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OPINION

All the photos in this article are the courtesy of Melinda Novoszáth.
  • OPINION

No Men in Women’s Sports — A Day of Celebration for Female Athletes

‘For me, this isn’t about politics. It’s about the young girl who gets up at 5 in the morning for training, hoping that one day her hard work will be enough…This executive order is a step toward ensuring that female…
  • Melinda Novoszáth
  • ‎ —‎ 07.02.2025
  • OPINION, POLITICS

The Time Has Come for MEGA to Rise

‘Across the Atlantic, MAGA eagerly awaits the rise of MEGA, seeing in the European right a responsible and reasonable partner—unlike those who have cooperated with and been funded by the globalist elite. There will likely never be a better moment…
  • Joakim Scheffer
  • ‎ —‎ 07.02.2025
  • OPINION, POLITICS

‘Conservatives around the world were targeted, Romania is the latest example,’ Trump Envoy Says

‘Socialists and liberals are afraid of losing power, and for some time now they have been blaming political opponents for influencing electoral processes or government agendas through external forces. This is indeed what has happened: but it is not the…
  • Sergio Velasco
  • ‎ —‎ 06.02.2025
  • OPINION, POLITICS

Viktor Orbán Weighs In as USAID-Gate Engulfs Western Mainstream Media

Some of the largest Western mainstream media outlets have been caught red-handed in the growing scandal surrounding USAID, with POLITICO, The New York Times, and others accused of receiving funding from the controversial agency. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expressed…
  • Joakim Scheffer
  • ‎ —‎ 06.02.2025
  • OPINION, POLITICS

The Sources of Hungarian Conduct — Part III

‘While trade with Russia is usually condemned in principle, even Ukraine, the victim of Russian aggression, allowed the transit of Russian gas and oil to Europe for economic reasons until a few weeks ago. Politics can never escape economic and…
  • Gergely Varga
  • ‎ —‎ 06.02.2025
  • OPINION

China’s ‘Century of Humiliation’ — Understanding the Chinese Challenge

‘The truth of the matter is that the Chinese will not allow themselves to be entrapped by Western and non-Western foreigners alike as they did during the “Century of Humiliation”. Xi is determined more than ever to have China emerge…
  • Fr. Mario Alexis Portella
  • ‎ —‎ 05.02.2025
  • OPINION

An Alternative Proposition for the New Champions League Format

In this piece, I, the author, argue that UEFA should do away with the new Swiss system league phase for the Champions League. Instead, they should replace it with four groups of nine teams, which would play each other once…
  • Márton Losonczi
  • ‎ —‎ 04.02.2025
Viktor Orbán at a press conference in Moscow
  • OPINION, POLITICS

The Sources of Hungarian Conduct — Part II

‘Given the loss of security and economic credibility of the Western powers in 2008–2009 from a Central European perspective, and the serious economic and energy security challenges Hungary was facing at the time, it was an understandable and legitimate step…
  • Gergely Varga
  • ‎ —‎ 04.02.2025
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  • CULTURE & SOCIETY, OPINION

The Curricular De-Humanizing of the Humanities

‘Over time…scientific knowledge, combined with an emerging class of industrial capitalists, proved capable of improving material conditions for many as well as profits for the few. This lent scientific knowledge an aura of being a superior form of knowledge, one…
  • Dr. Alka Sehgal Cuthbert
  • ‎ —‎ 02.02.2025
In Budapest, anti-communists and nationalists place a Hungarian national flag atop a demolished statue of Josef Stalin.
  • OPINION, POLITICS

The Sources of Hungarian Conduct — Part I

‘After 20 years of left–liberal rule, Fidesz’s goal was to stimulate the creation of a much more balanced and pluralistic environment in all segments of society and a country less dependent on any form of foreign influence. In the eyes…
  • Gergely Varga
  • ‎ —‎ 31.01.2025
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  • CULTURE & SOCIETY, OPINION

From Scholar to Consumer — A Brief History of Student Identity

‘Students have moved from being political change agents to being themselves the object of political change. Rather than imposing their ideas on the world, they are to obey edicts from radical lecturers and diversity officers. To accommodate these developments, objective…
  • Joanna Williams
  • ‎ —‎ 30.01.2025
Demonstrators hold up Polish flags outside the European Union Commission representation in Warsaw, Poland, on 3 January 2025 during a protest against EU agricultural policies.
  • CULTURE & SOCIETY, OPINION

