Post 2019.09.19 State of the EU and the Future of EU Enlargement Policy In cooperation with the Hungarian Embassy in Montenegro, the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade organized its 4th conference within the framework of the Hungarian Cultural Season 2018-2019 in Podgorica on 10th September 2019. The event that took place in the EU Info Center under the title ‘State of the EU and the Future of EU Enlargement Policy’ aimed to analyse the current state of affairs in the European Union, including Brexit and how current developments might change the prospects of the EU enlargement process towards the Western Balkan region. Read more
Post 2019.09.17 The UK and the EU – shared security challenges after Brexit On August 28, in cooperation with the British Embassy in Budapest IFAT hosted a roundtable discussion with special guest Nicholas Hopton, Director of EU External and Security Policy of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The main focus of the event was the security and defence aspects of Brexit and the possible future defense cooperation between the United Kingdom and the European Union. Read more
Post 2019.09.16 Public lecture of a research fellow of The Japan Institute of International Affairs Both China and Japan have their own ambitious initiative for connecting countries and regions via infrastructure development. The Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade has hosted a public lecture of Mr. Takeshi Miyai, research fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs and Think Visegrad visiting fellow on the two countries’ connectivity strategies and their Central and Eastern European (CEE) aspects. Read more
Post 2019.09.12 Regional Cross-Border Cooperation in the Danube Region. A Promising Approach within the Enlargement Policy of the EU? Study by Bence Csizmadia Read more
Post 2019.09.11 2019/13 – How Do You See the Future of the Gulf Cooperation Council Integration Format? In the 4:1 series of the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade, four researchers give a short answer to the same question concerning international politics and economics. Our aim is to launch the scientific debates in and beyond Hungary and to promote dialogue among experts. In this issue, our topic is: “How do you see the future of the Gulf Cooperation Council integration format?” Read more
How Japan’s and China’s Connectivity Strategies Intersect in Central and Eastern Europe: Ambitions and Ambiguities The Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade has the pleasure to invite you to the event entitled „How Japan’s and China’s Connectivity Strategies Intersect in Central and Eastern Europe: Ambitions and Ambiguities”.
Post 2019.09.04 The Impact of the Brazil-China Trade Relation on the Brazilian Manufacturing Sector Study by Delgerjargal Delgertsetseg Read more
Post 2019.08.26 Call for Applications to the Research Internship Program – 2019 The Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade (IFAT) launches its 2019/2020 Fall Term research internship program with the objective of providing the participants with valuable professional experience related to their research, an insight into the work of Hungarian institutions operating in the field of foreign, defense and trade policy, as well as, in selected cases, a platform for the publication of their work. Read more
Post 2019.07.31 Márton Ugrósdy visited Seoul IFAT’s director, Márton Ugrósdy took part the the conference commemorating the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Hungary and the Republic of Korea held on July 26 in Seoul, ROK. Read more
Post 2019.07.24 The Spectacular Fall of a Political Experiment in Austria Sebastian Kurz’s Failure to Tame the Radical Right Analysis by Tamás Levente Molnár Read more
Post 2019.07.23 Two researchers of IFAT participated in the Gulf Research Meeting 2019 The annual Gulf Research Meeting (GRM) took place between the 15th and 18th of July in Cambridge, providing room for consultation for the scholars working on Gulf-related issues. Two researchers of IFAT also participated in the conference organised by the Gulf Research Centre – Erzsébet N. Rózsa, our external research fellow, and Máté Szalai, our senior researcher. Read more
Post 2019.07.22 Dr. László Vasa’s meetings in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur Dr. László Vasa, chief advisor and senior research fellow of the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade visited Singapore and Kuala Lumpur and met potential partner institutions as a member of the study tour delegation of Széchenyi István University (Győr, Hungary), with the professional support of the Embassy of Hungary in Singapore. Read more
