International
Romanian-Americans read foreign news with two passports’ worth of attention. This section covers Romania, the European Union, NATO and American foreign policy — and in particular the places where those four subjects intersect.
Romania
Romanian domestic politics, elections and institutions; the economy, energy and the Black Sea; corruption and rule-of-law disputes; emigration and the diaspora’s standing at home, including diaspora voting. Romania is a member of both the European Union and NATO and shares the Union’s longest border with Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova, which places it near the center of the security questions Europe is currently arguing about.
NATO and security
Romania hosts significant allied military infrastructure and sits on NATO’s eastern flank. Coverage here follows the alliance’s posture in the Black Sea region, burden-sharing debates in Washington and Brussels, defense-industrial questions, and the practical consequences for Romania of decisions taken elsewhere.
The European Union
Enlargement, subsidies and the rule-of-law conditionality fights; Schengen and free movement; energy policy and agricultural regulation; and the recurring argument between national sovereignty and Union-level authority — an argument with obvious resonance for readers who watch a similar federal-versus-state debate in the United States.
US–Romania relations
The bilateral relationship: the strategic partnership, visa and travel questions, trade and investment, energy cooperation, and the treatment of dual nationals and Romanian citizens in the United States.