Publications

2023

Magyarország felkészülése az Európai Unió Tanácsának soros elnökségére: esélyek és lehetőségek

Minden EU elnökséget a nemzetközi környezet határozza meg, és ez különösen érvényes lesz a július 1-én kezdődő magyar elnökségre, hangzott el a European Café zárt körű szakmai beszélgetésén, amelynek vendége Zalai Csaba, az Európai Ügyek minisztériumának távozó államtitkára volt. Az orosz-ukrán háború kimenetele, a küszöbönálló…

Hungarian foreign policy strategy – Summary of the European Café event

In 2023 CEID is renewed its European Cafe series of discussions, which focuses on a selected expert discussions on the main dilemmas of Hungarian foreign policy. The discussions are not be open to the press. The aim of the programme is to bring together views…

The poster child of Hungarian foreign policy: how relations with Germany turned sour

The poster child of Hungarian foreign policy:  how relations with Germany turned sour – A Summary Of Our European Café Event In 2023 CEID is renewed its European Cafe series of discussions, which focuses on a selected expert discussions on the main dilemmas of Hungarian…

Independence from Russian energy? A summary of our European Café event

In 2023 CEID is renewed its European Cafe series of discussions, which focuses on a selected expert discussions on the main dilemmas of Hungarian foreign policy. The discussions are not be open to the press. The aim of the programme is to bring together views…

2021

Beyond Covid-19: Economic crisis management and the future of cohesion policy in the EU – A summary of a European Café event

On the 3rd of March, the Equilibrium Institute and the Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy (CEID) organised this year’s first episode of the European Cafe series, which focused on restarting the economy after the pandemic. Our guests, members of the European Parliament; Enikő Győri from the Fidesz…

The Dragon in Europe – What should be the EU policy on China?

  On the 21st of May, the Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy (CEID) in partnership with the Equilibrium Institute organised a discussion in the framework of CEID’s European Café series, supported by the Erste Foundation. The event focused on Chinese presence and growing influence…

2020

Disintegration through Integration? Turning to the Transnational Approach to Study National-Populism on the Example of the Visegrád Group

The Visegrád Group (V4), once united to facilitate integration to the EU, jointly disapproved of refugee policies and quotas adopted at the EU level. At the same time, all the four states have seen the resurgence of Eurosceptic sentiments in relation to first economic and…

2019

Is there a future for security cooperation between the Visegrad Four and Ukraine?

Though the V4 member states’ own relations have been diverse with Ukraine lately, the group’s cooperation with its Eastern neighbor has been a coherent one when it comes to policy-level. Whether that coherence means effectiveness or the lack of it is another question, Hanna Shelest,…

Európa válaszúton

Európa válaszúton A világ, és ezen belül Európa alapvető változásokon megy keresztül a 21. században.   A változások átalakítják az állam és a polgárok közti társadalmi szerződést, a demokrácia  működését és a társadalmi jólétet. Bár az utóbbi évek európai vitáinak középpontjában elsősorban a migráció állt,…

Do we need new foundations? Think Visegrad Policy Paper

Institutional questions ahead of the new EU Commission The European Parliamentary elections have not changed the status quo inside the EU. Mainstream parties still control the decision-making but will the power struggle around the selection procedure for the top jobs lead to institutional reforms? What…

A difficult detachment – Hungarian energy policy with Russia after 2014

CEID’s Dániel Bartha and András Deák, along with Sándor Kerekes, director of K-Monitor, authored a chapter on the Hungarian energy policy with Russia after 2014, focusing on the key areas that are of significance to either of the countries within the bilateral relations. The study…

The Polish-Hungarian Alliance: Six Dimensions of Bilateral Relations

CEID is delighted to publish online its newest study volume on the current state and future prospects of Polish-Hungarian bilateral relations, focusing on six of the most important areas of cooperation. The study is avaliable for the public in English – The Polish-Hungarian Alliance in Hungarian…

Cyber security and Sovereignty Two levels of digital autonomy

Botond Feledy, senior fellow of CEID, authored a policy brief on cyber security in the frameworks of the Think Visegrad platform. The article can be read here or on EUROPEUM‘s website.

2018

European Café: A Changing Germany in a Changing Europe (Pre-Study)

European Café: A Changing Germany in a Changing Europe (Pre-Study)   by Edit Inotai   12/11/2018

Analysis of the prospects and risks of cooperaction between Russia and the Visegrad Four countries

CEID’s Think Visegrad Fellow of 2018, Valeriy V. Shelikashev authored a study on the future of the Russian-V4 cooperation. The analysis can be read here.

Orbán’s European aspirations – analysis of the Băile Tușnad speech

Orbán’s European aspirations – analysis of the Băile Tușnad speech edited by Edit Inotai 17.08.2018

Disinformation Resilience in Central and Eastern Europe

June 2018 by Daniel Bartha Disinformation Resilience in Central and Eastern Europe This book is a result of the research which was carried out in May 2017 – May 2018 by the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism” and the Eurasian States in Transition research center…

European Café: Towards a compromise – political debates related to the EU budget (Pre-Study)

European Café: Towards a compromise – political debates related to the EU budget   (pre-study) by Dániel Bartha 06/13/2018

Brussels cannot fire Hungary – Foreign policy of the new Orbán government

Brussels cannot fire Hungary – Foreign policy of the new Orbán government by Dániel Bartha 11.04.2018.

