The Easy Military Questions, the Hard Cultural Question

Participants

• Dr Edward Luttwak, an American author known for his works on grand strategy, military strategy, geoeconomics, military history, and international relations
• Balázs Mártonffy, PhD, Director, Institute for American Studies, University of Public Service - Hungary
• John O’Sullivan, President, Danube Institute

Dr Luttwak is an extraordinary military and political strategist with an international reputation.  Go to Amazon, and there are more than twenty Luttwak books available.  One of his more interesting books, Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook, was made into a movie.  Luttwak is one of the few military strategists who has the rare distinction of being played by the British Actor Peter O’Toole.

Fluent in five languages, Luttwak was born in Romania and has been a Senior Associate at CSIS and Chairman of AP Fleet (aircraft leasing), in Dublin, Ireland. He attended the London School of Economics (B.Sc.Econ), Johns Hopkins University (PhD); and the University of Bath (LLD Honoris Causa). He has served as a consultant to U. S. Government organizations, including the following as well as Treaty Allies of the U. S.:

• The Office of the Secretary of Defense,
• The National Security Council,
• The U.S. Department of State,
• The U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force

He founded and directs a conservation cattle ranch in the Bolivian Amazon.  Before ever writing of strategy and war, he was combat-trained (Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and fought as a volunteer or a contractor in several countries on two continents. The Rise of China vs the Logic of Strategy (Harvard University Press) is his latest book, and his books have been published worldwide in twenty-two languages.

Date: 10 May 2023, 5.30 p.m.

Venue: Lónyay-Hatvany Villa - 1. Csónak str., 1015 Budapest

Participation in the event is free, but registration is required, which can be done by email at events@danubeinstitute.hu or by clicking on the R.S.V.P. button.