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Union Jack and the White Eagle. Significance of the Poland-UK Defence Treaty
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (318+ words) On 27 May Donald Tusk and Keir Starmer signed a long'prepared Polish-British Treaty on Security and Defence Partnership. For London, it is a flagship attempt to reset Britain's security relationship with Europe after years of post'Brexit estrangement, for Warsaw " another brick…...
How Post-Orb'n Hungary Could Reshape the Western Balkans
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (355+ words) Serbia will submit its final proposal to MOL today regarding the Hungarian oil company's bid to acquire NIS, Serbia's only oil refinery operator. The collapse of the Orb'n model creates uncertainty, but also strategic openings for both Hungary and the…...
Babi" Plays the Nationalist Card to Save His Coalition
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (255+ words) The 76th Sudeten German Congress, opening in Brno on 22 May 2026, is the first ever held on Czech soil and was meant to mark a quiet milestone in reconciliation. Instead it exposed the rising radicalisation of the Babi" cabinet. Democratic security comes…...
Drones Shot Down Latvia's Government. How Others Can Avoid Such a Fate
1+ week, 2+ day ago (325+ words) Two Ukrainian drones crashed in an empty fuel depot in the Latvian city of R'zekne, hitting the final nail in the coffin of the Latvian government. Other EU countries should watch with caution " and not only in matters of air…...
Trump-Xi Jinping Talk Of New Era Favouring Great Powers
1+ week, 3+ day ago (278+ words) The danger for small and middle powers is clear. Avoiding deadly confrontation is, of course, a good thing, but the terms on which the reshuffled world order is being negotiated send shivers down the spines of Taiwan and Central and…...
How Orb'n's Power Machine Cracked From Within
2+ week, 5+ hour ago (294+ words) Viktor Orb'n's defeat did not simply end 16 years of rule. It exposed the brittle logic of the informal power system in Hungary, where loyalty lasted only as long as elites believed the regime would outlive accountability. Orb'n's hybrid regime projected…...
The MAGA Safe House for Polish Fugitives
2+ week, 1+ day ago (270+ words) Poland's wanted former justice minister and his deputy got an airlift to America by the MAGA circles. The case for saving the fugitives from "lawfare and persecution', however, is built on shaky grounds. The escape happened after P'ter Magyar became…...
Lessons from Hungary on Europe's Democratic Security Future
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (936+ words) For the first time since Hungary's seismic 12 April elections, a Polish and a Hungarian MEP sat side by side at the European Parliament to discuss what democratic fragility means for European security " and what it takes to save it from…...
Hungary After Orb'n. Winning Power Is Easier Than Limiting It
2+ week, 2+ day ago (254+ words) When P'ter Magyar was sworn in as Prime Minister of Hungary on 9 May with a constitutional majority behind him, the symbolism of the moment was impossible to ignore. Yet electoral victory is only the beginning. This broader political context is…...
The Shadow of Hormuz Over Central Europe
2+ week, 3+ day ago (473+ words) With the Strait of Hormuz crisis entering its third month, Visegrad Insight invited energy expert and a visiting researcher of Matej Bel University Andrej Nosko to examine CEE's relative resilience and vulnerabilities to the resulting global energy shocks. Scroll down…...