Dwa Bratanki: In search of common foreign policy goals of Poland and Hungary: Strong Alliance in a Changing Europe This it is the fourth occasion of organizing Dwa Bratanki conference on Polish-Hungarian bilateral relations. We believe we have filled an important gap, by establishing a foreign-policy fora dominated by...
The year 2016 will be crucial for the V4 defence cooperation. If one important lesson is to be drawn from the implementation of the Wales commitments, then we should highlight the region’s and the alliance’s limited capability to create a common vision on our future...
by Dániel Bartha | download “The quota issue has become the ruling populist domestic political issue for all governing parties in our region, and a common solution to this crisis has united these governments. Instead of separating the more moderate [Visegrad] countries from the [more aggressive bunch],...
CEID welcomes Olga Zelinska, who will be our Think Visegrad Fellow in 2016. Think Visegrad – V4 Think Tank Platform is a network for structured dialog on issues of strategic regional importance. The network analyzes key issues for the Visegrad Group (V4), and provides recommendations to the governments...
Download “I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest”- said Sir Winston Churchill in 1939. Russia is still an enigma for many in...
CEID Director Daniel Bartha was speaking on May 10th, 2016 at the roundtable discussion on “ organized at the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security of the Atlantic Council of United States in Washington DC. Other speakers of the event included Marian Majer from the...
The Think Visegrad think-tank network prepared the review of the first half of the Czech V4 presidency and suggested key recommendations for the remaining time of the presidency. The assessment is based on the Presidency’s own priorities, but also on the overall context in which...
On January 7th CEID organized the 7th Euro-Atlantic Café with the support of the US Embassy and the Pallas Athéné Geopolitical Foundation (PAGEO). The panelists were Ms.Nancy Foner, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York and Mr....
The days are gone when a major international newspaper was unthinkable without a network of foreign correspondents. Wise middle aged men were sitting around in smoky offices exchanging political rumors, meeting influential insiders behind closed doors, and pretending to be as secretive as possible about...
The uniqueness of the Islamic State (IS) lies in its attempt not to capture an already existing state, but rather to create a new one. IS is not a new phenomenon, the roots date back to 2004, when Jordanian jihadist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi joined the...