Weeklies on the Afghanistan debacle
Monday, August 23rd, 2021Commentators try to make sense of the collapse of the Afghan government and the victory of the Taliban, as US forces have not yet fully withdrawn from Afghanistan. READ MORE
More on Tucker Carlson’s interview with PM Orbán
Wednesday, August 11th, 2021Analysing the interview the Prime Minister gave US Fox News host Tucker Carlson in Budapest last week, opposition-leaning authors discover divergences between the positions of the two men –despite their shared opinions on major themes in the ongoing culture war. READ MORE
Tucker Carlson’s visit to Hungary
Tuesday, August 10th, 2021Commenting on the widespread international media reaction to the one week visit the Fox News host has paid to Hungary and his interview with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a Hungarian Canadian sociologist believes Carlson has opened a breach in the ’cordon sanitaire’ built around Hungary. READ MORE
Government rejects criticism by US Secretary of State over media freedom
Monday, May 3rd, 2021In an online press conference, Antony Blinken expressed concern over media pluralism in Hungary and called for a more diverse media environment. READ MORE
Left-wing commentator approves US withdrawal from Afghanistan
Tuesday, April 20th, 2021A veteran international affairs specialist calls President Biden’s decision to leave Afghanistan belated but correct. READ MORE
Views on post- Trump America
Thursday, February 18th, 2021As the US Senate acquits President Trump and halts the impeachment procedure, a conservative and a left-wing pundit ponder the political landscape under President Biden. READ MORE
Weeklies on strategic issues
Monday, February 15th, 2021Three weeklies devote long articles to Hungary’s place in the world and its attitude towards its own history. This comes in reaction to the increasingly visible animosity between the government and several important international allies, who demonstratively back the standpoint of the Hungarian opposition. READ MORE
Weeklies on President Biden’s first week in office
Monday, February 1st, 2021A liberal jurist believes the Biden administration must be a source of concern for the Hungarian government, but he does not expect it to produce fundamental changes in Hungary. A pro-government columnist wonders where the ‘identity politics’ ostentatiously represented by the new administration will lead the United States. READ MORE
Biden provokes cautious concern on the Hungarian Right
Wednesday, January 27th, 2021A pro-government columnist hopes that the Hungarian government will be able to establish ‘pragmatic relations’ with the Biden administration. READ MORE
Weeklies on Capitol siege
Monday, January 18th, 2021As their editions last week just missed the assault on Washington’s Capitol Hill by enraged Trump supporters, Hungarian weeklies now devote considerable space to reports and comments on the events. READ MORE