Ana-Maria Anghelescu

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Adjunct/Non-Tenured Faculty in Slavic, East European & Eurasian Studies

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About

Ana-Maria ANGHELESCU is an associated assistant professor at the Faculty of Political Science of the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration Bucharest, Romania, as well as an expert and project coordinator within the European Studies Unit of the European Institute of Romania. Ana-Maria successfully defended her PhD thesis titled Romania’s relations with the states of Central Asia in European context: The challenges and the perspectives of niche diplomacy, focused on evaluating the material and institutional capacity of Romania to position itself as a middle power on the European continent. She conducted field research on local perceptions of the European Union in Central Asia, with the support of an Erasmus+ mobility at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. Ana-Maria’s research interests focus on EU foreign policy, EU-NATO relations, Romanian foreign policy, minority rights and Central Asian studies.

Publications

Published papers, peer-reviewed:

Anghelescu, Ana-Maria, forthcoming (accepted with minor revisions), “Is Romania a middle power? A neoclassical realist interpretation of post-Communist Romania’s foreign policy”, in Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review;

Anghelescu, Ana-Maria, in peer-review at the publishing house, “The European Union – Central Asia Partnership: More Economy, Less Democracy” in Central Asia-Europe Relations: Linking Asia with Europe in times of expansions, editors Anja Mihr, Kashif Hasan Khan, Palgrave Macmillan.

Anghelescu, Ana-Maria, April 2020, ”Drawing Lessons of Past Cooperation between EU and Central Asia for the Implementation of 2019 Strategy”, OSCE Academy Policy Brief, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, available at: http://www.osceacademy.net/upload/file/PB_58.pdf;

Anghelescu, Ana-Maria, November 2019, Review of Alexander Cooley and John Heathershaw, ”Dictators Without Borders: Power and Money in Central Asia”, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2017, 312 pp in Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, vol. 5, no. 3;

Anghelescu, Ana-Maria, 2018, ”European Union and Central Asia–past directions and future perspectives”, in CES Working Papers, vol. 10, no. 3, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania;

Anghelescu, Ana-Maria, 2017, ”Europeanisation in Bilateral Relations: The Cases of Minority Rights Policies in Eastern Europe in the Context of Enlargement Policy”, in Eurolimes, vol. 22, Oradea University Press;

Anghelescu, Ana-Maria, 2015, “Conflictul din Transnistria: între soluții și inconsecvențe” [“Transnistrian conflict: between solutions and inconsistences”], in Perspective Politice [Political Perspectives], vol. 8, no. 1;

Anghelescu, Ana-Maria, 2014, „Europenizarea politicii de concurență în România” [“Europeanisation of the Competition Policy in Romania”], in Perspective Politice [Political Perspectives], vol. 7, no. 2.

Op-eds & other non-academic papers:

Anghelescu, Ana-Maria, November 2021, “Realegerea lui Shavkat Mirziyoyev ca președinte al Uzbekistanului. Promotor al reformelor economice și cooperării regionale” [“Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s re-election as president of Uzbekistan. Promotor of economic reforms and regional cooperation”], Experts for Security and Global Affairs Policy Brief, available at: https://www.esga.ro/ana-maria-anghelescu-uzbekistan/

Anghelescu, Ana-Maria, October 26, 2021, “Tajik President Emomali Rahmon’s European Tour”, in The Diplomat, available at: https://thediplomat.com/2021/10/tajik-president-emomali-rahmons-european-tour/;

Anghelescu, Ana-Maria Andreea, september 2021, “European Union and Central Asia during the Covid-19 pandemic: Crisis response and future recovery”, European Instite of Romania, Policy Brief no. 10, available at: ier.gov.ro/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Policy-Brief-no.-10_Ana-Maria-Anghelescu.pdf;

Anghelescu, Ana-Maria, April 2021, Review of Gergana Dimova, “Democracy beyond elections. Government accountability in the media age”, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, XVII + 339 pp, index, bibliography (e-book), Online ISBN 978-3-030-25294-6 in British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES) April Newsletter.

Anghelescu, Ana-Maria, January 16, 2021, “Should Europe Worry About Kyrgyzstan?”, in The Diplomat, available at: https://thediplomat.com/2021/01/should-europe-worry-about-kyrgyzstan/;

Anghelescu, Ana-Maria, December 16, 2020, “Does It Matter That the New OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities Is From Kazakhstan?”, in The Diplomat, available at: https://thediplomat.com/2020/12/does-it-matter-that-the-new-oscehigh-commissioner-for-national-minorities-is-from-kazakhstan/;

Anghelescu, Ana-Maria, August 31, 2020, “Asia Centrală ca nișă diplomatică pentru politica externă a României în vremuri de Covid-19” [“Central Asia as a diplomatic niche for Romania’s foreign policy in times of Covid-19”], in Contributors.ro, available at: https://www.contributors.ro/asia-centrala-ca-nisa-diplomatica-pentru-politica-externa-a-romaniei-in-vremuri-decovid-19/;

Anghelescu, Ana-Maria, April 17, 2018, “Three Take-Outs from the Central Asian Presidential Meeting”, in DAVA Strategic Analysis, available at: https://davastrat.org/2018/04/17/three-take-outs-from-the-central-asian-presidential-meeting/.

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