CEID hosted in cooperation with the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs 3 US CEPA Fellows between 6-8th July. The participants from the US State Department and the Congressional Research Centre met the representatives of the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the US Embassy in Budapest. Among others they had personal consultations with Ms.Réka Szemerkényi, Chief Foreign and Secrutiy Policy Advisor of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Mr. Szabolcs Takács, Political Director of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.