Prof Doug Stokes and journalist Gavin Haynes join the podcast to discuss the state of British politics, whether we are living in a truly multipolar world, and the significance of the coming American election.

Though Chinese-Israeli relations had taken off and were set for great heights, China turned away from Israel immediately after October 7, not even condemning the Hamas terror attack. Chinese-US rivalry is a factor. What is going on? Dr Eric Hendriks, who previously worked at Peking University and is now a fellow at the Danube Institute, interviews Elie Pieprz, Director of International Relations of the Israel Defense and Security Forum. The location is Budapest, where Herzl created the idea...

Discussion on the outcomes of the French elections and their implications. Prof Daniel Mahoney and Dr Soós Eszter join the podcast to reflect on the surprising results of the French election, and their implications for the future of france, and the french right in particular.

"There is simply no way to know what comes after liberalism", according to political economist and journalist Philip Pilkington, but he is convinced that "the world system that liberalism created after the Second World War is collapsing". In this episode of Buda Hills Podcast, we discuss some of the most striking claims in Pilkington's next book, The Collapse of Global Liberalism, which is forthcoming with Polity Press.

Next weekend French voters go to the polls in the second round of elections to the French National Assembly after the "far Right" National Rally headed by Marine Le Pen scored a strong but not decisive success in the first round. France's President Emmanuel Macron had called the elections in a response to its victory in the European elections to demonstrate that the Euro-results were an aberration by rallying the other parties to defeat the NR nationally. But Macron's own party came a poor...

Overview and predictions for the first round of the French elections. Over the next two weekends French voters will be going to the polls to select a new national government. France's President Emmanuel Macron called the elections in an emergency response to the victory of the "far-right" National Rassemblement,, in elections to the European Assembly. Apparently he intended to demonstrate that the Euro-results were an aberration by rallying the other parties to defeat the NR nationally....

Új, angol nyelvű ismeretterjesztő kötet jelent meg a Batthyány Lajos Alapítvány és a Danube Institute gondozásában „Theologians on Modern Politics” címmel. A közeledő nemzetközi bemutató apropóján a Danube Institute vezető kutatójával, a kötet társszerkesztőjével, Dr. Darabos Ádámmal Dallman Kristóf egyháztörténész beszélgetett az intézet podcast sorozatának legújabb epizódjában. A diskurzus során szóba került a kutatás alapgondolata, a kötetté formálódás folyamata, valamint a teológusok,...

In this special episode of Reflections from Budapest, we had the honour to have a discussion with Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani, International Media Spokesperson of the Israel Defence Forces. We started our conversation by asking Lieutenant Colonel Shoshani about his military background and his role in telling the IDF’s story to the world. Lieutenant Colonel Shoshani reacted to a question about the intelligence failure of the IDF on Oct. 7 and IDF's fight against the denial of the Arab...

In this episode of Reflections from Budapest, we continued our discussion with Shirel Liberman, an Israeli activist and the co-founder of Shift, a women-led impact network aimed at supporting women in public diplomacy and enhancing Israel's positive global influence. In this part, Shirel walked our listeners through her own experiences on the October 7th massacre and highlighted the lack of international response to Hamas's violence, including sexual violence. To conclude, Shirel shared her...

In this episode of Reflections from Budapest, we continued our discussion with Nadia Matar, co-chairman of the Sovereignity Movement. We asked Mrs Matar about the Islamic extremism and security in the West Bank. In our conversation we also discussed the Gaza War and the case of the hostages. In the end, Mrs Matar shared with us her views about the Israeli sovereignity and the future of the West Bank and Gaza.

In this episode of Reflections from Budapest, we had a two-part discussion with Shirel Liberman, an Israeli influencer of the Voices of Israel program, Chief of Operations at Jerusalem Center for Applied Policy and the co-founder of "Shift," a women-led impact network aimed at supporting women in public diplomacy and enhancing Israel's positive global influence. In this part, we started our conversation by asking Shirel about her previous experiences with pro-Israel advocacy. As Shirel was...

In this episode of Danube Dialogues, John O'Sullivan and Eric Hendriks discuss the reality of world-cultural zones with James Bennett, the popularizer of the term "the Anglosphere".

This is the second webinar in the “China Keywords” series of the Telos-Paul Piccone Institute. In this webinar, Eric Hendriks, the director of TPPI's China Initiative, and Logan West of the Danube Institute talk with Yan Xuetong about the concept of Wangdao, or "The Kingly Way." Among China's most influential foreign policy thinkers, Yan Xuetong is the author of numerous books, including Analysis of China's National Interests (1996), Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power (Princeton...

