By: Ferry van de Mosselaer
"It's our challenge - together, as allies and partners - to build the bridges to the next millennium, from the Danube to the Potomac, from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean and beyond, wherever people believe in and fight for freedom" [Romanian President Constantinescu, US Congress Session, July 1998. "Romania in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities in an Evolving Trans-Atlantic Environment "]
Background
Christmas day 1989; Romania removes itself from its dictator Ceausescu and, in accordance to the rest of Eastern Europe, its Communist regime. …
