It’s not just that liberal public authorities shut down discussion of basic truths.

It’s that when it comes to strategic questions & decisions, our leaders are simply going on autopilot—using the same failed tools time & again.

My National Conservatism speech!
🎥youtube.com/watch?v=5Y5q7N…

“If Europe did push the Chinese out of the continent, its economy would collapse,”

—as Philip Pilkington points out in UnHerd.

Last week’s EU moves agst Chinese companies raise the risk of bad consequences—the sooner Europe recognizes the reality, the better unherd.com/newsroom/europ…

If we can’t have a discussion about how the world order is changing, & how Europe can navigate it, then we are going to hurt ultimately only ourselves.

Thanks, Fantino, for a wide-ranging interview with The European Conservative!

🎥youtu.be/Oyb4I2mtTi4

🇨🇳 🤝🇭🇺At the invitation of Dr. Tamás Sulyok and Orbán Viktor, Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Hungary between May 8 and May 10.

During his program in Budapest, the Chinese President will hold talks with PM Orbán and President Sulyok on bilateral…

Looks like it was anti-China week in Europe. The reality is that the EU is extremely trade dependent and if it goes down this route its basically endgame for the continent. Full details in study linked in comment. 🇪🇺🇨🇳

🎯 Elbridge Colby is exactly right.

Weakened European economies can’t afford economic warfare against China.

Europe needs to take care of more of its own defense, but it can’t do that under yet worse economic/industrial conditions.

Crucially important.

Our editor-in-chief Fantino sat down with Gladden Pappin, president of Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, for a wide-ranging discussion about the global political order, the potential shift to the right across Europe in the upcoming #Elections2024 & more.

🎥: youtu.be/Oyb4I2mtTi4?si…

Peace & prosperity in Europe will heavily depend on the outcome of the upcoming European elections—

together with another important factor: who will lead the US🇺🇸 in the next four years.

Thank you to Heritage Foundation & Fundación Disenso for last week’s amazing event in the heart of Madrid🇪🇸!…

Contrasts btwn liberal & conservative models of freedom grow ever sharper.

Is freedom unlimited progressivism + cancellation of conservative ideas?

Or is it found in a real nation preserving its way of life?

🇪🇸In Madrid, El Toro TV asked this & more!

📽️youtube.com/watch?v=Yalofb…

Thanks for participating in our discussion, Bryan E. Leib!

Exploring Hungary's foreign policy vision with Gladden Pappin, President of Hungarian Institute of International Affairs. During the meeting, we also discussed the priorities of the upcoming EU Presidency and the cornerstones of the Hungarian foreign policy strategy.

Grata visita de Gladden Pappin, presidente del Hungarian Institute of International Affairs 🇭🇺 en nuestro Centro.

Gracias Gladden, es siempre un placer intercambiar ideas sobre los valores que estamos defendiendo.

🇪🇸 🇭🇺 Catching up with good friends from The Center in Madrid!

Congratulations, Vajk Farkas & Jorge González-Gallarza Hdez., on the opening of the new center!

¡Vamos!

How is Hungary navigating the changing world order? Why has Hungary been advocating for peace since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, and how should Spain🇪🇸 and Hungary🇭🇺 tackle the problems of Europe?

Discussing the key issues of Hungarian foreign policy with the students…

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Looking forward to discussing Hungarian foreign policy in Madrid this afternoon at the Foundation for Strategic and International Studies @FESSEI!

The reason of the war is very simple: it’s called NATO membership.

—Orbán Viktor, Prime Minister of Hungary, on the Russia-Ukraine war at #NatConBrussels2 .

We've been too harsh on Western leadership in the last few days because, if there's one thing it's provided, it's a master class in absurdist theatre, not only in yesterday's events, but throughout the course of the last few years.
-Gladden Pappin #NatConBrussels2 Gladden Pappin