National Interests and the Globalization

Until recently, globalization was seen as an inexorable process, which most countries would be forced to sacrifice a growing part of independence and sovereignty. However, after the economic and financial crises in Asia and Latin America, many countries have reconsidered their attitude towards globalization, a trend of active adaptation to this process being outlined, in accordance with national interests. Objective basis of globalization emerged but not independent of the countries' national interests, but by their manifestation in the world economy, as well as in other international relations. So far, in all categories of international relations prevailed the interests of great powers. Therefore, although globalization concerns through its very objective basis all countries, this process has been targeted so far, according to the interests of the most developed and powerful countries, ignoring largely the interests of the developing countries, which forms the majority of mankind. Besides presenting the effects of globalization worldwide, this paper focuses on presenting the more adverse effects they have generated in Romania. The conclusion I reached from this approach is that the leading goals of each people are happiness and culture, and the value without culture, without freedom and freedom without existence and national honor are not possible.