3+2 Seas Initiative: Connectivity Through the Middle Corridor and the Three Seas Initiative – Meeting at the Hungarian intersection –
The Hungarian Institute of International Affairs (HIIA) proposes a dialogue between think-tanks and leading experts of two major economic corridors, the Three Seas Initiative and the Middle Corridor, joined by partners from the US, to discuss potentials of bridging the two commercial zones and creating a transportation and energy hub on the crossroads of East and West, or the 3+2 Seas Initiative, highlighting possible challenges such as infrastructural deficits or the lack of legal interconnectivity.
2024. On April 23, 2024 the Institute hosted two roundtable discussions – one closed and a public – of international experts to exchange their views and insights on the initiative. The closed workshop was attended by Amb. István Vásáry, Head of the Organization of Turkic States’ Representation Office in Budapest, James Jay Carafano of the Heritage Foundation, Mihai Sebe of the European Institute of Romania, Dénes András Nagy from the Center for Fundamental Rights, Sándor Seremet of HIIA, Carlos Roa from the Danube Institute, Henry Public Relations’ Bryan Leib, Natko Vlahovic of the New Frontier Foundation of Croatia, and Péter Pál Kránitz of HIIA. They agreed that there are enormous potentials for the two corridors to be effectively cojoined, however, serious infrastructural, legal and political challenges lie ahead, that need to be addressed by decision makers within the two blocs.