Hejaz Railway Reborn: Türkiye’s Bridge to Arab Power

‘The renovation of the Hijaz railway is not an independent project but part of broader Turkish foreign policy, which aims to elevate Türkiye’s position in the Middle East hierarchy. Through neo-Ottomanism, Ankara is not only striving to be a strong actor in the region but also to be indispensable to the local states.’

Revolut Moves Closer to Offering Hungarian IBAN Accounts

Revolut UAB has officially been added to the Hungarian central bank’s registry, paving the way for local HU IBAN accounts in Hungary. The update could soon simplify transfers for more than 1.5 million Hungarian users, as Revolut prepares to launch its domestic branch.

Israeli soldiers patrol the Nova Music Festival Memorial, honouring victims of the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack. Kibbutz Reim, Eshkol Regional Council, Israel, 30 March 2025

Israel’s Unfolding Mystery

‘“Religious Zionism”…keeps unsettling end-of-history pieties about confining faith and observance to the margins of the public square and smoothing out the nation state’s ethno-religious edges. Yet instead of cool-headed assessments precisely when it holds the keys to governability…the rise of this national-religious bloc of parties is often met by incurious moral hysteria.’

Robert Wilkie PHOTO: Tamás Gyurkovits/Hungarian Conservative

Can Trump Make the World Peaceful Again? — An Interview with Robert Wilkie

What tools of pressure does Trump have to deploy against Russia if diplomacy fails? Is the United States’ support for Israel infinite? Could Hungary switch from Russian energy to American? What is the future of Europe? We asked former United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie about Trump’s three unresolved geopolitical games.

Malév Flight 240: The Forgotten Tragedy Reconsidered

‘According to the cable, the Hungarian–Soviet investigative team was surprised that the Lebanese government had not conducted autopsies on the bodies “to determine whether the plane exploded before the crash”. Finally, the cable cites the French-language press in questioning how it was possible that only the conversation involving this aircraft failed to be recorded.’