 2022 and 2024
This article examines Georgia’s foreign policy from 2022 to 2024. The relevance of this topic is given by the window of opportunity for the association trio (Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine) to begin European Union accession talks following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. However, Georgia’s application for EU membership, culminating in the awarding of candidate status in December 2023, has merely provided a compliance illusion. Paradox…
Ambitions yet unrealized: Romania’s status and perceptions from the immediate eastern neighbourhood
As Romania has recurrently indicated in recent years that the main external objective is to consolidate the country’s profile in the region and, in particular, in its immediate eastern neighbourhood, this article explores Romania’s regional status and argues that, despite Romania’s aspirations of a higher status in its foreign outlook, externally, the country has so far only displayed a ‘small power’ behaviour. To study Romania’s status, the arti…
Testing a Six-Factor Model on Perceived State Power and Influence: The Case of Romania
This study seeks to invigorate research on state power and influence by focusing on external perceptions. To this end, we quantitatively operationalised a refined theoretical model indicating the potential factors that determine a state’s perceived power and influence in two steps. First, we constructed a model based on a six-factor index comprising both hard and soft resources of power. Second, we applied this factorial taxonomy to our country c…
Growth and convergence in Eastern Partnership and Central Asian countries since the dissolution of the USSR—embarking on different development paths
The relevance and impact of the EaP in Moldova: Why local perceptions matter
Constructing Romania’s foreign policy and security role in its eastern neighbourhood: The cases of Moldova and Ukraine
Acknowledging the changes that have occurred over the past years in the geopolitical milieu of Eastern Europe, this paper looks at how Romania frames its foreign policy and security role towards its eastern neighbours, as reflected in the country’s official discourse. This study shows how Romania’s external behaviour has been impacted at the discursive level by membership in NATO and the EU. While it finds that a congruence between public discour…
Between the Home and Kin-State: Self-Identification and Attachment of Ukrainians and Romanians in the Ukrainian-Romanian Borderland of Bukovina
This paper explores the two most relevant minority groups living on the two sides of the Ukrainian–Romanian borderland of Bukovina. This research inquires from a comparative perspective how Romanians in Ukraine and Ukrainians in Romania (confined to the region of Bukovina) position themselves in relation to the state of their ethnic origin and to the current state of their residency. The paper argues that the self-identification of each ethnic mi…
Change and continuity in Bulgaria and Romania’s foreign policies post-EU accession
For much of the post-Cold War period the most important foreign policy priority for Bulgaria and Romania was framed by the aim of 'returning to Europe'. The goal to integrate in the European and Euro-Atlantic structures was so pervasive that it dominated the domestic, but more importantly, the foreign policy agendas of the two countries. Securing membership of the European Union (EU) and then preparing for it raised a large number of challenges f…
The Ukrainian–Russian Linguistic Dyad and its Impact on National Identity in Ukraine
This essay asks what place language holds in the composition of Ukrainian national identity and whether the use of Ukrainian and Russian across Ukraine indicates a split in identity. Despite acknowledging the potential of these two languages to generate political cleavages, the essay shows that language controversies have not necessarily impeded the population’s attachment and loyalty to the Ukrainian state. Moreover, the increasingly civic natur…
The Ukrainian–Russian Linguistic Dyad and its Impact on National Identity in Ukraine
This essay asks what place language holds in the composition of Ukrainian national identity and whether the use of Ukrainian and Russian across Ukraine indicates a split in identity. Despite acknowledging the potential of these two languages to generate political cleavages, the essay shows that language controversies have not necessarily impeded the population’s attachment and loyalty to the Ukrainian state. Moreover, the increasingly civic natur…
Change and continuity in Bulgaria and Romania’s foreign policies post-EU accession
For much of the post-Cold War period the most important foreign policy priority for Bulgaria and Romania was framed by the aim of 'returning to Europe'. The goal to integrate in the European and Euro-Atlantic structures was so pervasive that it dominated the domestic, but more importantly, the foreign policy agendas of the two countries. Securing membership of the European Union (EU) and then preparing for it raised a large number of challenges f…
The relevance and impact of the EaP in Moldova: Why local perceptions matter
The Ukrainian–Russian Linguistic Dyad and its Impact on National Identity in Ukraine
This essay asks what place language holds in the composition of Ukrainian national identity and whether the use of Ukrainian and Russian across Ukraine indicates a split in identity. Despite acknowledging the potential of these two languages to generate political cleavages, the essay shows that language controversies have not necessarily impeded the population’s attachment and loyalty to the Ukrainian state. Moreover, the increasingly civic natur…
Between the Home and Kin-State: Self-Identification and Attachment of Ukrainians and Romanians in the Ukrainian-Romanian Borderland of Bukovina
This paper explores the two most relevant minority groups living on the two sides of the Ukrainian–Romanian borderland of Bukovina. This research inquires from a comparative perspective how Romanians in Ukraine and Ukrainians in Romania (confined to the region of Bukovina) position themselves in relation to the state of their ethnic origin and to the current state of their residency. The paper argues that the self-identification of each ethnic mi…
Change and continuity in Bulgaria and Romania’s foreign policies post-EU accession
For much of the post-Cold War period the most important foreign policy priority for Bulgaria and Romania was framed by the aim of 'returning to Europe'. The goal to integrate in the European and Euro-Atlantic structures was so pervasive that it dominated the domestic, but more importantly, the foreign policy agendas of the two countries. Securing membership of the European Union (EU) and then preparing for it raised a large number of challenges f…
Constructing Romania’s foreign policy and security role in its eastern neighbourhood: The cases of Moldova and Ukraine
Acknowledging the changes that have occurred over the past years in the geopolitical milieu of Eastern Europe, this paper looks at how Romania frames its foreign policy and security role towards its eastern neighbours, as reflected in the country’s official discourse. This study shows how Romania’s external behaviour has been impacted at the discursive level by membership in NATO and the EU. While it finds that a congruence between public discour…
Growth and convergence in Eastern Partnership and Central Asian countries since the dissolution of the USSR—embarking on different development paths
The relevance and impact of the EaP in Moldova: Why local perceptions matter
Testing a Six-Factor Model on Perceived State Power and Influence: The Case of Romania
This study seeks to invigorate research on state power and influence by focusing on external perceptions. To this end, we quantitatively operationalised a refined theoretical model indicating the potential factors that determine a state’s perceived power and influence in two steps. First, we constructed a model based on a six-factor index comprising both hard and soft resources of power. Second, we applied this factorial taxonomy to our country c…
Ambitions yet unrealized: Romania’s status and perceptions from the immediate eastern neighbourhood
As Romania has recurrently indicated in recent years that the main external objective is to consolidate the country’s profile in the region and, in particular, in its immediate eastern neighbourhood, this article explores Romania’s regional status and argues that, despite Romania’s aspirations of a higher status in its foreign outlook, externally, the country has so far only displayed a ‘small power’ behaviour. To study Romania’s status, the arti…
How to dodge EU compliance while pledging commitment – Georgia’s pseudo-hedging between 2022 and 2024
This article examines Georgia’s foreign policy from 2022 to 2024. The relevance of this topic is given by the window of opportunity for the association trio (Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine) to begin European Union accession talks following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. However, Georgia’s application for EU membership, culminating in the awarding of candidate status in December 2023, has merely provided a compliance illusion. Paradox…
Political science (8 works) · Politics (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · European Union Policy and Governance (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · European Politics and Security (3 works) · European union (3 works) · Geography (3 works)