
South Korea’s Defence Revolution
‘The debut of a Korean hypersonic missile prototype was one of the exhibition’s highlights, placing Seoul into an elite club.’

‘The debut of a Korean hypersonic missile prototype was one of the exhibition’s highlights, placing Seoul into an elite club.’

Hungary successfully concluded its largest military exercise since the political transition, the Adaptive Hussars 2025. The NATO-linked drill tested the army’s full spectrum of capabilities and marked a milestone in Hungary’s ongoing defence modernization.

Hungary’s Lynx KF41 prototype has proven its worth, paving the way for Ukrainian production with Rheinmetall’s support. Tested in Ukraine in late 2024, the vehicle impressed local forces, leading to a German–Ukrainian agreement to build a domestic Lynx factory. Modular and versatile, the KF41 strengthens European defence collaboration and sets a new standard for armoured vehicles.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán warned that Europe is on the brink of a new arms race and drifting toward war, urging Hungary to remain on the side of peace while outlining his government’s economic plans, including pension reforms and wage programmes.

Was the China–Russia–India meeting a geopolitical shift? Who will be the new ‘axis of evil’? Is China unpredictable? We asked the former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore about everything you always wanted to know about the geopolitics of the Pacific, but were afraid to ask.

‘The OTS has consistently emphasized that membership or observer status is reserved for countries with cultural or ethnic ties to the Turkic world’

After a 16-year hiatus, Croatia is reintroducing mandatory military service—a move that several European countries have been considering amid growing security concerns across the continent. But what about Hungary?

‘During the fighting, two primary schools, one high school, and one kindergarten in the district were damaged, with total costs amounting to 150,000 forints; 20,000 of this was for the physics laboratory at Szilágyi High School alone.’

The Center for Fundamental Rights held its third International Pro-Israel Summit in Budapest. While the first event in 2023 followed the 7 October Hamas attacks, this year’s took place a few weeks after President Trump’s Israel–Hamas peace deal. Speakers included Hungary’s Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky, Israel’s Education Minister Yoav Kisch, and Yair Netanyahu.

‘“Religious Zionism”…keeps unsettling end-of-history pieties about confining faith and observance to the margins of the public square and smoothing out the nation state’s ethno-religious edges. Yet instead of cool-headed assessments precisely when it holds the keys to governability…the rise of this national-religious bloc of parties is often met by incurious moral hysteria.’