European Café: Macron’s New Europe: How do the Visegrad Countries fit in?

European Café: Macron’s New Europe: How do the Visegrad Countries fit in? by Dániel Bartha, Botond Feledy, Martin Michelot 12.02.2018

2017

European Café: Storms Past and Storms to Come

02.05.2017 By Edit Inotai European Café: PreStudy – Storms Past and Storms to Come (Pre-Study)  

European Café: Central Europe – A Region to Lead or to Fail?

14.02.2017 By Dániel Bartha European Café: A region to lead or to fail

Business on Presidential Level – Vladimir Putin’s Visit to Hungary

03.02.2017 By CEID Experts CEID European Perspectives – Vladimir Putin’s Visit to Hungary

Beginning Of A Beautiful Friendship Or A Serious Mistake? Vladimir Putin’s Visit To Budapest

31.01.2017 By CEID experts CEID European Perspectives – Vladimir Putin’s visit to Budapest

Euro-Atlantic Café: Homeland Security

09.01.2017 By Edit Inotai Homeland Security – Facing the terrorist challenge  

Information Warfare in the Internet – Countering Pro-Kremlin Disinformation in the CEE Countries

2017.07.04. By Dániel Bartha, András Rácz and Botond Feledy – Information warfare in the Internet – Countering Pro-Kremlin Disinformation in the CEE Countries (study in the framework of a project coordinated by CIR)

Információs háború az Interneten – A Közép – és Kelet Európa országaiban tapasztalható Kreml-barát dezinformáció bemutatása és annak elhárítása

A Centre for International Relations által koordinált projekt keretében kiadott lezáró tanulmány, melyben íróként részt vett Bartha Dániel, Rácz András és Feledy Botond is. Az egész tanulmány elérhető magyarul itt.  

Energy, Russian Influence, and Democratic Backsliding in Central and Eastern Europe

A comparative assessment and case studies from Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Hungary, Romania co-authored by our experts, András Deák and Dániel Bartha. The full study is available here. 2017. May

V4+Security – Strengthening the Eastern Frontier

In 2014 Ukrainians decided to fight for the election of Europe and forced President Janukovich to flee to Russia in February 2014. A month later, Russia invaded and occupied the Crimean Peninsula, and supported the separatist forces of Donetsk and Luhansk, pitting pro-Russian forces against…

United We Stand, Divided We Fall: The Kremlin’s Leverage in the Visegrad Countries

With the beginning of the millennium, the Visegrad countries – the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia – began to improve their relations with Russia. Nevertheless, the Russian annexation of Crimea and its involvement in the war in Eastern Ukraine represented a major shift in…

European Café: The Euro Dilemma – Success in the Baltics, Concerns in the V4

By Dániel Bartha – Edit Inotai European Café:  The Euro Dilemma – Success in the Baltics, Concerns in the V4  (Pre-Study)

V4+Ukraine security cooperation: limits of possible (Think Visegrad Fellow analysis)

V4+Ukraine security cooperation: limits of possible by Hennadiy Maksak (Think Visegrad Fellow of CEID) November 2017

European Café: The Euro Dilemma: Success in the Baltics, Concerns in the V4

European Café: The Euro Dilemma: Success in the Baltics, Concerns in the V4 by Dániel Bartha, Edit Inotai 15.12.2017.

2016

The Information Warfare on the Internet – Exposing and Countering pro-Kremlin Disinformation in the CEEC

06.12.2016 By Daniel Bartha, Botond Feledy and András Rácz Project Summary in Hungary: The Information Warfare on the Internet – Exposing and Countering pro-Kremlin Disinformation in the CEEC

Life After Amputation

15.11.2016 By Daniel Bartha Life After Amputation

Euro-Atlantic Café: US Presidential Election – The Trump Presidency

09.11.2016 By Edit Inotai Euro-Atlantic Café – US Presidential Election: The Trump Presidency The project: Euro-Atlantic Café

Euro-Atlantic Café: Migration – Is Our Identity At Risk?

28.09.2016 By Edit Inotai Euro-Atlantic Café – Migration: Is our identity at risk? The project: Euro-Atlantic Café  

Future of V4 Inextricably Linked to the Refugee Crisis

23.08.2016 By Dániel Bartha Future of V4 inextricably linked to the refugee crisis This article was originally published by Figyelő on 11th August, 2016, and translated into english by The Budapest Sentinel on 16th August, 2016.

