We now wish to describe the Bolshevist maneuvers in Bessarabia, as unveiled by the Tatar Bunar trial and an interesting book by an Inspector-General of the Roumanian Sigurantza (Secret Service), “Mishcarea Subversiva in Basarabia” (The Subversive Movement in Bessarabia), Z. I. Husarescu, Kishineff, State Printing Office, 1925. The Bolshevist policy has been to foment everywhere rebellion of the proletariat and destruction of the land-owning and capitalistic class, especially in adjoining countries.

The beautiful perspectives seen for the Black Sea question, freedom of navigation and freedom of straits were progressively shut down by the conditions foreseeing the present crisis and war. We stopped our presentation with the Lausanne Treaty.

Before I talk about specific threats, I want to raise an issue of immediate importance for the functioning of the Intelligence. Community and protection of the nation. The authorities granted by the Protect America Act (PAA) — which temporarily closed gaps in our intelligence collection and allowed the Intelligence Community to conduct foreign intelligence surveillance—are critical to our intelligence efforts to protect the Nation from current threats.

I believe the Black Sea region has presently gained an unprecedented importance for advancing stability and security beyond the European continent and for overcoming former confrontational paradigms that defined its political and historic traditions. We should therefore analyze the geopolitical evolutions in Eastern Europe and the Black Sea area from three interconnected aspects: the strategic assets and opportunities of the region, the challenges and risks emerging from it and the new foundations for a transformed security approach towards the Black Sea.

NATO is not just a military alliance; it is an alliance of values, and NATO’s success in the past and promise for the future reflect its fusion of strength and democratic values. I will speak today about how the Alliance is transforming itself to address global security challenges; its current missions and challenges, including ongoing operations in Afghanistan; and our goals for the Bucharest Summit and beyond.

The biggest Summit in the history of the Alliance is hosted by Romania, only four years after my country joined NATO. The high-level event will gather in Bucharest not only the members of the Alliance, but also its partners from the traditional Euro-Atlantic area and beyond.

Increasingly, the armed forces and a vision of security as emphasizing hard rather than soft security have come to the fore in Moscow’s national security policy process. Due to this institutionally-driven vision, Russia sees itself facing increasing military-political and strategic threats all along its frontiers.

To achieve her rightful interests, as a democratic, stabile and prosperous country, within the Euro-Atlantic community and European Union, Romania chose to: promotes, protects, and defends democracy; observes the fundamental human rights and liberties; takes actions that comply with inter¬national law, in order to speed up its economic and social modernization and development.

POLICY RECOMMANDATIONS
For Central-East European States:

• The CEE states need to forge a political consensus with regard to their policies toward their East European neighbors.

The European Union and NATO established formal relations in January 2001 and starting with the adoption of the EU-NATO declaration on ESDP on 16 December 2002  .NATO and EU relations have move most rapidly and constructively forward.

Let me begin with an update on recent developments affecting our dialogue with Russia on security issues. Since the meeting between Presidents Bush and Putin in Kennebunkport in July, we have had three rounds of expert-level meetings on missile defense and three on CFE issues.

With the US-European current debate on international issues (NATO’s new role, the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the European foreign and security policy and the strategy on terrorism), it is necessary to reinterpret the transatlantic relationship.

Although a small country, Moldova has been of interest to U.S. policymakers due to its position between NATO and EU member Romania and strategic Ukraine. In addition, some experts have expressed concern about alleged Russian efforts to extend its hegemony over Moldova through various methods, including a troop presence, manipulation of Moldova’s relationship with its breakaway Transnistria region, and energy supplies and other trading links.

Last year, the American National Intelligence Council published a world’s evolution prognosis, outlining its future until 2020. The stake of US supremacy pervaded the projection of the American agency concluding that, by 2020, the world would not undergo radical changes, while American hegemony, though threatened, would uphold.

Consiliul National de Informatii al SUA a publicat anul trecut o prognoza a evolutiei mondiale, o schita a viitorului global pana in 2020. Miza suprematiei Statelor Unite ale Americii strabate proiectia agentiei americane. Lumea pana in anul 2020 nu se va schimba in mod radical, iar hegemonia americana, chiar daca este amenintata, se va mentine.