MKI Policy Brief
A Small State in Constant Crisis Lebanon after the parliamentary elections of May 2018
Analysis by Elias Dahrouge and Máté Szalai The analysis aims at presenting the political landscape of Lebanon after the parliamentary elections taking place in May 2018. Since the voting, Lebanese political forces have failed to create a government, therefore the...
Bosnia and Herzegovina After the 2018 Election: What to Expect?
Analysis by Dženita Šiljak The aim of this analysis is to provide an overview of a complex political system in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a small country with 3,500,000 people, five presidents and 7,488 candidates who took part in the recent election. It is one of the...
BREXIT – Why so Complicated?
Analysis by Barnabás Szabó Negotiations between the European Union and the United Kingdom concerning the latter’s withdrawal from the former have been staggering ever since the clock of the 2-year deadline started ticking in March 2017. The purpose of this paper is to...
Hard Lessons from Brussels: The Key Challenges Facing NATO
Analysis by Diána Szőke The recent NATO summit in Brussels highlighted some of the major internal divisions currently plaguing the alliance, but it would be far too premature to predict the decline of the transatlantic security relationship. This policy brief aims to...
Argentina’s Economic Struggle: from IMF to IMF
Analysis by Petra Szepesi Argentina has had a turbulent history of economic and political downturns. The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the major crises of the past three decades and analyze the causes, the crisis management procedures, and the post-crisis...
The Geopolitical Rivalry for Navigable Sea Routes in the Arctic
Analysis by Simon Szilvási The melting of the Arctic region has vastly accelerated in the last decades as a result of climate change. The region offers numerous potential opportunities, one of them being the opening of new sea routes for commercial shipping. However,...
Hungarian Interests in the Debate on the Future of the Cohesion Policy
Analysis by Sándor Gyula Nagy and Gábor Ferenc Kiss Our analysis aims to highlight the main points of the European Commission’s proposal “The Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021–2027” focusing especially on the cohesion policy and including the national interest...
Energy Policy Goals and Challenges for Hungary in the 21st Century
Analysis by Diána Szőke This policy brief attempts to outline some of the main goals and challenges shaping energy policy in Hungary. After providing an overview of the Hungarian energy mix, it examines three strategic energy policy challenges in detail. These are...
The Western Balkans on the Visegrad Countries’ Agenda
Analysis by Anna Orosz After joining the European Union and NATO, the Visegrad countries agreed to give support to the Western Balkan countries in the Euro-Atlantic integration process. The current Hungarian Presidency of the Visegrad Group handles the region and its...
Sticks Will Not Replace Carrots – The Limits of US Influence in Europe
Analysis by Márton Ugrósdy Europe and the United States of America are drifting apart – conventional wisdom has it that Old Europe was never in love with Republican presidents anyway. But with Donald Trump at the helm, the US soft power to influence European allies is...
Weaponizing the Weather? – The Implications of Treating Climate Change as a Security Issue
Analysis by Diana Szőke Anthropogenic climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time. It will have profound changes not just on our natural environment, but also on human societies. In recent years, the academic community, political decision-makers and...
A Changing Climate: Effects of the US Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement and Its Implications for Visegrad Countries
Analysis by Diána Szőke US President Donald Trump’s announcement in June on the American withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement created a huge uproar, and cast doubts upon the future of international efforts to curb anthropogenic global warming. Although several...