The object of reference, to be secure in the sector of societal security,
is the society – the bearer of an identity. Societal identity refers to a
community of people who identify with certain values, so who have an identity.
At the same time, there is a dispute between representatives of the two
currents among the majority population: people who identify as Romanians and those
who identify as Moldovans. This ideological rift weakens the Moldovan state
because there is no cohesion at the societal level even between representatives
of the same ethnic majority group.
Another aspect of the problem concerns the Moldovan communities beyond the
Moldova borders. There are settlements that identify as Moldovans whose ancestors were
moved in Tsarist period from Bessarabia in places where descendants leave now (Ukraine , Russia ). These communities identify
themselves as Moldovans. Unfortunately, the Moldovan authorities are not
concerned with preserving their identity – don’t have policies in this regard.
Meanwhile, after the signing in 2014 by the government of Moldova of the
Association Agreement with the European Union, it must develop and implement a
strategy for promoting European identity. However, Moldovan society is divided
in terms of vector of integration. A successful European integration is
possible in conditions of the most Moldovans adherence to European values and European
civilization. Ensuring societal security in the context of European integration
is to obtain the support of majority of Moldovan society – Moldovan citizens,
regardless of ethnicity, to European values. This is possible through the
promotion of the European identity superimposed on Moldovan civic identity.
Ensuring societal security involves strengthening Moldovan society
based on civic identity. In this respect, it is necessary to develop a cultural
policy to promote common values, which all the ethnic inhabiting groups will
identify with.
One effective means of ensuring the societal security of RM is cultural
diplomacy. The Moldovan authorities must help to preserve the identity of
Moldovan communities abroad. This requires the development and implementation
of a cultural policy whose object of reference will be the Moldovan communities
outside. By supporting schools, churches, folk festivals the securitization of those
communities is possible.