Danube Institute

A recent leak of several interviews has shown a glimpse of the political manipulation done by unelected activist networks in Central Europe, but in fact this should be nothing new or surprising.

31/01/2022

On the Spectrum of Plausible Understandings – Interview with James Allan

All throughout the West we see unelected bureaucracies chipping away at the decision-making power of majoritarian politics, turning democracy into a system of generating morally good outcomes, even th...

13/01/2022

Why the Movie Don’t Look Up Failed and Is Still Perfect. . .

The recent star-packed Hollywood blockbuster was intended to hold up a mocking glass to combat climate change denialism, but in fact, it managed to fail in a spectacular fashion, while still pointing ...

04/11/2021

[NEWS IN-DEPTH] S. Korea, Visegrad Group Economic Cooperation: Analysis

Tamás Orbán, research fellow at Danube Institute gave an interview to the South-Korean Arirang News Center television channel about the South-Korean, Visegrad Group Economic Cooperation.

14/10/2021

AUKUS Shuffles the Blocs

John O'Sullivan, the President of the Danube Institute and Tamás Orbán, Research Fellow at Danube Institute wrote an article about the AUKUS submarine deal, which was published by the National Revie...

07/09/2021

“The Policy Makers Discussion: The U. S. and The Current Crisis”

In the second part of "The Policy Makers Discussion" participated Jeff Sessions, former U.S. Attorney General, and U.S. Senator, Dr. Jeffrey Kaplan, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Dr. David L. Dusenbu...

Geopolitics

31/07/2022

Ukrajna, Oroszország, NATO, Románia, haditengerészet, Fekete-tenger, Orbán Tamás, haderőfejlesztés

Military modernisation in Romania (post-1990)

Abstract: After the democratisation of the country following the Revolution of 1989, Romania inherited a vast military force both in terms of manpower and equipment, albeit riddled with problems of in...

Geopolitics

30/06/2022

Oroszország, hadsereg, Moldova, Transznisztria, haderőfejlesztés

Military modernisation in the Republic of Moldova (post-1991)

ABSTRACT: In light of recent geopolitical developments and the prolonged conflict in the neighbouring Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova has announced serious intentions to modernise its armed forces. ...

Geopolitics

01/04/2022

Ukrajna, háború, Svájc, geopolitika

Swiss Neutrality: The Anatomy of Success

The concept of Swiss neutrality is almost as old as the country itself and has now been infused within Switzerland’s national identity. Due to unique historical and geographical circumstances, it be...

Geopolitics

17/02/2022

FIRST YEAR OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION

In just a year into Joe Biden’s presidency, we already see that the administration’s work is riddled within both its domestic and foreign policy initiatives. The pragmatic and US-centred foreign...

Geopolitics

20/12/2021

AUKUS and the Indo-Pacific

This paper analyses the role of the newly established security alliance of the Anglosphere, AUKUS, especially in relation to the Indo-Pacific region. The paper aims to examine the subject from three...

Geopolitics

28/07/2021

Democracy is coming? - An interventionist take on the Tigray crisis

Abstract: Many journalists and political scientists suspect that a Democrat-led White House would quickly return to the kind of interventionalism which made Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize feel a bit rush...

Geopolitics

01/07/2021

Cancelled Pipeline Projects in the Balkans

Russia’s long-held monopoly over the eastern half of Europe’s gas supplies – along with the discovery of a massive gas field in Azerbaijan – birthed the idea of the Southern Gas Corridor, a pr...

Geopolitics

12/05/2021

The International Visegrad Fund

Abstract: A decade after the establishment of the Visegrad Group, its leaders felt it was time for creating a hub for Central European cooperation among the civil societies of their nations, extending...

Other publications

15/04/2021

Refugee crisis: the worst is yet to come

Europe has many reasons to celebrate Joe Biden’s victory in the United States, but there is one crucial aspect of the President’s future policies that may turn out to be devastating for the old co...

Geopolitics

28/03/2021

Thirty years of Visegrad - Summits, meetings and themes of a Central European cooperation

Abstract: The constellation known as the Visegrad Group has been widely regarded as the political success story of Central Europe, and even though it has experienced temporary setbacks as every long-t...

Geopolitics

29/01/2021

V4 countries and the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic

Abstract: This paper analyses the efforts made by the countries of the Visegrad Group against the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, including the respected countries’ vaccination plan, contracts nego...

Geopolitics

31/12/2020

The Economic Prospects of Central Europe under the Biden Presidency

Abstract: President Trump’s policies under the slogan ‘America First’ have propelled major changes not only in US domestic affairs, but also on the global political theatre. The Trump administra...

Other publications

09/11/2020

Retaking Lost Ground - on the historic victory of Hungarian communities at the local elections in Transylvania

The RMDSZ (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania) is the oldest and largest minority party in the country, since its democratic chapter was established after the fall of Communism, and aside from ...