Candin Pop, President of the Romanian Institute for International Studies (RIIS), shares remarks on the importance of the Romania-U.S. strategic relationship at a Gold Institute for International Strategy event. highlighting RIIS’s mission to engage everyday citizens in international affairs and advocates for free markets and freedom of speech. He emphasizes the value of reconnecting Romania and the United States as natural allies with shared democratic values.
George Simion, President of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) and Vice-President of the European Conservatives and Reformists, addresses a delegation of opposition parliamentarians in Bucharest alongside representatives from the Gold Institute for International Strategy. He reflects on the state of U.S.-Romania relations and the importance of open dialogue between allied nations. Simion emphasizes the value of cooperation between GIIS and Romanian think tank RIS, and calls for stronger ties between Romania and the United States under the current administration.
Dan Dungaciu, First Vice-President of AUR and Chairman of the Romanian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISS), addresses the opening of RISS in Bucharest, Romania. He reflects on the significance of shared values as the foundation of transatlantic conservative cooperation, drawing a parallel between how established political networks have long organized around common principles. Dungaciu frames the RISS-Gold Institute partnership as a step toward institutionalizing those values through NGOs, foundations, and media infrastructure. He describes the moment as historically significant, noting it marks the first time a U.S. think tank outside traditional institutions has established a presence in Bucharest to advance this model.
Tiberio Constantinescu, Secretary of RIIS, delivers brief remarks on the state of Romania-U.S. relations. He notes that a first step toward repairing bilateral ties has been taken, with RIIS and the Gold Institute serving as central partners in this effort. Constantinescu closes with an expression of hope and gratitude for the collaboration.
Hon. Rob Roos, Distinguished Fellow at the Gold Institute for International Security, addresses the Romanian Parliament on patterns of election interference across the Western world and the misuse of EU digital legislation to suppress dissenting voices. Drawing on his experience negotiating the Digital Services Act on behalf of the ECR, Roos outlines how regulatory frameworks such as the DSA, Chat Control, and the Media Freedom Act are being used to curtail political opposition. He calls for cross-border cooperation among sovereignty-minded leaders to defend democratic freedoms.
Adam Lovinger, Vice President of Strategic Affairs at the Gold Institute for International Security, examines the parallel threats to democratic governance in the United States and Romania. Drawing on Romania’s cancelled December election and the broader challenge of entrenched bureaucratic subversion, Adam argues that transatlantic allies must invest equally in defending democratic institutions. Watch his full remarks below
TIMES NOW: Adelle Nazarian argues that “Tariffs are like shock therapy, and FTA’s are the rehabilitation. You need both. America is still the world’s most powerful consumer market and India is the only democracy that can absorb manufacturing at China’s scale.”
Adam Lovinger, VP for Strategic Affairs at the Gold Institute for International Strategy, recently joined the D.C. Defense Strategy Meeting to unpack a deeply unsettling trend: China’s emerging role in amplifying modern antisemitism. Drawing on his years in the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment, Adam traces how Chinese elites have studied Jewish survival and success for decades, and how today that long-range civilizational competition is increasingly playing out through information warfare, bot networks, and efforts to fracture the relationship between Jews and Christians in the West.
In this video, Adam walks through the little-known history of Chinese research institutes on “the Jewish secret to success,” the limits they found in trying to emulate it, and the disturbing conclusion that great powers which seek to destroy the Jewish people ultimately destroy themselves. He then connects that history to the post–October 7 environment, where foreign adversaries weaponize antisemitism and social division as tools of strategic competition rather than mere prejudice.
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“Troika Threat: How Illegal Immigration, Asylum Abuse, and Transnational Drug Running are a Threat to North America.”
This growing triad of challenges undermines U.S. national security, public safety, and social cohesion. Exploited asylum systems have allowed criminal networks, ideological extremists, and foreign proxies to infiltrate American borders under the guise of humanitarian protection. Waves of illegal migration from Venezuela have included cartel-linked actors and individuals tied to transnational criminal syndicates, fueling drug trafficking, fentanyl flow, and violent crime.
Khalistan operatives, leveraging diaspora networks and foreign funding, have sought to radicalize segments of immigrants while aligning with anti-Hindu extremist groups. Together, these converging threats represent not isolated border issues but an orchestrated web of exploitation targeting America’s institutions, communities, and international security.
Moderator:
Adelle Nazarian, Senior Fellow, GIIS
Panelists:
Marc Black, Senior Fellow, GIIS
Utsav Chakrabarti, Executive Director, HinduACTion
Daniel Bordman, Canadian Journalist
Ruchi Wali, Canadian Hindu & Sikh Advocate
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