Hungarian mission in the fight against ISIS: Fidesz needed the help of the...
This morning the Hungarian parliament approved the country’s participation in the international effort against ISIS forces in northern Iraq and Syria. But before I break down today’s vote, I must go...
View ArticleJobbik as a challenger of Fidesz?
A year and a half ago Gábor Vona, the leader of the Jobbik party, paid a quick visit to London to meet with his party’s supporters among Hungarians working in Great Britain. The trip turned out to be a...
View ArticleHungary is preparing for a possible terrorist attack
Naturally today’s topic must be the horrific terrorist attack carried out at three locations in Paris, which so far have resulted in 129 dead and 350 injured. We still know few of the details, but...
View ArticleViktor Orbán: Hungary is at war
Viktor Orbán is in his element. At last we are at war with ISIS. François Hollande said so, and a few hours later French planes bombed important targets in ISIS-held Raqqa in northern Syria. And since...
View ArticleLászló Földi, “security expert” in the service of the Orbán government
This is not the first time that I’ve written about László Földi, one of the handful of national security “experts” who serve the Orbán government. In October 2015 I devoted about four paragraphs to his...
View ArticleThe Orbán media on the U.S. air strikes in Syria
The reaction of the Hungarian government and its media to the U.S. missile strikes against a Syrian air base manifests its pro-Russian bias and its disappointment in President Trump. Magyar Hírlap...
View ArticleHungary is unique after all: Pew research on terrorism and refugees
A couple of days ago the Pew Research Center published a survey taken between February 16 and May 8 in 38 countries, asking about the respondents’ sense of threats to national security. People were...
View ArticleThe Hungarian media quickly decided on the guilt of an alleged terrorist
Last December officials at the Ferenc Liszt International Airport challenged a Syrian couple because the woman’s documents looked suspicious. The man turned out to be Farhoud Hassan, who had left Syria...
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