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Balázs Orbán on Hungary’s EU Presidency, Kosovo, the Future of the EU and the US Presidential Election
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Balázs Orbán on Hungary’s EU Presidency, Kosovo, the Future of the EU and the US Presidential Election

Balázs Orbán pointed out that Hungarian foreign policy has long sought to draw attention to the fact that the Balkans should be offered the prospective of European integration. ‘This is another potential conflict zone that can explode just like the Ukrainian-Russian conflict. It is important for every EU country to stand in favour of the Western Balkans enlargement policy for the sake of the stability of the region,’ he emphasised.

Ádám Bráder
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05.06.2023
Christian Philosophy that Will Forever be Relevant — Reviewing Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
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Christian Philosophy that Will Forever be Relevant — Reviewing Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

Mere Christianity is a profound exploration of faith that transcends the boundaries of its time. The vibrant amalgamation of Lewis’ remarkable wit, lucid style, and profound philosophical insights into Christianity indeed appeals to a broad audience, including non-Christians.

Lili Zemplényi
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24.05.2023
The Forgotten Hungarian Resistance in the Second World War — A Review of Ákos Bartha’s New Book
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The Forgotten Hungarian Resistance in the Second World War — A Review of Ákos Bartha’s New Book

Bartha highlights that it is a painful phenomenon that the non-Communist Hungarian resisters ‘have been relegated to the no-man’s land in terms of memory politics in the 21st century.’ Hopefully, in the future, more attention will be devoted to the anti-Nazism not only of Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky or Lieutenant General János Kiss, but also that of István Lendvai, István Zadravecz or even Gyula Kornis.

László Bernát Veszprémy
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23.05.2023
Problematize Everything and Find Solutions to Nothing — A Review of Cynical Theories
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Problematize Everything and Find Solutions to Nothing — A Review of Cynical Theories

How to problematize everything and find solutions to nothing—a review of Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsey.

Lili Zemplényi
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22.05.2023
Don’t Blame the Achievers: Blame Genes, History and Circumstances
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Don’t Blame the Achievers: Blame Genes, History and Circumstances

Sowell begins his book by stating that there are many explanations for inequalities, which broadly fall into two extreme categories: some believe that inequality is rooted in descent, in genetics, while others believe that the less well-off are exploited by the rich. Sowell believes in neither as an exclusive explanatory factor. Instead, he holds that success depends on certain preconditions, where even small differences can lead to big differences in outcomes.

László Bernát Veszprémy
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15.05.2023
The Age of Thunder
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The Age of Thunder

According to Thomas Molnar, intellectualism is only a brief flash between the religious and technological society. More dangerous than its waning light is its ‘thunder’, i.e. the unspoken problem of the Century, which is revealed unmistakably only after the lightning.

Áron Czopf
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14.05.2023
A Decisive Decade
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A Decisive Decade

In Matolcsy’s understanding, the current debate on the theoretical and practical side of the economy is caused by the difference between ‘the former liberal approach and the currently rising approach based on sustainability’, the contrast of which is compounded by, or more precisely triggered and culminated by, ‘the clash of Western and Eastern, i.e. Asian, positions’. The author clearly takes a stand against Western neoliberalism and is in favour of a Eurasian shift.

Márton Békés
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21.04.2023
Pilate’s Drama
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Pilate’s Drama

Even though The Innocence of Pontius Pilate by David Lloyd Dusenbury offers no mystic resolution of Pilate’s drama, the philosophical conclusions it draws from the trial of Jesus are indeed far-reaching.

Hungarian Conservative
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07.04.2023
Escaping the Middle-Income Trap: Hungary’s Way Forward According to Balázs Orbán
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Escaping the Middle-Income Trap: Hungary’s Way Forward According to Balázs Orbán

What is also crucial to the strategy proposed by Balázs Orbán is the preservation of interconnectivity within the West. Strengthening the cornerstones of Western civilisation, rooted in Judeo-Christian values, is paramount, the political director underscores in his piece, adding that sovereignty, religion, and family must be defended from destructive attempts to ‘undermine our shared values and identity.’

Hungarian Conservative
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13.03.2023
At the Baal Game: The World Cup and the Clash of Civilizations
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At the Baal Game: The World Cup and the Clash of Civilizations

In an era of civilizational clashes, Woke multiculturalism endeavours to create a country of many civilizations, which is to say a country not belonging to any civilization and lacking a cultural core.

David Martin Jones/M. L. R. Smith
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12.03.2023
Allan Bloom — The Diagnosis of Decline
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Allan Bloom — The Diagnosis of Decline

Re-reading Bloom’s book, we must acknowledge that there indeed existed a thorough and fierce analysis drawing attention to the decline of university life already decades ago. Unfortunately, this appeal was ignored.

András Karácsony
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07.03.2023
Balázs Orbán: ‘Being Compared to Hungary Does Not Seem Like Such Harsh Criticism At All’
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Balázs Orbán: ‘Being Compared to Hungary Does Not Seem Like Such Harsh Criticism At All’

‘For their political opponents conservative governments are most dangerous when they are successful,’ warns Balázs Orbán, Political Director to the Prime Minister of Hungary. Thus, he adds, the Netanyahu cabinet must be ready for constant attacks by the mainstream media.

Márton Losonczi
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17.02.2023
Islam, Common Law, and the Secular State
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Islam, Common Law, and the Secular State

The importance of Nash’s book rests in its provocative attempt to revive the notion of group fellowship and apply it to the Muslim problem.

