Can we re-energize our relationship? Are sanctions worth? The illegal annexation of Crimea by Russian troops required a European response which was harsher than diplomatic condemnation but softer than military retaliation. Economic and financial sanctions seemed the right solution to create a balance between putting pressure on...
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...
A systemic crisis or a temporary loss of confidence According to Kelly Gibson, campaign manager at Hamburger Gibson Creative, the current wave of disillusionment amongst American citizens with their political elite is not as severe as it seems. It is not that people are losing faith...
Has the world forgotten about the Western Balkans? - this was the motto of our eighth Euro-Atlantic Café organized in the city of Pécs. Our panelists, Prof. Géza Jeszenszky, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Ambassador to Washington and Oslo and Prof. István Gyarmati,...
by Edit Inotai Download Mainstream was yesterday, today the stage belongs to anti-establishment politicians on both sides of the Atlantic. American commentators are usually puzzled by the rise of populist - radical right or left - politicians in the European Union, while Europeans are horrified by the...
Budapest Security Conference – Event Summary Keynote Speeches A new world order is currently being established, and Hungary should be on the winning side – started Mr. Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary. Thus, we need to adapt to the new political, economic...
Migration, as approached from four different angles by the four panelists, unveiled a broad spectrum of opinions and perspectives which contributed to an unbiased and thorough interpretation of the current situation. A new migration regime According to Mr. Michael Spindelegger, Director General of the Vienna-based International Center...
On the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Visegrad Cooperation in 1991, Mr. Géza Jeszenszky, foreign minister in the first democratically elected Hungarian government headed by József Antall, discussed his views on the past and future of V4 with Mr. Dániel Bartha, executive director...