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Event Report - “Foreign Policy of Japan: Characteristics and Current Challenges - with some reference to its peace building efforts”

CEU Center for EU Enlargement Studies (CENS), the Embassy of Japan in Hungary, the Rectorate, and CEU Department of International Relations and European Studies (IRES) hosted a public lecture on 15 May 2013 entitled “Foreign Policy of Japan: Characteristics and Current Challenges - with some reference to its peace building efforts”. The lecture was delivered by H.E. Mr Tadamichi Yamamoto, Japanese Ambassador to Hungary, to a distinguished group of diplomats, ambassadors, students and university professors.

Aron Szele contributes to book on radical right

Szele Áron, Research Assistant at the Center for European Enlargement Studies, has recently contributedto the book entitled:  Europe's Radical Right. Movements and parties on the streets and in Parliaments" (original title: Europas radikale Rechte: Bewegungen und Parteien auf Straßen und in Parlamenten) by Martin Langebach and Andreas Speit.

Event report - EU Visa Policy: what neighbors could do? Example of Hungary Discussion and presentation

“Europe without Barriers” in cooperation with CEU Center for EU Enlargement Studies and Hungarian Europe Society held a roundtable discussion entitled: EU Visa Policy: what neighbors could do? Example of Hungaryon April 8, 2013 at Central European University (CEU) in Budapest.

The speakers of the event were:

Transition Experience & Hungary's International Development Cooperation Policy - Publication by Zsuzsanna Vegh

The publication by Zsuzsanna Vegh, research assistant at the CEU Center for EU Enlargement Studies, addresses how the so-called transition experience of Hungary appears in the country's official, bilateral development cooperation policy since such activities have been re-lauched in the beginning of the 2000s. The paper also highlights the challenges of researching the topic in the current policy environment in Hungary.

"Ukraine at Crossroads" publication is available online

The common publication of the Center for EU Enlargement Studies, the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, the Manfred Wörner Foundation and the Regional Branch of the National Institute for Security Studies in Uzhgorod titled "Ukraine at Crossroads. Prospects of Ukraine's Relations with the European Union and Hungary" is now available online.

Event Report - “Federalism in the context of an enlarged EU”

CEU Center for EU Enlargement Studies (CENS) hosted a public lecture on 6 March 2013 entitled “Federalism in the context of an enlarged EU”. The lecture was delivered by Dr. François Saint-Ouen, Senior Lecturer at the European Institute of the University of Geneva and Secretary General of the European Cultural Centre.

Event Report - “Zagreb and Budapest – a Croatian Take on Bilateral Relations”

On 28 February 2013, the Center for EU Enlargement Studies (CENS), with the kind support of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Budapest, hosted the forth public lecture in the series called “The Seven Neighbors of Hungary- Questions of Historical Reconciliation and Cooperation in the 21st Century”. The aim of the project is to bring together diplomats and established experts with students and young researchers, as well as to launch a dialogue between the experts and representatives on one side, and local perceptions on the other. This lecture was delivered by H.E.

Event Report - “Two years after the Arab Spring: A changing geopolitical environment in the Middle East”

CEU Center for EU Enlargement Studies (CENS) and the Embassy of the State of Israel in Hungary hosted a public lecture on 26 February 2013 entitled “Two years after the Arab Spring: A changing geopolitical environment in the Middle East”. The lecture was delivered by Mr. Uzi Rabi, Professor of Tel Aviv University.

Event Report - “Stability and growth: the Irish approach to Presidency of the Council of the EU”

CEU Center for EU Enlargement Studies (CENS), the Embassy of Ireland in Hungary, the Rectorate, and CEU Department of International Relations and European Studies (IRES) hosted a public lecture on 25 February 2013 entitled “Stability and growth: the Irish approach to Presidency of the Council of the EU”. The lecture was delivered by H.E. Mr Kevin Dowling, Irish Ambassador to Hungary, to a distinguished group of diplomats, ambassadors, students and university professors.