Polish Farmers and the Hallsteinian Vision for Agriculture

‘One is constantly reminded of Hallstein’s [Stresa] speech when analysing the turbulences of the recent years in Europe’s fields and countryside towns, occasionally bringing the distinct view of columns of tractors and piles of hay to the polished streets and…
  • Stefano Arroque
  • ‎ —‎ 30.01.2025
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OPINION

Requiem For a Political Career So Astonishingly Bonkers Even the Man Himself Can’t Seem to Comprehend It
OPINION

Requiem For a Political Career So Astonishingly Bonkers Even the Man Himself Can’t Seem to Comprehend It

‘On multiple occasions, on camera, Jakab was explained that he is currently part of the legislative branch of the government, and he is in the running to lead the executive, thus he has no business giving out prison sentences, because that is under the purview of the judicial branch. It is unclear how much of it sunk in for young Péter, but he kept going with his simplistic shtick.’

Márton Losonczi
07.06.2024
A Classical Conceptualization of Human Rights as the Antidote to Psychological Suffering: The Dominance of Western Progressive Human Rights in Practice
OPINION PHILOSOPHY

A Classical Conceptualization of Human Rights as the Antidote to Psychological Suffering: The Dominance of Western Progressive Human Rights in Practice

‘The flaw in the progressive hyper focus on moral rights is that it removes the ability of reality testing outside the subjective experience. Therefore, it feeds our narcissistic tendencies, which in turn enhances destructive behaviour, anxiety, depression, and above all, undermines mental resilience. Psychologically speaking, focusing only on our moral beliefs gives rise to many problems. First and foremost, human identity can only be stable if it is embedded in an external world.’

Daniel de Liever
05.06.2024
The Universal and Imperialist Islamic Mandate
OPINION POLITICS

The Universal and Imperialist Islamic Mandate

‘Just as it was with both the early community of Islamic believers and the later caliphate-state, the goal is universal governance according to the norms of the sharia. However, jihad (or holy war)is now camouflaged under soft law—rules that are neither strictly binding nor completely lacking in legal significance but nevertheless incorporate some sort of expectation of legal relevance.’

Fr. Mario Alexis Portella
01.06.2024
Hungarian EP Candidates Gather for Lackluster Show-Down
CURRENT OPINION

Hungarian EP Candidates Gather for Lackluster Show-Down

‘It does have some positive effect to see political opponents act so civilly with each other. However, it also subtracted from the entertainment value of the debate; and the performances were less persuasive as well, less likely to have enough impact to change somebody’s vote.’

Márton Losonczi
31.05.2024
Today Marks a Final Warning for All Conservatives in the EU
OPINION

Today Marks a Final Warning for All Conservatives in the EU

‘“Today marks a new chapter for Poland,” Ursula von der Leyen claimed in early May when announcing the European Commission’s decision to withdraw its case against Poland in the Article 7 procedure it had launched in 2017. I would add to that: “Today marks a final warning for all conservatives in the EU.”’

Jerzy Kwaśniewski
31.05.2024
Rule of Law as Lawfare? How To Turn Ice into Justice
OPINION POLITICS

Rule of Law as Lawfare? How To Turn Ice into Justice

‘If we treat the deepening understanding of the common value of Rule of Law as we would the space race, with definite winners and losers, then we degrade it. There can be no winners and losers here, really, as every state is a winner and a loser simultaneously in their daily battles on the frontlines of the Rule of Law. Some of these battles are acute, some try to tackle chronic symptoms, and it is very hard to credibly create systems of indexing, wherein each and every state actor may be qualified according to the same, abstract level of success or failure on these merits.’

Márton Sulyok
30.05.2024
The EU’s Rule of Law Trilemma Grips the Entire Continent
OPINION

The EU’s Rule of Law Trilemma Grips the Entire Continent

‘The rule of law’s conceptional imperfection makes it a perfect weapon, horribile dictu, a substantive lawfare.’

Gergely Dobozi
30.05.2024
We Need to Mitigate the Harmful Effects of the EU’s Lawfare
OPINION POLITICS

We Need to Mitigate the Harmful Effects of the EU’s Lawfare

‘I firmly believe the EU is in dire need of a rule of law instrument but this instrument should be turned upside down. It should guarantee that the principle of rule of law developed and applied in Member States is similarly implemented in the activities of EU institutions.’

