About the author: Chloe Kofman is a master's student studying Political Science and Transatlantic Studies. She enjoys reading, writing, and learning new languages. 

About the piece: This piece is about finding a place in a region (or country) that you'd never really imagined would be particularly meaningful to you -- in this case, for me, eastern Europe and Romania -- and appreciating that there is a place for 'non-Western' countries on the global stage.