CEID’s European Café on December 5th (Is the EU still attractive?) presented a wide range of opinions regarding the outside and inside perception of the European Union, and the chances of enlargement. The panel discussion featured Mr Iurie Leanca, Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration...
On September 26th, the Center for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy Center (CEID) and the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) held the third Dwa Bratanki Forum. The conference focused on various issues that have recently emerged. Among the discussed issues were the Polish and Hungarian divisions on Ukraine,...
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...
A special issue of European Perspectives was published by Centre for European Perspective (CEP) the in the framework of a project, financed by International Visegrad Fund on the relations and common interests of the Visegrad countries and Slovenia. The Hungarian partner of CEP was the Centre...
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...
New study by Anna Péczeli and Daniel Bartha NATO Defence College (NDC) published its latest Research Paper on the developments of the nuclear disarmament agenda in light of the recent crises in Ukraine. The authors of the paper are Dr. Anna Péczeli , Assistant Lecturer of...
by Edit Inotai and Daniel Bartha Hungary’s government surprised many commentators when announced back in mid-February, that it would send soldiers to Iraq to help the Western Alliance in its fight against the Islamic State. Hungary – long criticized for not abiding to Western democratic values...
Visegrad: the winter is here, but will the spring ever come? by Dániel Bartha According to a Central European folk tradition, if the bear coming out of its cave sees its own shadow, the winter will be long. We are currently coping with a bear capable to...
Since the Ukrainian crisis started Hungary received outstanding attention world-wide regarding its foreign policy towards Russia. Andras's op-ed outlines some controversial points of the "Eastern Opening Policy" of the Orban-government and comments on the future perspectives considering the country's international relations. According to Andras, without diversification of...