Category: VOLUME VIII, No. 1

HUNGARY AND THE CRISIS OF EUROPE

HUNGARY AND THE CRISIS OF EUROPE Viktor Orbán Judging from population, natural resources, and human capital, the European Union should be the leading power of the world. For the moment, however, its stagnation obstructs its potential leadership. What we call the European Project has been stopped in its tracks. We

HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH? – REFLECTIONS ON PAUL COLLIER’S EXODUS

Both the narratives that immigration drives down wages for indigenous workers and that immigration is economically necessary are false. The truth is that moderate migration has economic effects on the indigenous population that in the short and medium term are mar- ginal and most probably positive. Any long term effects

THE PARALLEL WORLDS OF CITIZENS

Nowadays it has become exceedingly difficult to interpret and predict global processes. A recent case in point is the Brexit referendum, which produced an entirely unexpected outcome despite having been studied by a host of political analysts in advance. Likewise, the expert consensus was proven wrong by the end result

BREXIT AND THE ART OF THE POLITICALLY POSSIBLE

Britain, like Hungary, needs a foreign policy geared to its long-term interests in a rapidly changing world no longer en route to a liberal democratic end of history. This has become an urgent task in the wake of the 23 June vote to leave the European Union. Unlike the seemingly

LIBERATION CANCELLED! – US POLICIES TOWARDS CENTRAL EUROPE IN 1956 AND AFTER

LIBERATION CANCELLED! US Policies towards Central Europe in 1956 and After1 … the region lies beyond the reach of American power. […] Does this mean that Poland and the Danubian states and Balkan states have no prospect of assured independence, and that they are destined inexorably to become satellites of

STUDENTS OF THE BUDAPEST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN THE 1956 REVOLUTION

As a second year student at the Technical University in Budapest in October 1956, I worked for the Revolutionary Student Committee in the student dormitory where I lived. I also became a member of the National Guard. Though I was not a freedom fighter, like so many others, I also

ON PARADE – A VIGNETTE FROM 1956

We gathered at the side of the parade ground because we wanted a good laugh. The British regiment has a rather peculiar feature. It marches at double speed. The band provides a madly fast beat, and these boys – fine strapping lads – march to it as if they were