Jean Bondol and Nicholas Bataille, The Apocalypse Tapestry – New Jerusalem / City of God (1377–1382). Musée de la Tapisserie, Château d’Angers, Angers, France

Reinhold Niebuhr on Morality and International Relations

‘Applying Christian theology and ethics to international relations is now an acutely important activity. The hopeful realism of Reinhold Niebuhr offers one way of recovering a Christian approach to the crisis that is hurtling towards our civilization at a terrifying speed. Niebuhr’s anthropological pessimism provides a foundation for his notion that nations can, and should, work towards a fragile justice.’

Former Trump Assistant Lauds Orbán’s ICC Exit, Urges Others to Follow

Former Deputy Assistant to Donald Trump, Fred Fleitz, writes in Newsmax that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made the right decision in withdrawing from the International Criminal Court last week. Fleitz also urged other countries to follow suit, arguing that the Hague-based court poses a serious threat to national sovereignty due to its politically biased decisions.

Friedrich Merz, the New Chancellor of…Ukraine

With the CDU–SPD coalition agreement presented on Wednesday, it has become clear that the new government, under the leadership of Friedrich Merz, will prioritize Ukraine’s interests over those of Germany and its people. Having failed to deliver on his own campaign promises, Merz is already paying the price for his political betrayal: Alice Weidel’s AfD has overtaken the CDU, becoming the largest party in Germany by a margin of one percentage point.

Hungary Eyes Deeper Academic Ties with Harvard and Yale

Hungarian Minister for Culture and Innovation Balázs Hankó held talks with Harvard and Yale leaders to expand joint academic programmes, highlighting Hungary’s reformed higher education system and scholarship opportunities for transatlantic cooperation.

US, Hungary Set to Reap ‘Golden’ Fruits of the Trump–Orbán Bond

‘Thanks to the strong relationship between President Trump and Prime Minister Orbán, there is real space—on the ground, in government, in business, and among ordinary citizens—to build something meaningful,’ US Chargé d’Affaires ad interim Robert Palladino remarked during a discussion on US–Hungary relations with President of the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs Gladden Pappin.