David Martin Jones
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11.02.2023
Mariam Lau: ‘Curiously Hungary, a Post-communist Country Has Now Become a Model in the West’
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Mariam Lau: ‘Curiously Hungary, a Post-communist Country Has Now Become a Model in the West’

German journalist Mariam Lau finds it very difficult to deal with the fact that talented young people, open to modernity, are interested in Orbán’s policies. It is certainly not easy for a German journalist to acknowledge that there are young people who identify openly and firmly as conservative and patriotic. Frank Spengler reflects. Review.

Hungarian Conservative
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29.01.2023
A Book about a Germany Where No One is Safe
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A Book about a Germany Where No One is Safe

Constantin Schreiber’s novel is a work of fiction about Germany 30 years from now.

Hungarian Conservative
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23.01.2023
Social Problems and the Christian Worldview by Sándor Giesswein
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Social Problems and the Christian Worldview by Sándor Giesswein

In his books, Giesswein, although he devotes more space to the refutation of the egalitarian logic of collectivism, throws himself with at least as much radicalism into the denial of the wrong, anti-human approach of extreme individualism and laissez-faire capitalism.

Ádám Darabos/Hanna Zoé Dósa
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20.01.2023
Viktor Orbán’s Strategy for Winning this Turbulent Decade
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Viktor Orbán’s Strategy for Winning this Turbulent Decade

Instead of decoupling and returning to bloc politics, Hungary’s strategic interest lies in increasing connectivity.

Dávid Nagy
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11.01.2023
What to Watch During the Festive Season: The Corporal and the Others
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What to Watch During the Festive Season: The Corporal and the Others

The Hungarian comedy The Corporal and the others features a group of Hungarian soldiers who defected and who are bound together by a common objective— to survive World War II. The humorous and entertaining movie full of unexpected twists and turns is a great comedy to watch while preparing for Christmas.

Lili Zemplényi
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23.12.2022
A Must-Watch Hungarian Winter Drama — The Fifth Seal
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A Must-Watch Hungarian Winter Drama — The Fifth Seal

The drama set in December 1944 under the Arrow Cross rule in Budapest presents viewers with a thought-provoking moral dilemma about the importance of human dignity.

Lili Zemplényi
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19.12.2022
Jews in Extreme Peril
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Jews in Extreme Peril

There is little political will on the part of the European left-wing parties to speak out against dangerous ideas. They often have their eye on winning the ‘Muslim vote’, and as a result, they are reluctant to engage in confrontation.

Hungarian Conservative
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14.12.2022
Bringing Close the Free and Open Indo-Pacific
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Bringing Close the Free and Open Indo-Pacific

The Indo-Pacific is not only a geographical region but a strategic concept as well. The stability and the prosperity of the countries in the Indo-Pacific depend on the freedom and the order in the region. The elephant in the room is China.

Gábor Seprényi
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14.12.2022
What Does Boston Have in Common with Budapest?
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What Does Boston Have in Common with Budapest?

A good politician comes to power with a ‘government of his friends’ already in his mind. The book emphasizes the concept of ‘friends’, because when you want to run a government, you have to appoint people to key positions, who have to be people that you as a leader trust.

László Bernát Veszprémy
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10.12.2022
‘I Just Tried to Be an Honest Christian’ — Review of the Documentary Until Death
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‘I Just Tried to Be an Honest Christian’ — Review of the Documentary Until Death

Tibor Baranski saved the lives of no less than three thousand Hungarian Jews according to Yad Vashem in Israel, but the actual number could be as many as twelve to fifteen thousand.

Gábor Seprényi
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05.12.2022
The Flight of the Bumblebee: A Review of ‘The Hungarian Way of Strategy’
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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.

Tamás Orbán
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25.11.2022
Reviewing Tangible Belonging by John Swanson
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Reviewing Tangible Belonging by John Swanson

John C. Swanson’s book Tangible Belonging provides not only a rare insight into the life of German-speaking villagers in Hungary, but also into the complexity of ethnic identity and interwar minority formation.

Lili Zemplényi
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10.11.2022
Reviewing Roger Scruton’s Documentary — Why Beauty Matters
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Reviewing Roger Scruton’s Documentary — Why Beauty Matters

Do humans need beauty in their lives? In his BBC documentary, Roger Scruton argues that we do, and that as modern society loses beauty, we risk losing the meaning of life, too.

Lili Zemplényi
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14.10.2022
Reviewing Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
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Reviewing Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang gives the readers not only an insight into 20th-century Chinese history, but it also powerfully speaks of human bravery and dedication to truth in the darkest hours of history.

Lili Zemplényi
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12.10.2022
A Mandatory Reading for Hungarian Politicians — Antal Schütz’s Hungarian Vitality
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A Mandatory Reading for Hungarian Politicians — Antal Schütz’s Hungarian Vitality

In order to understand where to move forward, first, we must look at our past, our history, so that we become able to identify our strengths, weaknesses and our spiritual resources.

Ádám Darabos
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11.10.2022
Secondhand Time by Alexievich: The Chronicles of the Demise of the USSR
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Secondhand Time by Alexievich: The Chronicles of the Demise of the USSR

Secondhand Time by Noble laureate Svetlana Alexievich is a powerful account of what Russians really think about the demise of the USSR. The views on the collapse of the regime are revealed to be much more complex and varied than what the overused media catchphrases ‘nostalgia’ and ‘sentimentalism’ suggest.

Lili Zemplényi
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21.09.2022
Reviewing Thomas Sowell’s Discrimination and Disparities   
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Reviewing Thomas Sowell’s Discrimination and Disparities  

Is discrimination the only factor which stands in the way of black Americans to succeed? In his new book, renowned American economist Thomas Sowell investigates the multitude of factors that influence racial disparities in the United States.

Lili Zemplényi
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26.08.2022
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