Defence dilemmas and development of Hungary from Wales to Warsaw

08.07.2016 By Daniel Bartha Defence dilemmas and development of Hungary from Wales to Warsaw This paper was originally published in Slovak in the Zahraničná politika: Samit NATO vo Varšave by the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA). For the original version and further studies on the…

Euro-Atlantic Café: Russia And The West

23.05.2016 By Edit Inotai Euro-Atlantic Café – Russia and the West: Can We Re-Energize Our Relationship? The project: Euro-Atlantic Café

Fog of Falsehood: Russian Strategy of Deception and the Conflict in Ukraine

10.05.2016 By Katri Pynnöniemi & András Rácz Download the report here.

Euro-Atlantic Café: The Trump and Sanders Phenomena

04.04.2016 By Edit Inotai Euro-Atlantic Café – The Trump and Sanders phenomena The project: Euro-Atlantic Café

Think Visegrad – Czech V4 Presidency Mid-Term Review

16.02.2016 Co-authored by Dániel Bartha Think Visegrad – Czech V4 Presidency Mid-Term Review  

NATO-Russia Relations: Resilience and Beyond

12.02.2016 By András Rácz and Marcin Terlikowsk Resilience and Beyond – Terlikowski-Racz

2015

Euro-Atlantic Café: Local Conflict or Global Jihad ? The IS Phenomena

02.12.2015 By Péter Wagner Euro-Atlantic Café – Local Conflict or Global Jihad? The IS Phenomena The project: Euro-Atlantic Café

Merkel and Orbán: Splitting the EU?

01.12.2015 By Edit Inotai Merkel and Orban: Splitting the EU?

European Perspectives: Slovenia’s Role in Visegrad Group

09.11.2015 By Milan Brglez, Jana Arbeiter, Boštjan Udovič, Anna Orosz, Matej Avbelj, Marek Lenč, Uroš Kramar, Marjan Sternad, Tina Cvahte, Patty Zakaria, Gorazd Justinek, Erhard Busek, Andrej Rahten, Daniel Bartha, Zlatko Šabič, Anna Visvizi, Andreja Kerševan, Sara Jud, Anja Fabiani European Perspectives: Slovenia’s Role in Visegrad Group

V4 and Russian Energy After Wales

04.10.2015 By András György Deák, Tomaš Kulda V4 and Russian Energy After Wales 

Crisis in Ukraine and the V4’s Defence and Military Adaption

04.10.2015 By Milan Šuplata, Jiří Schneider, Marian Majer Crisis in Ukraine and the V4’s Defence and Military Adaption

NATO Enlargement: Will Warsaw Deliver?

04.10.2015 By Wojciech Lorenz, Mário Nicolini NATO Enlargement: Will Warsaw Deliver?

Ukraine and the Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga

18.06.2015 By Edit Inotai and András Rácz Ukraine and the EA Summit in Riga  

Euro-Atlantic Café: New Geopolitical Challenges Or Business As Usual?

17.06.2015 By Edit Inotai and Dániel Bartha Euro-Atlantic Café: New geopolitical challenges or business as usual? The project: Euro-Atlantic Café

From Wales to Warsaw

10.06.2015 By Dániel Bartha, Jakub Kufčák, Marian Majer, Mário Nicolini From Wales to Warsaw: NATO’s radically adapted posture – or lost in between?  

Euro-Atlantic Café: The Starting Point

16.04.2015 By Edit Inotai Euro-Atlantic Café: The starting point The project: Euro-Atlantic Café

The Holy Trinity of Foreign Policy: Economic Interests, Political Concerns and Values in the Hungarian Mission Against the Islamic State

An opinion piece on the Hungarian contribution to the fight against ISIL by CEID Director Daniel Bartha and Senior Research Fellow Edit Inotai The holy trinity of foreign policy

Nuclear Arms Control: Implications from the Crisis in Ukraine

23.02.2015 By Anna Péczeli and Dániel Bartha Nuclear Arms Control

Visegrad: The Winter Is Here, But Will The Spring Ever Come ?

12.02.2015 By Dániel Bartha. CEID Perspectives 3 – Visegrad: the winter is here

From A(ngela) to V(ladimir)- High-level visits in Budapest

20.01.2015 By Edit Inotai and András Rácz CEID Perspectives 2 – From A(ngela) to V(ladimir)

Ukraine: Current Situation and Future Prospects

09.01.2015 By CEID Experts Ukraine: Current Situation and Future Prospects Summary

DAV4 III Expert Group Report – From Bullets to Supersonics: V4 on the Brink of Industrial Cooperation

DAV4 III Expert group  report by Zoltán Bali, Daniel Bártha, Wojciech Lorenz, Gabriel Merňák, Jaroslav Naď, Róbert Radič, Milan Šuplata, Marcin Terlikowski Edited by Marian Majer 2015

2014

The Crisis in Ukraine

December 2014 By András Deák and László Póti CEID Tanulmanyok -Ukrajna CEID Perspectives -Ukraine

Implications of DCFTA in Moldova and Georgia

July 2014 Detailed analyses and the full reports can be downloaded from here. Report Georgia_ ENG Report Moldova_ENG

X