Academic Publications

Ghincea, M. & Zulean, M. (2024). Protracted Transition: Civilian Control Over the Military and Intelligence in Romania. In Post-Communist Progress and Stagnation at 35: The Case of Romania. Palgrave MacMillan.

Ghincea, M. (2022). Afterword: the Russo-Ukrainian war and great power competition. In Great Powers’ Foreign Policy (pp. 472-492). Brill.

Ghincea, M. (2022). Restraint! The Security Implications of Paradigmatic Shift in US Foreign Policy. The EU and NATO Approaches to the Black Sea Region. Conference Proceedings. Presa Universitară Clujeană.

Ghincea, M. (2024). Manufacturing Consensus: The Domestic Politics of Foreign and Security Policy. Ph.D. Thesis. European University Institute.

Working Papers

Ghincea, M. Shrouded in Secrecy. Explaining Why Some Countries Refuse to Disclose Their Military Aid to Ukraine. Under Review (r&r).

Ghincea, M. & Schramm, L. Breaking the taboo or not? Germany’s balancing act in foreign policy decisions. Under Review.

Ghincea, M. & Pleașcă, L. From Transformation to Demarcation: Geopolitical Competition and the European Enlargement. Under Review (r&r).

Ghincea, M. Geopolitical Competition and the Rule of Law in the Western Balkans.

Policy Papers (Selection)

Ghincea, M., & Inayeh, A. (2024). Security Cooperation in the Wider Black Sea Region. Policy Report. Global Focus.

Troncotă-Cazaban, M., Bărăgănescu, C., Ghincea, M. & Răuță, R.(2024). The European Integration Process in the Western Balkans: Romanian Perspectives and Directions. Policy Report. European Institute of Romania.

Ghincea, M., Volintiru, C., & Nikolovski, I. (2021). China’s demand-driven influence in Central-Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans: A political and economic regional comparison. Policy Report. Global Focus.

Ghincea, M. (2021). Zeitenwende. Time for a Reassessment of Romania’s Foreign Policy? Policy Report. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Romania.