Danube Institute Podcast

In this first episode of the Chain Bridge Podcast, Julius Strauss joins us to discuss his experience and reflections on being a war correspondent. Having just returned from Ukraine, he cautions us not to assume we can predict how the conflict will develop.

This is The Matter of Perspective - geopolitical podcast of the Danube Institute. In this episode we are discussing the importance of demographics in geopolitics and what kind of measures can countries experiencing demographic decline introduce. Our invited speakers in this episode are Thibaud Gibelin, Essayist and Visiting Fellow at the Matthias Corvinus Collegium; and Michael O’Shea Visiting Fellow at the Danube Institute, part of the Budapest Fellowship Programme, sponsored by the Hungary Foundation, Matthias Corvinus Collegium. The moderator of the discussion is Fanni Korpics, Research Fellow at the Danube Institute.

In this episode we are discussing the shift in the US alliance system - from Europe and Middle East to the Indo-Pacific region, also in connection to the AUKUS deal, which was made public in September. For this episode our invited experts were Gergely Salát, Senior Research Fellow at Institute of Foreign Affairs and Trade and head of the department and director of the Modern East Asia Research Group at Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPCU); Enikő Bagoly, research fellow at Danube Institute; and Tamás Orbán, research fellow at Danube Institute. The podcast was moderated by Anton Bendarzsevszkij, director of research at Danube Institute.

In this episode we are discussing the first year of Joe Biden, both in regards to US domestic policy and foreign affairs. We were discussing the achievements and failures of the new American administration. For this episode our invited experts were Tamás Magyarics, Professor at the School of English and American Studies, ELTE, Budapest, the Chair of its American Studies Department, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for American Studies at the National University of Public Service, as well as a Guest Professor at IES, Vienna. He served as Ambassador to Ireland in 2011-2015, and was the Head of the North American Department at the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 2015-2016. Our second guest was István Kiss, political scientist and an international relations expert, managing director of Danube Institute. The episode was moderated by Tamás Orbán, research fellow at Danube Institute.

This is a special issue of The Matter of Perspective - geopolitical podcast of the Danube Institute. In this episode we are discussing the research project conducted by Jeffrey Kaplan, distinguished fellow at Danube Institute, and some of our researchers, who have also participated in the project. The research resulted a big conference on Anti-Semitism, organized in June 2021, and a book, which is currently waiting to be published in early 2022.

This is The Matter of Perspective - geopolitical podcast of the Danube Institute. In this episode we are discussing the energy security of Europe, and the routes connecting with Europe from South and South-East - recently completed pipelines of Turkish Stream, TAP, TANAP and the new LNG terminal in Croatian KRK island. For this episode our invited experts were Zoltán Egeresy, researcher at Center for Strategic and Defense Studies, University of Public Service, and Dávid Nagy, researcher at Danube Institute.

In the newest The Matter of Perspective podcast of Danube Institute (Hungary), we are discussing the security implications of the withdrawal of the US troops from Afghanistan, and the risks it has for Afghanistan and Central Asia. The speakers of the podcast: László Vasa, senior research fellow at Institute of Foreign Affairs and Trade (IFAT); Jeffrey Kaplan, distinguished visiting fellow at Danube Institute; Anton Bendarzsevszkij, research director at Danube Institute; and the moderator of the discussion is Tamás Orbán, research fellow at Danube Institute.

This is The Matter of Perspective - geopolitical podcast of the Danube Institute. In this episode we are discussing the 30 years of the Visegrad Group, together with Péter Dobrowieczki, research leader of Antall József Knowledge Center, Tamás Orbán, research fellow at Danube Institute and the moderator, Anton Bendarzsevszkij, research group leader of the Danube Institute.