US Vice President Joe Bidens mission to Bucharest last month, bookended by stops in Warsaw and Prague, was meant to reaffirm US commitments to the region. These commitments were recently put into question after the Obama administration announced a reversal of policy on the proposed antiballistic missile-defense shield.
As a career diplomat with nearly thirty years experience, Tanya Van Gool, the newly appointed Ambassador of the Netherlands in Romania, brings to Romania an invaluable set of skills and know-how. Before her appointment to Romania, Ambassador Van Gool spent 10 years in Africa and 12 in Latin America working for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
