Beijing emerged as one of the clear geopolitical winners of the past week after hosting both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin within days, with the summit diplomacy widely interpreted as a major symbolic victory for Xi Jinping. The meetings highlighted both the growing parity between China and the United States and Russia’s increasingly subordinate position within Beijing’s orbit.
‘The masses have never thirsted after truth. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim.’
‘The trajectory of Israel–Türkiye relations suggests that another reconciliation may emerge in the interest of both countries’ security, recalling the warmer ties enjoyed during the informal alignment between the governments of David Ben-Gurion and Adnan Menderes (The Peripheral Pact). However, developments in Iran and the upcoming Turkish elections may prove detrimental to such a rapprochement.’
What does Islam want from us? Does only radical Islam pose a threat to the West? Is Islam the religion of peace according to the Quran? We asked a Middle East expert, historian, and Visiting Fellow at the Danube Institute about the true nature of Islam, the chances of coexistence between Muslims and inclusive Western societies, and the differences between the main teachings of Islam and Christianity.
Two-term Senator Bill Cassidy finished third with 25 per cent in Louisiana’s Republican Senate primary, failing to reach the run-off and set to leave office at the end of his term. He is the fifth of the seven GOP senators who voted to convict President Trump in 2021 to leave Congress. Meanwhile, Kentucky votes tomorrow as Trump ally-targeted Rep Thomas Massie fights to survive his primary.
‘Trump’s legacy in Europe, if current trajectories continue, may be the precise opposite of his intention, as laid out by the 2025 National Security Strategy. The president most hostile to European institutions may go down in history as the most effective catalyst for European unity since the Marshall Plan.’
‘Imagine demanding that African Americans stop making films or songs about slavery because it reflects poorly on modern whites. Imagine insisting Jewish communities remain silent about historical persecution…Such demands would be considered grotesque. Yet when Europeans recall centuries of conquest and enslavement under Islamic empires, they are told that remembrance itself constitutes hatred.’
Hungary currently faces no direct public health threat from hantavirus infections, Health Minister Zsolt Hegedűs said, stressing that the virus poses a low epidemiological risk and is fundamentally different from COVID-19.
After 30 years, the West’s most ambitious nation-building project is collapsing under the weight of its own contradictions.
As Keir Starmer faces a mounting rebellion inside the Labour Party, his government has launched an aggressive crackdown on foreign right-wing activists expected to attend Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom rally in London on 16 May, triggering accusations that the prime minister is using political censorship to divert attention from Labour’s domestic crisis and his own policy failures.
At a time when public debate is increasingly polarized and superficial, Hungarian Conservative remains committed to depth and independent thought.
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