János Bóka
30.05.2024
Why Is the West Suicidally Advocating for the Sending of Troops to Ukraine?
OPINION

Why Is the West Suicidally Advocating for the Sending of Troops to Ukraine?

‘Trump’s presidency promises one certain development: a 180-degree turn; peace instead of war. President Trump’s attitude towards Europe is well known: he is tough on our continent and he does not want to pay for the defence of Europeans at the expense of the US taxpayer. Which brings us to why European leaders would want to send troops to Ukraine when all common sense says it is suicidal and senseless.’

Botond Szabó
29.05.2024
What Is Really the Purpose of Education?
CULTURE & SOCIETY OPINION

What Is Really the Purpose of Education?

‘The education system has complex social functions, and it may only fulfil its purpose if it sees the child as a whole person. Although its competences as a set of institutions are, and shall be, limited, teaching and education must be more than transmitting knowledge that certain groups of influence find important. With traditional communities having weakened in modern society, and plenty of new challenges continually arising, education should strive to pass on not only factual, but also abstract knowledge accumulated by our culture. The stakes are high; if education fails to accomplish this twofold task, we may face a rapid decline of our civilization.’

Illés Katona
27.05.2024
Internal Conflicts and Future Alternatives for European Integration
OPINION

Internal Conflicts and Future Alternatives for European Integration

‘If we are looking for a more idealistic, right-wing conservative solution to the puzzle, we have to question the current form of the EU as it is. It may be appealing to the economic right, but it contains very little for the social right. This would mean either a radical restructuring of the EU to align towards more of these values or its reduction to a mere economic cooperation platform.’

László Dornfeld
25.05.2024
Brexit: How We Got Here and Why You Should Not — Or Not Yet
OPINION

Brexit: How We Got Here and Why You Should Not — Or Not Yet

‘That Britain chose to join the EEC in 1975 was a tragedy. That it left the EU with the utmost incompetence in 2016 was a farce caused entirely by the Conservative Party’s inability to resolve the psychological trauma of three decades. In both instances, it is the British people who have suffered and they whose trust in politics to be a force for good has, as a consequence, been destroyed.’

David Oldroyd-Bolt
24.05.2024
Behind the Denunciation of Israeli Human Rights Violations
OPINION

Behind the Denunciation of Israeli Human Rights Violations

In truth, “the long arc of harassment, assault, and murder of Palestinians by Jewish settlers is twinned with a shadow history, one of silence, avoidance, and abetment by Israeli officials”, states The New York Times. This is not to downplay the terrorist threat against Israelis by Palestinian jihadists. However, interviews with more than one hundred people—current and former officers of the Israeli military, the National Israeli Police, and the Shin Bet domestic security service; high-ranking Israeli political officials, including four former prime ministers; Palestinian leaders and activists; Israeli human rights lawyers; American officials charged with supporting the Israeli-Palestinian partnership—there appears to be a long history of crime without punishment.’

Fr. Mario Alexis Portella
22.05.2024
History’s Relentless Turn
OPINION

History’s Relentless Turn

‘The emerging multipolar, multicivilizational world still needs and will be grateful to have a strong, rational, reliable, and consistent Western civilization…But for that to happen, common sense will have to rule us, and we must consign postmodern liberalism and the Cult of Woke to the trash heap of history.’

Miklós Szánthó
20.05.2024
Europe Can Rise Again on 9 June
OPINION

Europe Can Rise Again on 9 June

‘Conservatives are the only parties in Europe that are rising, and the left is afraid. We can be certain that a paradigm shift would wipe out many leftist politicians, and the elites that pay them clearly don’t want that to happen. They want obedient politicians who follow their agenda. On 9 June Conservatives have a mission: the reconquest of our sovereignty, the reconquest of our security, the reconquest of our economy and industry, the reconquest of our agriculture, the reconquest of our identity.’

Sergio Velasco
20.05.2024
Towards a Conservatism On Which the Sun Never Sets
OPINION POLITICS

Towards a Conservatism On Which the Sun Never Sets

‘Besides the less remote Iberian Peninsula, the Center for Fundamental Rights now runs a dedicated operation aimed towards the oft-neglected south of the Western hemisphere, amounting to twenty-two countries, nine time zones, two languages—and countless parties, think tanks, civic groups, and allies spread from the borderland Rio Grande down to the Tierra del Fuego archipelago. This empire of actionable ideas will grow by persuasion rather than force, not as a sovereign entity but as a loose constellation of like-minded partners comparing notes on their parallel journeys to power.’

