“The United States is, by far, the world’s most powerful nation. This does not mean that the United States can - or has an interest to - solve the problems of the world” - writes George Friedman, founder and CEO of Stratfor in his recent...
The Central European Policy Institute (CEPI) published a new analysis assassing the achievements and shortcomings of the commitments laid down in Wales, while evaluating the potential agenda of the upcoming Warsaw Summit in such a radically altered security environment. For the full report visit: From Wales...
CEID celebrated its second Euro-Atlantic Café in Eger, by invitation of the Agria Universitas Foundation of the Eszterházy Károly College. Our outstanding guests were Mr. Géza Jeszenszky, former foreign minister and two-times ambassador of Hungary (to Washington and to Oslo) and Mr. András Dékány, former...
A brighter future? “Ambassador Ms. Colleen Bell could actually consider herself lucky for being accredited to Budapest at a time when political tension between the US and Hungary reached its climax. From this point on things cannot possibly get worse” - former Hungarian Foreign Minister Mr...
In 2015 the Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy (CEID) is organizing a series of discussions on transatlantic issues in the framework of our new project Euro-Atlantic Café. The project is supported by the Embassy of the United States to Hungary. Our goal is to...
The Central European Policy Institute (CEPI) presented its new "DAV4 III Expert Group Report: From bullets to supersonics: V4 on the brink of industrial cooperation" . The DAV4 process is the initiative of CEPI to support the defence cooperation of the Visegrád countries. Launched in 2011...
On 24 March 2015, CEID and CEPI held a joint workshop in Budapest to discuss the V4 digital agenda with Hungarian stakeholders. Our new mapping paper was introduced. V4 and Hungarian views on the digital single market (DSM) being constructed on the EU level were...
The Finnish Institute of International Affairs launched its new research project titled "Security and Insecurity in Europe: How the War in Ukraine Has Affected the Regional Perceptions", in which CEID is a contributing partner. The project was supported by the International Visegrad Fund. CEID will be represented in...
In the framework of the 2015 Civil Servant Mobility Program (CSMP) supported by the International Visegrad Fund (IVF), 6 Ukrainian delegates visited Budapest in order to gain a deeper insight into the Hungarian governments' strategies towards Small and Medium Enterprises. The professional content of the program...
Since the NATO Summit in Wales it has been proved that the security architecture of Europe has never faced so many challanges since we have joined the Alliance. Although cooperation of V4 has developed substantially in the field of security and defence, the enviroment is...