Orban’s 'Strategic Calmness' When Bombs Fly Over the Border

Visegrad Insight Podcast - A podcast by Res Publica Foundation - Tuesdays

More trouble in Hungarian electoral campaign for the Orban government’s “strategic calmness” in response to Russian invasion of Ukraine. Soviet-made drone flies over Hungary and crashes in Croatian capital, Zagreb, with a 120 kilo bomb on board. Former PM Donald Tusk travels to Hungary to endorse Peter Márki-Zay. How the Hungarian poor pay for the rich in terms of tax burden. Yavoriv training ground in Ukraine attacked by eight Russian missiles, 25 kilometers from the Polish border. The second half of the podcast gathers some highlights from Visegrad Insight's State of Hungary Conference. In it, you’ll hear about the state of Hungarian democracy, politics, and defense. The expert panelists are: Andras Bozoki (Central  European University), Edit Zgut (Polish Academy of Sciences), Tamás Csiki Varga (Institute for Strategic and Defense Studies), Weronika Grzebalska (Polish Academy of Sciences) and Péter Siklósi (Defence Advisor of the Hungarian Permanent Delegation to NATO). Speakers: Wojciech Przybylski (editor-in-chief), Miles R. Maftean (Editorial Director), Kamil Jarończyk (Managing Editor).