Two symbolic coffins, with the flags of Europe and the United Nations (L) and with the flags of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (R), left by demonstrators during a protest against US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Turkey in Ankara on 6 November 2023.

Old World Geostrategy — Part II

The following is Part II of a three-part analysis that sets out to illustrate the three fault lines that are about to redraw the geostrategic map of the Old World.

A burnt-out Soviet armoured combat vehicle in Budapest in November 1956.

The Fate of the Uprising: 1956 between November and May

The events of the 1956 Revolution are quite well-known, at least in Hungary, as far as the beginning of it and the period of its brief triumph are concerned. What is less known is that the revolution was not fully suppressed on the day of the Soviet invasion on 4 November. Active, armed resistance lasted until 11 November, and civil disobedience, as well as sporadic outbursts of rebellion kept the Soviets from stabilizing their rule until the late spring of the next year.

Revamped Higher Education Admission System Provides Flexibility to Universities

Most universities grant additional points to applicants for language exams, advanced level exams, sports achievements, and results in academic competitions. However, in the new system, institutions are now able to award extra points for other achievements like work experience, prior qualifications, volunteer work, or the completion of preparatory courses, based on their individual decisions.

Soldiers of the Bureviy Brigade on 1 November 2023 taking their lunch break during training at a boot camp near Kyiv before starting front line service.

Old World Geostrategy — Part I

The following is Part I of a three-part analysis that sets out to illustrate the three fault lines that are about to redraw the geostrategic map of the Old World.

President Novák Pays ‘Solidarity Visit’ to Israel

Katalin Novák met with her Israeli counterpart, President Isaac Herzog, to show her moral support to the recently attacked Israel, as well as for the Hungarian community living in Israel. She also called for the immediate release of hostages, some of whom are of Hungarian ancestry, taken by the Islamist terror group Hamas.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) with former Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal in Moscow in 2007.

Israel Learns the Hard Way Not to Trust Russia

Moscow has failed to condemn the 7 October Hamas attack as terrorism, and Putin has likened the Gaza blockade by Israel to the siege of Leningrad by Nazi Germany, effectively poisoning the previously amicable Russia–Israel relations.