Hungarians would not normally follow a French political debate, but the recent exchange between Éric Zemmour and Raphaël Glucksmann went far beyond routine campaign rhetoric. Glucksmann levelled extreme and factually baseless accusations against Hungary, prompting the need for clarification.
How long can Russia finance its war against Ukraine? Why hasn’t Russia won this war decisively? What is the most realistic outcome? We asked the French economist and Russia expert at the School of Economic Warfare in Paris about the state of the Russian war economy.
Hungary’s FM Péter Szijjártó slammed EU ministers in Brussels as ‘insane’ over Ukraine, criticizing their support for Kyiv despite a major corruption scandal. He called for accountability on aid, warned the war is ‘unwinnable’ for the Ukrainians, and urged Brussels leadership to back President Trump’s peace efforts.
‘I applaud Hungary’s efforts to pursue peace and to offer its good offices here in Budapest, or at least to serve as a venue for American–Russian dialogue. Beyond that, I think what’s key here is that this war is about the future of Europe’s security order.’
The Hungarian Institute of International Affairs’ first EastSec Forum examined Europe’s shifting security landscape amid the Russo–Ukrainian war. Speakers, including HIIA President Gladden J Pappin and Zachary Paikin of the Quincy Institute, stressed Hungary’s growing mediating role, the collapse of post–Cold War security structures, and the need to rebuild guarantees for lasting peace.
Congressional Republicans are preparing to receive a major AfD delegation in Washington, potentially led by party co-chair Alice Weidel. The invitation, made by Rep Anna Paulina Luna, signals a deepening ideological alliance between MAGA Republicans and Europe’s rising sovereigntist movements.
‘Brussels officials will insist the meeting was about trade. True, Hungary left Washington with a US exemption allowing it to keep buying Russian oil despite new energy sanctions. But the more consequential development was political,’ Professor Frank Füredi of MCC Brussels wrote in his piece for Euractiv.
‘Pokrovsk’s encirclement emerged from these dynamics not as a sudden catastrophe but as the predictable outcome of long-developing trends.’
Under what conditions can the Ukrainian war end? Can there be a military confrontation between the US and China over Taiwan? What could be the future of the Gaza Strip? We asked for an analysis from the renowned scholar of international relations on the three major geopolitical conflict areas: the Ukrainian war, the Middle East, and the Pacific Region conflict.
‘By being responsive to changes at the system level, multilateralism can contribute to maintaining peace during the shifts in the balance of power that we are currently living through. Europe’s peoples would benefit from it, as would their governments’ reputation and diplomatic standing in the world.’