In this episode of Reflections from Budapest, we asked Nadia Matar, co-chairman of the Sovereignity Movement. We asked Mrs Matar about the Jewish identity and its connection to the Land of Israel. Since Nadia Matar currently live in the West Bank, she gave us insight into the situation of the israeli settlement in the region and the relation with the Palestinians. Mrs Matar also share with us her personal memories and thoughts about the most famous persons in the settlement history.

In this episode of Reflection from Budapest, we interviewed Josh Hasten, International Spokesperson for Gush Etzion, host of the weekly “Israel Uncensored” program and a well-known award winning freelance journalist. Through the discussion we can learn about the settlements and the perception of settler violence in the media and the Western world. We also touched upon the events of October 7 and the possible consequences of the UN Security Council resolution issuing an immediate ceasefire.

In this episode of Reflections from Budapest, we interviewed Shadi Khalloul, Director of Strategic Partnerships Alma Research & Education Centre, Founder and President of the Israeli Christian Aramaic Association and Aram Galilee Centre, and reserve captain in the IDF. Listening to the discussion, we can get an overview of the history of the Aramaic community in the Middle East and Israel, and a deeper insight into their life today in a Jewish state. Also, how do other religions in the...

In this episode of Reflections from Budapest, we continued our discussion with Amiad Cohen, director-general of the Tikvah Fund in Israel. We asked Mr Cohen about his intake on Hungary’s strong support of Israel, the IDF’s operation in Rafah, and his insights into the historical background of the current conflict in Gaza. To conclude, we talked about how the war impacted the West Bank, the possibility of a third Lebanon war, and the future of the Middle East in the day after the Israel-Hamas...

"In war it is perfectly acceptable to lie to your enemy," says Professor David Betz of King's College London, "lying to yourself, though, is the kiss of death". In this episode of the Buda Hills Podcast, we discuss the ways in which Professor Betz thinks the collective West has been lying to itself about war in the twenty-first century.

In this episode of Reflections from Budapest, we asked Amiad Cohen, director-general of the Tikvah Fund. Since the October 7th massacre, Mr Cohen has been on reserve duty; we asked about his experiences and role in the IDF. Mr Cohen detailed Hamas’s intention behind October 7th and his views on the impossibility of a two-state solution in the foreseeable future, Palestinian violence in the West Bank and the importance of Judea and Samaria for Israel.

In this episode of Reflections from Budapest, we asked Lt. Col. (Res.) Maurice Hirsch, the Director of the Initiative for Palestinian Authority Accountability and Reform in the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, a Senior Legal Analyst at Human Rights Voices and a senior researcher at the Israel Defence and Security Forum. We asked Mr Hirsch about his personal, professional and military background and his experiences living in a settlement in the West Bank, Judea and Samaria. As Mr Hirsch...

In this special episode of Reflections from Budapest, we had a discussion with Lieutenant Colonel (res.) Yaron Buskila. He is the CEO of the Israel Defense and Security Forum and a retired IDF commander who currently serves in the reserves as operations officer for the Gaza Division of the Israel Defense Forces. We asked Colonel Buskila about his military background and past experiences in Gaza. During the discussion, Colonel Buskila shared his personal experience of fighting against 40 Hamas...

In this special episode of Reflections from Budapest, we continued our discussion with Colonel Christopher P. Costa. Colonel Costa was a former US government official with 35 years of experience, including 25 years in military counterintelligence, human intelligence (HUMINT), and special operations forces (SOF). He also served as the Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the White House from 2017-18. Since 2018 he has been the executive director of...

In this special episode of Reflections from Budapest, we had the honor of having Colonel Christopher P. Costa as our guest for the second time in our podcast series. Colonel Costa was a former US government official with 35 years of experience, including 25 years in military counterintelligence, human intelligence (HUMINT), and special operations forces (SOF). He also served as the Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the White House from 2017-18....

Communist states had, and still have, a millennial sense of utopianism. But is secular liberal democracy utopian, too? Could it be that our democratic utopianism is presentist? This is what Professor Zoltán Balázs of Corvinus University argues in the new episode of Buda Hills Podcast. With our rights "revealed" in the American and French Revolutions, democratic utopianism has located us at the end of history. We now live in a sort of eternal future in which we must fight to maintain...