🇧🇬 Bulgaria’s eighth parliamentary elections in five years of political gridlock finally produce a single-party government but leave in place the networks that captured the state, writes GMF’s Dimitar Keranov in his latest analysis.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4ttQTcC
🇧🇬 "A Kremlin-friendly leader governing a Nato and EU member state on the Black Sea, days after Hungary voted Orbán out, is bad news for the EU and for Ukraine," GMF's Dimitar Keranov told the Guardian.
Read the full piece on Rumen Radev's win in Bulgaria’s elections:
https://bit.ly/4vHyPNp
As Europe’s security architecture enters a period of disruptive, structural change, GMF President Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer argues it is time to stop managing NATO and start rebalancing it.
Read her latest op-ed in Defense One
🔗 https://bit.ly/3QmMjxZ
📣 Challenging Illiberal Power: Democratic Campaigns in Central and Eastern Europe
🗓️ Thursday, 23 April 2026
⏰ 9:15am ET/15:15 CET
📍 Online
Speakers: Anna Vindics, Martin Burgr, Sven Gerst, @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social
🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/4cSQNoS
In her latest op-ed in Foreign Policy, co-authored with Jennifer Lan, GMF's Bonnie Glaser argues that political paralysis in Taiwan is threatening its security.
🔗 Read the full piece: https://bit.ly/4mBmExI
🇨🇳 New China Global episode is out!
China's XiJinping has met with Taiwan's KMT chair for the first time in a decade.
Bonnie Glaser set down with Amanda Hsiao to discuss the significance of this historic moment.
🎙️Listen: https://youtu.be/mCWZEZnqJHA?si=PXGxOkcErmG6oTIl
🎬 Kherson Human Safari: Film Screening & Panel Discussion
🗓️ Tuesday, 21 April 2026
⏰ 17:30–20:00 CET
📍 GMF Brussels Office, Residence Palace, Rue de la Loi 155, 3rd floor
Speakers: Olena Prokopenko, Mykola Stavytskyi, Zarina Zabrisky and Jakub Boratynski.
🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/4erZkAc
#Hungary’s incoming prime minister, Peter Magyar, is moving fast to take over from Viktor Orban within weeks, pledging to end 16 years of democratic backsliding.
@veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social talks with Viola Gienger about how this election result happened and what’s ahead:
⛽ With the Iran crisis unresolved and key elections coming up, the United States, France, and Italy are faced with an energy policy dilemma.
⤵️ Read Energy Policy Group's Andrei Covatariu & GMF's Eamon Drumm's analysis here: https://bit.ly/4tMC5Fv
Hungarians made history on April 12 when they ousted Prime Minister Orbán and his Fidesz party after 16 years in government. GMF’s @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social explains how the Tisza party’s strategy gives insights into how competitive autocracies can be defeated.
🔗 Read here: https://bit.ly/4tdLuWN
"Transatlantic headlines this spring have often been dominated by tariffs and confronting the destabilizing economic fallout of conflict in the Middle East. The noise...could lead to a costly miscalculation."
GMF's Penny Naas outlines a transatlantic economic reset.
➡️ https://bit.ly/4cdmJUD
Following the breakdown of US-Iran negotiations, many questions have arisen.
GMF's Gabriel Mitchell explains to Sebastian Schug at WirtschaftsWoche: “A naval blockade would escalate the situation and cause significant damage.”
➡️ https://bit.ly/4cigmy8
GMF's Zsuzsanna Végh in The Guardian on Orban's defeat:
“Effectively, Ukraine is portrayed as a main enemy. This is not just about Ukraine per se, but it fits into the standard strategy of the governing party, of mobilising its electorate through generating fear in society.”
https://bit.ly/4tIYymO
GMF expert Daniel Hegedüs featured in the New York Times on Orban's defeat in Hungary's election:
"The new Hungarian government won’t provide military or financial assistance to Kyiv, but they won’t play in a destructive way."
