Academic Publications

Ghincea, M. (2025). Shrouded in Secrecy. Explaining Why Some Countries Refuse to Disclose Their Military Aid to Ukraine. Foreign Policy Analysis (forthcoming).

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.

Working Papers

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

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

Ghincea, M. & Morar, Ș. The Foreign Policy of Language Denial: Explaining Successes and Failures.

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

Ghincea, M. Political Culture and Military Aid to Ukraine: Explaining Disclosure Policies in France and Germany.

Policy Papers (Selection)

Chiscop, C., & Ghincea, M. (eds.) (2025). Mai multă vizibilitate. Politica externă românească în context european și global.Policy Report. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Romania.

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.