Stop Judging Others by Western Moral Standards
The violent persecution of minorities and various disenfranchised groups should be challenged at international fora and on the level of public diplomacy, and not in the football field with embarrassing stunts.
The Flight of the Bumblebee: A Review of ‘The Hungarian Way of Strategy’
Balázs Orbán’s work is a penetrative exegesis of the unique success of Hungarian statecraft in the past decade as well as an astute guide for all nation-states of similar stature. The Hungarian Way of Strategy is a beacon in the fog of our ideology-driven era, meant for those whose understanding of time goes beyond the fleeting moments of the present.
Who Are Egypt’s Copts and What Do They Believe? – Part I
There was a time not too far off in the recent past when very few people in the Western world would have recognized words like ‘Copt’ or ‘Coptic Christian.’ By now the popular awareness of Copts in the Western consciousness has become more consolidated, and their identity more widely recognized.
Crimes in War
In the Russo-Ukrainian war most probably both sides have committed acts of unjustifiable violence. What needs to be considered, however, is whether the crimes are rare missteps, or rather a systemic mode of operation of the belligerents.
‘Israel Perceives Hungary as a Really Close Ally’ — Interview with Hananya Naftali
If you go to Israel and say that you’re from Hungary, most Israelis will smile at you, hug you and shake your hand. We perceive Hungary as a very close ally.
Sore Losers or Dangerous Terrorists? The Left-Wing Emigration in 1921
Although the official Hungarian propaganda constantly portrayed the ‘dark figures’ of the leftist emigration as plotting from abroad against Hungary, the surviving primary sources show a picture of ineffectual losers fighting among themselves.
Marking the Remembrance Day of Hungarian Forced Labourers in the Soviet Union
Altogether at least 700,000 Hungarians were taken to the Soviet Union by force to work in the infamous labour camps of the country. One third of these men and women never returned—and those who did, never received any compensation from Hungary’s Communist government.
Will Netanyahu’s New Coalition Partners Cause a Setback in US-Israeli Relations?
According to Aaron Davis Miller, Americans might soon stop seeing US–Israeli ties as a special relationship.
War of Worlds: Clash of Generations in the Horthy era
While generational differences pushed one group of young men into the camp of the contemporary nationalist right, that did not necessarily determine their later life choices. Generational experiences did define men to some extent—but it was political and moral choices that had the final say.
