Analysis by Márton Ugrósdy
It has been alleged that a major deterioration was going to be inevitable in the U.S.-Hungarian relations under the Biden Admnistration. Due to political issues, some analysts are ready to expect a low ebb of amity between Washington and Budapest. The present study goes back to the foundations and revisits the nature of the uprgading of those relations in the past four years, the different layers of American policy-making as well as their objective outcomes. This paper argues that in spite of the real potential of conflict in political commmunication, the United States will remain the most important ally and strategic partner of Hungary outside the European Union with enhanced cooperation in many fields, including defense cooperation within NATO. Then the study goes on to revisit different scenarios of the future relationship between Hungary and the United States.