Balázs Tárnok on Ukraine’s minority policy in the Hungarian public television

Mar 11, 2023 | Balázs Tárnok

Managing Director of Europe Strategy Research Institute, University of Public Service, Balázs Tárnok speaks about the new Ukrainian law on minorities. He discusses the shortcomings of the law and international organizations’ responses to it. In December 2022,...

Constitution and Religion ー Separating Church and State in the 21st Century 

Mar 6, 2023 | Lilla Nóra Kiss, Mónika Palotai

In a joint event, Freedom and Identity in Central Europe (FICE), the Religious Freedom Institute, and Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center co-hosted a conference discussing the separation of church and state, which is a typical feature of modern...

A Win-Win Approach in Human Rights Advocacy? Lessons from “Human dignity and law. Studies on the dignity of human life”

Feb 19, 2023 | Lilla Nóra Kiss, Mónika Mercz

Towards a Dignified Discourse on Human Rights? The universal respect for human rights should be the tie that binds, not divides our societies. Unfortunately, the currently raging conflict in Ukraine, the rising global tensions as well as the increasing shift in how...

Preserving Identity in the Face of Oppression: Religious Freedom and National Identity in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia

Feb 2, 2023 | George Bogden, Lilla Nóra Kiss, Mónika Palotai

The Freedom and Identity in Central Europe (FICE) working group and the Religious Freedom Institute (RFI) cohosted event brought together a diverse group of experts to explore the relationship between religious freedom and national identity in Central and Eastern...

The Origins of the Budapest Memorandum and the Future of Order in Europe | A Conversation with George F. Kennan Fellow George E. Bogden

Jan 26, 2023 | George Bogden

Q: Describe your background and what brought you to the Wilson Center. I am a researcher and writer on international affairs, focused on the history of Central and Eastern Europe. At the moment, I am working in the area of diplomatic history, drawing on documents from...