Defending Heritage and Faith: Navigating the Intersection of Christianity and Nationalism in Hungary
World Cup star Lionel Messi credits God for his success to thunderous applause, yet Hungarians must fight to defend references to their Christian heritage against foreign accusations of ‘Christian nationalism.’ Contra critics of religion in public life, values-based...
Protection of the Rights and Promotion of the Interests of National Minorities in a New Era
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine not only opened a new era in geopolitics but also affected the political framework for the protection of national minorities. A New Era in Geopolitics Russia’s aggression against Ukraine not only opened a new era in geopolitics1 but...
The Visegrad Group is alive and kicking
The Visegrad Group is alive and kicking On November 25, prime ministers of the Visegrad Four (Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Poland) met in Košice (Kassa), Slovakia, the country which currently holds the group’s rotating presidency. Top issues on the...
Balázs Tárnok
Balázs Tárnok is Managing Director of the Europe Strategy Research Institute at the University of Public Service, Deputy Director of the Training Program on National Minorities at the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, and Adviser at the Institute for the Protection of Minority Rights. He is a founding member of Freedom and Identity in Central Europe (FICE). He received his JD, LLM and PhD in law at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University, and specializes in minority rights, EU law and policies. In 2021, he was Hungary Foundation’s visiting research fellow at the University of Notre Dame. He has published articles in Foreign Policy, The National Interest, Newsweek, and The Washington Times.