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In its multi-millennial evolution, humanity has been strongly marked by smaller or larger conflicts that have decisively placed their imprint on technological progress and on the application of military power implicitly. The extremely rapid succession of the scientific discoveries of the last period has led to the emergence of new materials and technologies that have profoundly changed society and, as a consequence, the manifestation of the military phenomenon. The process continues with great dynamism, generating particularly complex situations regarding the implications that these technologies have on designing and achieving military capabilities and in their application in future conflicts.

The authors, starting from constitutional statement according to which Romania is a unitary and sovereign state, located in Central Europe, full member of Nord Atlantic Treaty Organization and of European Union, researching the military history of the Romanian nation, concluded that it is a military power by tradition, that ensures its national security and exports security in the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia), as part of its political and military alliances. The article is a research of the military campaigns that Romanian Army took part in during the difficult history of the nation it defended, and also presents a series of lessons learned from the army’s victories and defeats.

Starting from the present security environment developments, this paper highlights some dangers to the international security generated or multiplied by the global economic crisis. In this respect is presented the manner in which the military power, one of main powers of humankind, is able to adjust itself to a crisis situation in order to meet the state ~s security needs.