The political consensus in Romania remains very much pro-European and in favour of deeper integration, enforcement of democratic standards and the consolidation of a common foreign and security policy.
By Oana Popescu
January 2014
Adevărul
After mixed results of the Eastern Partnership, the EU needs to prove the credibility of its enlargement process in Western Balkans. This is a potential strategic opportunity for Romania.
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Walter Russell Mead interviewed by Oana Popescu for Adevărul
November 2013
Ukraine continues its course towards the EU despite its obstacles and the European area of prosperity and freedom continues to expand, slowly but surely, in Eastern Europe. Syria is a problem almost impossible to solve and not a failure of the international system.
By Oana Popescu
November 2013
Adevărul
I had heard about a month or so before that the annual China – Central and Eastern Europe Summit would take place in Bucharest. I’ll say it again – it is annual. It is not a Romanian invention, nor is it a bilateral event.
By Oana Popescu
November 2013
Adevarul
The visit of the Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of China to Bucharest has a truly special importance. Like many others, it is historical because we cannot do better (yet). More “historical” is Romania’s attempt to finally shape its policy towards China, after years of going from one mistake to another. Let us be clear though – it is only an attempt.
By Oana Popescu
September 2013
Adevarul
When, following Iraq and Afghanistan, Syria and Egypt prove the limits to external intervention, the West cannot reject the invitation to dialogue launched by the new president of Iran.
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By Oana Popescu
March 2013
Adevarul
The Schengen area has nothing to do with the CVM (despite what the Commission is saying loud and clear), nor with barking at the EU or fawning on Angela Merkel. Access in the Schengen area only relates to a Member State’s capacity to stop networks of organized crime, trafficking or illegal migration from accessing the Union.