The Foreign Service Journal, June 2014

30 JUNE 2014 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL A former Transatlantic Diplomatic Exchange Fellow reflects on the similarities and differences between the Romanian and American diplomatic corps. BY D I ANA TASE LIFE AND WORK IN THE M y diplomatic adventure began eight years ago when I joined the Romanian Foreign Service. I have served with enthusiasm and passion both within the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bucharest and overseas, in Prague, Rome, Brussels and Washington, D.C. Being a diplomat is a career like no other. Where else can you change your job, the focus and location of your work every few years, without actually changing employers? Where else are you constantly encouraged to broaden your expertise and knowledge as well as develop your personal skills, both at home and overseas? Diplomacy is much more than a job; it is a unique way of life, and I love it. FOCUS OTHER COUNTRIES’ DIPLOMATS Romanian Foreign Service Diana Tase is a member of the Romanian Foreign Service. She cur- rently serves as a legal adviser in the Directorate of International Law and Treaties in Bucharest. Ms. Tase joined the Foreign Service in 2006 and has previously served in Prague, Rome and Brussels. She was a Transatlantic Diplomatic Exchange Fellow at the State Department from October 2012 until September 2013.