Jorge González-Gallarza 
19.05.2024
To Brussels, All Minorities Are Diverse, but Some Are More Diverse Than Others
CULTURE & SOCIETY OPINION

To Brussels, All Minorities Are Diverse, but Some Are More Diverse Than Others

‘Throughout the West today…there is a mania for forgetting our civilizational past as an intolerable moral burden. Western elites regard migrants, sexual minorities, and other outsiders as bearers of ‘‘the richness of cultural diversity’’, but do not see the culturally diverse minorities already within Europe itself in the same way.’

Rod Dreher
19.05.2024
Is Social Media Keeping Us from Truth?
CULTURE & SOCIETY OPINION

Is Social Media Keeping Us from Truth?

‘The Internet, for all its premises as a beacon of knowledge, now resembles more of a digital information wasteland. It’s not that there aren’t well-written essays or long-form articles out there. It’s not as if one cannot find quality, deep content if one seeks it out. It’s just that we’re overwhelmed by the popcorn.’

Katherine Brodsky
19.05.2024
Hungary Is about to Deliver a Long-Awaited, Meaningful EU Presidency
HU24EU OPINION

Hungary Is about to Deliver a Long-Awaited, Meaningful EU Presidency

‘Hungary is set to take over the rotating EU Presidency in July 2024, a development that has provoked mixed feelings among certain political factions…Nonetheless, Hungary has proven to be a formidable participant in these disputes, fully aware of its rights within the EU legal framework and prepared to advocate for them vigorously.’

Gergely Dobozi
16.05.2024
The Eurovision: A Glittering Glimpse into the Soul of Modern Society
CULTURE & SOCIETY OPINION

The Eurovision: A Glittering Glimpse into the Soul of Modern Society

‘It is clear that the Eurovision has become a battleground for the debate over gender identity and the boundaries of acceptability in the public sphere. Today, it seems, nothing is off-limits, and performers are encouraged to push the boundaries of what is considered socially acceptable. This anything-goes mentality has led to a competition where the weird and the wacky reign supreme, and where acts that would have been unthinkable in the past are now celebrated and applauded.’

John Mac Ghlionn
16.05.2024
The Jewish American Nightmare
OPINION

The Jewish American Nightmare

‘The progressive side has created a “Jewish question”. The left has discovered the concept of race, merged it with other dimensions of oppression (class, gender), and now they have made the Jews into a new oppressive caste alongside Christian Protestants. After 1967 they focused only on “Zionists” and “Israelis”; now the Jews of the diaspora are the opponents. They don’t even hide their intentions, attacking synagogues, looking for “enemies” who “look Jewish” in the classrooms and in the corridors. The attacks have nothing to do with Israel: they are intended to intimidate the Jewish American community.’

László Bernát Veszprémy
13.05.2024
The Complexity of the Pro-Palestinian Protests
OPINION

The Complexity of the Pro-Palestinian Protests

‘It is ironic…that the protesters, while having legitimate positions, have remained altogether silent on the atrocities committed by Hamas, to say nothing of their main sponsor, the Islamic Republic of Iran. In truth, ever since an estimated 750,000 Palestinians lost their homes amidst the creation of the State of Israel 1948, there have been American Jews deeply unsettled by Israeli policies toward both the Palestinian refugees and Arabs living under Israeli rule. These critics of old into the American Jewish establishment, such as leaders and staff members of the American Jewish Committee.’

Fr. Mario Alexis Portella
13.05.2024
Can Russia Occupy Ukraine AND Attack the Eastern Flank of NATO?
OPINION

Can Russia Occupy Ukraine AND Attack the Eastern Flank of NATO?

‘The vestiges of Cold War thinking continue to linger on, with the fear of a hypothetical Russia–West conflict escalating into a war that ends civilization imprinted on our minds so much that it has never actually gone away. Nevertheless, it must be recognized that Russia has lost much of its power compared to its Communist era strength and would struggle if it wanted to fight against the West. To be precise, barring the suicidal option of launching a nuclear holocaust and burning everyone, including itself, to smouldering ashes, Russia is not even economically competitive enough to master sufficient military power to achieve superiority in brute force over Ukraine, not to mention having the strength to go on and attack any NATO country.’

