Op-ed Archives

Our Strength is our Unity: Putin Chose War— We Remain United with Ukraine

Op-Ed by Chargé d’Affaires David Muniz March 3, 2022 It is a defining moment for Europe, for freedom, and for all peace-loving nations and peoples. Through his criminal assault on the people and sovereignty of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has also brutalized the principles that undergird global peace and democracy. But Ukrainians are known for their ...

By U.S. Mission Romania | 3 March, 2022 | Topics: Charge D’Affaires, Speeches | Tags: David Muniz, Op-ed, Ukraine, United with Ukraine

Op-Ed by Chargé d’Affaires David Muniz

Diplomacy over War; Truth over Lies The world is watching Russia’s pattern of unprovoked aggression toward Ukraine. Russia’s actions are a threat not only to Ukraine, but to Europe and to the international rules-based order. Our aims are simple. We stand with our allies and partners to support European cohesion, strengthen our transatlantic relationship, and ...

By U.S. Mission Romania | 31 January, 2022 | Topics: Charge D’Affaires, Policy, Speeches | Tags: David Muniz, Op-ed, Russia, Ukraine

Let’s Embrace the 5G Revolution — Not the Cultural Revolution

Op-Ed by U.S. Ambassador Adrian Zuckerman August 19, 2020 Huawei is still the wrong way. Why? Because nations must not entrust their citizens’ security to a company indicted for intellectual property theft, conspiracy, wire fraud, bank fraud, racketeering, and for helping Iran avoid sanctions meant to stop that nation from funding terrorism. Huawei has been ...

By U.S. Mission Romania | 19 August, 2020 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: 5G, Adrian Zuckerman, Huawei, Op-ed

Response to PRC Disinformation on Origins of COVID-19

Op-ed by Ambassador Zuckerman The celebrated American author Mark Twain once said, “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting its boots on.” That statement is especially true in the 21st Century. In today’s age of social media, it has unfortunately become normal to see false information reach a broad ...

By U.S. Mission Romania | 20 March, 2020 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: Adrian Zuckerman, COVID-19, Op-ed

135 Years Of Friendship

U.S. Diplomacy in Romania: A Persistent Affinity 135 Years Old Op-Ed by Mark Taplin It was a Christmas Eve, half a century ago, that my father still remembers well. Dressed in a morning suit he had hastily borrowed, he witnessed William Crawford present his credentials to Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej in an official ceremony at Palatul Victoria ...

By U.S. Mission Romania | 13 March, 2015 | Topics: Policy | Tags: 135, Mark Taplin, Op-ed, U.S. - Romania

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