➡️ Read Lara Jakes' article here: https://nyti.ms/4vr7kaJ
GMF's Zsuzsanna Végh in @michellegoldberg.bsky.social's @nytimes.com column on what Orban's defeat means for the rest of the world:
"There is a strong narrative of commitment to the European Union and NATO."
➡️Read here: https://nyti.ms/48I4kgm
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has suffered a crushing election defeat.
On CNBC, GMF's Zsuzsanna Végh discussed Hungary's election and what the result could mean for Hungary’s relations with the European Union, the United States and Russia.
↪️ Watch the interview here: https://cnb.cx/4cgT2AU
GMF's Claudia Major spoke with De Zeit's Paula Hasse on how NATO partners can respond to Trump's threats to withdraw from the alliance. Major says reinvent NATO.
➡️ Read the full interview in German here: https://bit.ly/4t9XnNF
GMF's Ian Lesser told the Christian Science Monitor:
“These postwar orders tend to have a life cycle. The international system naturally orders itself, but sometimes it takes a cataclysm.”
Read the full piece on US-Iran peace talks in Pakistan here: https://bit.ly/4te1zf9
🇭🇺 GMF's Zsuzsanna Végh told Time:
"With this new challenger rising—Péter Magyar’s Tisza party—there is a realistic chance to oust Orbán and potentially reform the country to halt the autocratization that we have seen over the past decade and a half."
🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/4moRr0r
𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁: Before the Vote: Stakes and Risks in Armenia's 2026 Parliamentary Elections
🗓️ Wednesday, 15 April 2026
⏰ 09:00am ET | 3:00pm CET
📍Online
Speakers: @etiennesoula.bsky.social, Sona Ayvazyan, @ditord.com, and Narek Sukiasyan.
🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/3OzVevr
In her latest for GMF, @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social argues that endorsements from foreign friends may not be enough to win reelection for the Hungarian prime minister.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4dGgeuQ
🇹🇷 GMF's Özgür Ünlühisarcıklı told NYT’s Mark Landler:
“Turkey has taken a position of active neutrality. Turkey’s ability to have three of its ships pass through Hormuz is part of Iran’s appreciation.”
Read the full piece: https://nyti.ms/4tIke2I
𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁: Hungary After the Ballot: Change, Continuity, or Contestation?
🗓️ Monday, 13 April 2026
⏰ 10:00am-11:00am ET | 4:00pm-5:00pm CET
📍Online
Speakers: Daniel Hegedüs, Bulcsu Hunyadi, Zsuzsanna Végh and Melissa Hooper.
🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/3PUvtGI
🇭🇺 Hungary’s parliamentary election on April 12 is becoming the most consequential since Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party returned to power in 2010.
In her op-ed for @justsecurity.org, GMF’s @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social outlines the stakes for Hungary, the US and the EU.
Read it: https://bit.ly/3OusZOG
As the European security architecture enters a period of disruptive and structural change, GMF is launching a major new initiative to deliver a roadmap for European defense in a new era of transatlantic responsibility-sharing.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/4vkzCUj
GMF’s Claudia Major told the Financial Times:
“For many Europeans, Rutte’s approach feels like Nato is a US club, rather than an alliance of 32 members.”
🔗 Read the newsletter: www.ft.com/content/b7a6...
GMF's Martin Quencez spoke to NPR's Teri Schultz, saying:
“It’s certainly a very, very dangerous moment for NATO.”
🔗 Listen to the interview: https://n.pr/4slm8oy
🇭🇺 GMF's Zsuzsanna Vegh joined France 24 to discuss the latest developments around Hungary's upcoming high-stakes election and what the results could mean for Europe.
Watch: https://bit.ly/47NQcC9
📣 𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁: Hungary After the Ballot: Change, Continuity, or Contestation?
🗓️ Monday, 13 April 2026
⏰ 10:00am-11:00am ET | 4:00pm-5:00pm CET
📍Online
🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/3PUvtGI
Hungary’s parliamentary election on April 12 is becoming the most competitive and consequential since Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party returned to power in 2010.
@veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social outlines the stakes for #Hungary, the US and the EU:
www.justsecurity.org/135860/hunga...