Research

Abstract: On 15 February 1991, the President of Czechoslovakia, Václav Havel, the President of Poland, Lech Wałęsa and the Prime Minister of Hungary, József Antall signed the Visegrad Declaration ...

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...

Abstract: The Visegrad Group's efficiency is ensured by its ability to respond to the constantly changing international political and economic environment, in line with the interests of the Member Sta...

Two unorthodox senior advisors to Number 10 deserve attention. The first and most prominent is effectively Boris Johnson’s chief of staff as well as his senior advisor on the environment (and on int...

In the first six months of 2021, Portugal holds the EU’s rotating presidency.  There are different views on what we can expect, especially in terms of the issues most relevant for Hungary, such as ...

The results of Scotland’s elections next week will dominate British politics for the foreseeable future. And yet, while a united Britain may with luck survive, it’s hard to be as confident beyond ...

A good Tony Abbott story is that early during his time as an MP, he did a study trip to Washington. Clearly the embassy official responsible for arranging his programme was American. He tailored it on...

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...

The start of restoration work on Budapest’s once elegant, neo-classical first department store, the 1926 Corvin Áruház, is the latest piece of good news for the inner part of the Józsefváros, ch...