We have chances for NATO in 2002 but we still negotiate with EU and we can avoid that our statute be completely eclipsed by the Bulgarians. There results a political tract obligatory to follow. The week that has just passed brought the changing of some important marks for Romania at an external level. Either it is about events that favor or not Romania, the three reference points that others provided, with or without intention, draw a way that Bucharest has to follow like a chance that might be the last one. On the one hand, we have the visit of the American President George W. Bush in Europe. As any other American President who visit Europe, especially for the first time, Bush Junior had to identify those political messages that allow USA to show leadership capacity in fields in which the Europeans cannot openly say "no". This "leadership" is vital for the statute of America in the world, especially now that Europe directly confronted it directly as for the antimissile issue or the protocol of Kyoto. The most effective instrument at hand, like for Bill Clinton too in other context, proved to be NATO. Extending NATO, USA politically controls the most sensitive region in Europe, where the big concerns of EU are concentrated. Using the NATO extension, USA can negotiate from strong positions with the big states of the Union, which have their own strategic projects in the East, especially Germany and France. Extending NATO, USA push the "united Europe" so close to Russia that, on a long run, Europe will need USA to ensure security. Drawing a conclusion, the NATO extension postpones on along term the political-military separation of Europe from USA or it makes it risky. These seem to be the main reasons of the "historical discourse" form Warsaw, in which Bush announced the Alliance would surely invite new members to Prague. It is more than certain that the decision referr