Second Danube Summit on Geopolitics, Security, and Defense - SESSION I

Date: 1-2 December 2022

The Danube Institute is proud to present its second annual summit on Geopolitics in Budapest. Panel Discussions focused on the Russo-Ukrainian conflict and its after-effects on the region as well as transnational issues, including the status of NATO capabilities, global energy, trade, and logistics affairs, and the competing ideals and agendas that impact them.

Speakers:
- S. John Tsagronis, Institute of World Politics, Professor of Statecraft and National Security Affairs 
Topic: Geopolitics: The Shifting Tectonic Plates of World Power
- John Venable, Heritage Foundation, Washington, D. C.
Topic: How Washington sees NATO’s future
- H.E. Dr. Réka Szemerkényi, Senior Advisor Transatlantic Strategy, International Republican Institute
Topic: NATO's adaptation to new strategic realities
- David Hobbs, Atlantic Treaty Association of the United Kingdom
Topic: Global Partners, the West in the Indo-Pacific: NATO and the “Hub-and-Spokes System”, Quad, AUKUS, and More"