EXCLUSIVE Podcast: Jordan Embree, The Heritage Foundation, on the implications of the congressional elections for U.S. foreign policy and Romania’s strategic importance to the U.S.

Jordan Embree, senior research associate at the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom within The Heritage Foundation and co-author of the report "U.S.–Romanian Relations: A Pivotal Partnership in an Unstable Region," explains, in a dialogue with Remus Ștefureac, director of INSCOP Research, the strategic importance Romania has as a U.S. ally in the region.

Embree emphasizes the strategic military advantage provided by Romania's status as a Black Sea littoral state, which enables the development of a naval force that is not subject to the limiting constraints stipulated by the Montreaux Convention, applicable to non-littoral states. Economically, Embree recommends that Romania reform its justice system, strengthen the fight against corruption, and increase economic predictability as measures intended to encourage American investment in the region and trade.

Embree also analyzes the foreseeable consequences for the White House's foreign policy following the results of the elections (midterms) on November 3 in the U.S.