Lili Zemplényi
13.05.2024
Chinese Investments in Serbia and Hungary – Filling the Void Left by the US?
OPINION

Chinese Investments in Serbia and Hungary – Filling the Void Left by the US?

‘Hungary insists on following its own path: it stands up for its sovereignty, it defends families, its borders, and its economy. At the same time, it is open to the world, and wants to engage with all players around the globe, which includes skilfully attracting investments from the East, including Asia. But it does not want to lecture other countries; it does not want to be on bad terms with other countries, and it does not want to get into ideological debates. It wants growth, it wants security, and it wants peace.’

Botond Szabó
12.05.2024
The Bittersweet Future of Unaffordable Chocolate
CULTURE & SOCIETY OPINION

The Bittersweet Future of Unaffordable Chocolate

‘In facing the end of affordable chocolate, we encounter a microcosm of the broader challenges of living sustainably in a finite world. The path forward demands not only technological innovation and policy reform but also a cultural shift in how we value and consume the earth’s resources. The luxury of chocolate, once taken for granted, could become a conscious choice, a deliberate act that reflects our commitment to a more equitable and sustainable world.’

Carlos Roa
11.05.2024
Ivy League Schools Polarize Students About the Israel–Palestine War
OPINION

Ivy League Schools Polarize Students About the Israel–Palestine War

‘Horrible wars are going on right at this moment in the world, and no one in the West seems to care that much. Why does something happening in the Middle East make such repercussions and make emotions run this high in Western universities? What is the ‘secret appeal’ of taking the side of the Palestinians in the Israel–Hamas war that inspired so many students in Ivy League schools to go out and protest in the way they did? May it be the case that it is the schools themselves that generate false narratives of the history behind this conflict to manipulate students into an inevitable conclusion?’

Melinda Novoszáth
09.05.2024
How Jihadists Justify Violence in the Name of Islam
OPINION

How Jihadists Justify Violence in the Name of Islam

‘One can then argue that the so-called Muslim fundamentalists wrongly justify their acts of violence. All this being said, there is confusion as to who speaks for Islam and how Islamic law (the sharia) is to be employed, especially in light of the Sunni-Shi’ite division. Nevertheless, the manner in which both physical and cultural jihadists invoke their legal tenets in order to justify their jihad leads one to confirm that their indiscriminate acts are sanctioned by the Islamic texts.’

Fr. Mario Alexis Portella
08.05.2024
Hiding Behind Palestinian Human Rights, Antisemitism Sets US Universities Ablaze
OPINION

Hiding Behind Palestinian Human Rights, Antisemitism Sets US Universities Ablaze

While the intensity of the widespread protests across the country obviously varies from university to university, students seem to have come a long way from peacefully expressing solidarity with Palestinian civilians and opposition to the war. The slogans accusing Israel of genocide, calling for a free Palestine and relativising Hamas’ atrocities are only the mildest versions of the chants repeated by the students. According to a Jewish-American student at Columbia University, he has heard chants on campus in recent weeks such as “Burn Tel Aviv to the ground’; “Globalize the Intifada”; “We are Hamas”; “October 7 will happen again and again”, and “Go back to Poland”.

Dávid Nagy
06.05.2024
Let’s Globalize Conservatism!
OPINION

Let’s Globalize Conservatism!

‘My young friends, our responsibility is immense. We are the last generation that could rely solely on our parents to differentiate between right and wrong. Yet, we are also fully immersed in the technological advancements of the 21st century. We have an opportunity to globalize conservatism.’

Gergely Dobozi
06.05.2024
Two Magyar Men, Two Rival Visions for Europe — The Symbolic Importance of László Molnárfi and Viktor Orbán
OPINION

Two Magyar Men, Two Rival Visions for Europe — The Symbolic Importance of László Molnárfi and Viktor Orbán

‘It’s hard not to think of another Hungarian who was a radical back in his student days: Viktor Orbán, who took on the existing Communist power structure. In fact, the two Hungarian political activists who began as student radicals—Orbán and Molnárfi—uncannily represent rival futures for Europe. With European elections approaching in June, the two make quite the symbolic pair.’

Rod Dreher
06.05.2024
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